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Electric carmaker Lucid Motors said on Tuesday that its newly launched SUV, the Lucid Gravity, will become the first non-Tesla vehicle to feature a NACS charging port and gain access to Tesla’s Supercharger network as soon as this Friday.
The company stated that the Gravity will have full access to Tesla’s charging network starting January 31, without requiring an adapter. Lucid’s first model, the sedan Lucid Air, is planned to gain access in the second quarter of 2025.
“From January 31, Lucid Gravity gains wide access, with no adapter necessary, to the Tesla Supercharger network, the most available and convenient charging network in the U.S. and Canada,” Lucid said in a statement.
The Gravity is built on Lucid’s new 926V powertrain platform, featuring a 123 kWh battery capable of fast charging at speeds of up to 400 kW. The SUV offers an EPA-estimated range of up to 450 miles and a drag coefficient of 0.24, with seating for up to seven adults.
Lucid’s Vice President of Powertrain, Emad Dlala, said the company developed proprietary technology to optimize charging performance. “We developed unique technology to allow the 926V Lucid Gravity to charge seamlessly at up to 400 kW on 1000V charging equipment and at sustained speeds of up to 225 kW on 500V architecture fast chargers, including Tesla V3 Superchargers,” Dlala explained.
Lucid has also patented a system that uses its rear motor drive unit to boost charging voltage from 500V to match the 926V battery pack. The technology ensures compatibility with both 500V and 1000V charging networks, allowing customers to maximize charging speeds based on available infrastructure.
According to the company, the Gravity can add 200 miles of range in less than 12 minutes at peak charging rates.
The Gravity is equipped with CCS1-to-NACS and SAE J1772-to-NACS adapters, including the first CCS1 adapter rated to handle 500A and 1000V, enabling charging at up to 400 kW via the standard NACS connector.
The SUV also supports bi-directional charging with the NACS port, offering up to 80A at 19.2 kW. Lucid’s RangeXchange technology, previously introduced on the Lucid Air, enables the Gravity to charge another electric vehicle directly using an optional RangeXchange cable.
Lucid said recently that the base variant of its upcoming SUV, the Gravity Touring, will start at C$113,500 (USD $78,670) in Canada. The higher-end Grand Touring model will be priced at C$134,500 (USD $93,225).
Orders for the Grand Touring are set to open soon for Canadian customers. Production has already started at Lucid’s EV plant in Arizona while customer deliveries in the U.S. are expected to begin later this month.
For the entry-level variant, the Touring, Lucid plans to begin deliveries in both Canada and the U.S. “late” this year.
The pricing in Canada includes the destination fee, documentation fee, and federal air conditioning tax. However, it excludes federal luxury tax, sales tax, and provincial levies or fees.
In the last days of 2024, Lucid Motors began delivering its second model, the Gravity SUV, to employees, friends, and families.
Once additional units are shipped to showrooms and made available for test drives, the company will begin customer deliveries in the U.S. while European deliveries are planned to start in early 2026.
As exclusively reported by EV on November 20, Lucid had always planned to begin customer deliveries in 2025. Although the company has not announced an official date for the first customer deliveries, sources told EV last November that the timeline was decided at Gravity’s unveiling in late 2023.
Lucid began pre-production of the Gravity SUV in late July at its Casa Grande, Arizona, factory. On July 31, Rawlinson drove the first pre-production vehicle off the production line.
