Lucid Motors Adopting Tesla’s Charging Tech In 2025

By Gary Gastelu |

Nov 7, 2023

Tesla-rival Lucid Motors is the latest automaker to announce it is switching from the Combined Charging Standard (CCS) charge plug to Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) in 2025.

The California-based electric luxury brand is the latest in a string of automakers that includes Ford, GM, Rivian, Hyundai and Kia in making the switch, which will allow their vehicles to seamlessly use Tesla’s Supercharger network.

The NACS design is smaller and lighter than the CCS and the Supercharger network is considered to be the most reliable today.

“Adopting NACS is an important next step to providing our customers with expanded access to reliable and convenient charging solutions for their Lucid vehicles,” Peter Rawlinson, Lucid CEO and CTO, said in a press release.

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tesla nacs — **The NACS design is much smaller than the CCS’s.** (Tesla)

“We believe that a unified charging standard, backed by the nationwide rollout of future-ready higher-voltage charging stations, will be a critical step in empowering American consumers to adopt electric vehicles.”

Rawlinson previously worked at Tesla during development of the Model S. Rawlinson and Tesla documents say he was a vice president and chief engineer of the program, although Elon Musk has recently refuted that and said he had a smaller role.

Lucid currently sells the Arizona-built Air sedan in several models, including the Air Pure, which has the highest efficiency rating of any vehicle on sale today.

**The Lucid Air is an all-electric luxury sedan.** (Lucid Motors)Credit: Lucid

Lucids sold before the factory starts installing the NACS design will be able to use a CCS-to-NACS adapter to access the supercharger network.

Subaru last week also said it will begin using the NACS in 2025. The only electric model in its current lineup, the Solterra, uses Toyota technology.

Lucid will be following the Air with the launch of the Gravity SUV next year and will reveal the production version adjacent to the Los Angeles Auto Show in mid-November.

Lucid Motors Adopting Tesla’s Charging Tech In 2025

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