A drive from Michigan to LA was should highlight Lucid’s long range and fast charging. It reminded us of the last great hurdle to mass EV adoption instead.
A cross-country road trip gets better the slower you go. Take it easy to soak in America's endless beauty, and there are few better ways to spend your short time on this planet. Race the clock, and it just becomes a mind-numbing slog.
is nearly as convenient as a gas vehicle on a long trip. Sticking to the most direct route with better charging infrastructure would give the Lucid the best shot at success.As with pretty much every other EV, the Air's advertised 446-mile EPA-rated range is nearly impossible to achieve in the real world unless you want to drive everywhere at suburban speeds. I was prepared for that. Our Grand Touring Performance long-termer scores aRoad-Trip Range of 330 miles at an average speed of 70 mph.
That experience repeated at each of the next four stops. At every station, the power wobbled and rarely climbed over 125 kW. A message in the Air's instrument cluster pinned the blame on Electrify America."Charging power limited by station," it read. Switching chargers sometimes improved our situation, but not by much. We saw 230 kW once, but the Lucid was consistently charging well below its capabilities. By 7 p.m. and our fourth stop of the day, I was exasperated.
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