The forthcoming Lucid Air “will be the fastest charging electric vehicle ever offered”, the automaker has confirmed.
Prior to the vehicle’s September 9 debut, Lucid has revealed that thanks to the Air’s 900V+ electrical architecture, custom lithium-ion battery cells, the sophisticated battery, and advanced thermal management system, it can charge at up to 20 miles (32 km) per minute with a peak charging rate of over 300 kW. This will translate to 300 miles of range (482 km) in just 20 minutes of charging.
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Lucid has also joined forces with Electrify America to offer its U.S. customers three years of complimentary charging at the ever-growing network of Electrify America charging stations, including ones rated at up to 350 kW. Lucid Air owners will be able to easily locate and see real-time availability of Electrify America charge locations across the country.
For home charging, the automaker has developed the Lucid Connecting Home Charging Station. This station offers bi-directional charging which means owners can use their Lucid Air as a temporary energy reserve to power their homes. Lucid will work with Qmerit to install charging points at the homes of its owners.
Lucid has added that the Air utilizes the universal CCS connector and also has a 19.2 kW AC onboard charger.
“We designed every aspect of the Lucid Air and its platform in-house to be hyper-efficient, from the powertrain to the aerodynamics, and we’ve set several new benchmarks through these efforts including the longest range EV with an estimated EPA range of 517 miles,” Lucid Motors vice president of hardware engineering Eric Bach said in a statement. “With our ultra-high voltage 900V+ electrical architecture and the proprietary Wunderbox, we have significantly increased the speed of energy getting into, around, and even out of the vehicle, delivering the world’s fastest charging EV packed with future-ready charging features.”
