Lucid has found out a approach to repair all of life’s charging issues: simply put two cost ports within the automotive.
Its upcoming three-row Lucid Gravity electrical SUV will do precisely that, in response to an X consumer, BLKMDL3, who posted images from a personal occasion held on the Lucid Studio in Torrance, California. The images confirmed Lucid’s camouflaged Gravity EV with what look like two charging ports. Lucid’s one-of-a-kind answer, assuming it makes it to manufacturing, would permit drivers to cost at nearly any charging station, no matter normal or cable size, and juice up for the drive forward.
This welcome design is not simply meant to resolve for placement issues. In line with the put up, the 2 cost ports will not simply be to accommodate various cable lengths at completely different charging networks. The ports will truly be to accommodate completely different charging requirements altogether.
The put up claims that Lucid revealed on the occasion that the Gravity may have one CCS port and one NACS port, making it suitable with nearly each charging community on the market—no adapter wanted.
Lucid did not specify which port would home which charger, nevertheless. Although it appears apparent to imagine that the driver-side rear port could be the NACS inlet. That location would match Tesla’s current placement and maximize compatibility with current V3 dispensers with out Gravity homeowners needing to double park.
InsideEVs reached out to Lucid to substantiate if this tech would make it right into a manufacturing automobile, however didn’t obtain a response on the time of writing.
This does not resolve each charging downside, nevertheless, because it’s value calling out that each ports being within the driver’s facet signifies that curbside charging is a no-go, a minimum of for any nation the place vehicles drive on the fitting facet of the highway.
Rival automaker Rivian beforehand introduced that it will launch its upcoming R2 SUV with a single cost port on the passenger facet, particularly for European clients who would use curbside charging. Nonetheless, the automaker backpedaled just lately and as a substitute moved the cost port to the rear of the R2’s driver facet for a motive that it didn’t specify. We assume it is for Supercharger compatibility, since it is a NACS port.
The $80,000 Lucid Gravity is supposed to enhance the automaker’s sedan, the Lucid Air, which has been round since 2021. In line with Lucid, this seven-seat SUV will provide a driving expertise that rivals a Lamborghini Urus and be out there to patrons later this 12 months. It would additionally boast a variety of greater than 440 miles, which signifies that these cost ports—whereas extraordinarily handy—may be used at house greater than on the highway.
Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson just lately stated in an interview that the automaker has “essentially the most superior know-how on the planet” at its disposal, enabling it to construct among the most effective EVs. That being stated, this answer provides price and complexity to its autos and Lucid continues to be dropping cash with each automobile it sells, requiring extra infusions of money, the automaker has some severe monetary points to work out to be able to keep afloat. Let’s hope the Gravity fixes that.