Lucid Motors has formally introduced plans to undertake Tesla’s North American Charging Commonplace (NACS), which means the corporate will be part of a number of different automakers in having access to the Supercharger community within the coming years.
On Monday, Lucid introduced plans to undertake the NACS charging port beginning in 2025, as detailed in a press launch. Now, Volkswagen and Stellantis are the one remaining holdouts for adopting Tesla’s charging {hardware}.
Lucid says its automobiles with Mixed Charging System (CCS) {hardware} will even acquire entry to Superchargers in 2025 by way of an adapter that’s seemingly Tesla’s Magic Dock {hardware}.
“Adopting NACS is a crucial subsequent step to offering our prospects with expanded entry to dependable and handy charging options for his or her Lucid automobiles,” Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson stated within the launch. “We imagine {that a} unified charging commonplace, backed by the nationwide rollout of future-ready higher-voltage charging stations, will probably be a crucial step in empowering American shoppers to undertake electrical automobiles.”
Lucid is adopting the North American Charging Commonplace (NACS) and increasing entry to dependable and handy charging options. In 2025, Lucid prospects will be capable to entry 15,000+ Tesla Superchargers in North America. pic.twitter.com/LBDnsNDa5I
— Lucid Motors (@LucidMotors) November 6, 2023
In current weeks, Tesla’s NACS {hardware} has been adopted by Subaru, Toyota, BMW and associated manufacturers, Kia and mum or dad firm Hyundai, and extra since Ford formally introduced plans to construct the {hardware} into its future electrical automobiles (EVs) in Could.
Tesla surpassed its 2,000th Supercharger station within the U.S. final month, and the corporate can be starting to deploy its next-generation V4 Superchargers, which supply a charging capability of as much as 350 kW.
Lucid just lately produced its first Lucid Air Sapphire, which is an excellent sports activities luxurious trim of the sedan that begins at a value of $249,000.
Lucid might not attain its 10,000-unit manufacturing purpose for the Air sedan
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