Basically every single automaker is switching to the Tesla-style NACS port for upcoming electric vehicles, including many facelifted or new EVs hitting the market in 2025. The first non-Tesla car to actually go on sale in the U.S. with the NACS port is the Lucid Gravity SUV, which reached customer hands at the end of 2024, and now Lucid has divulged details about the Gravity’s charging performance and its access to the Tesla Supercharger network. Building on the success of the Air, not only does the Gravity have the most powerful fast-charging capability of any EV in the U.S., it can charge at speeds you can’t even get from any current Tesla chargers.
While the Air is able to charge at up to 300 kW, just shy of the Porsche Taycan’s 320-kW peak, the Gravity’s 123-kWh battery pack can handle charging speeds of up to 400 kW on 1000-volt chargers, or maintain sustained charging speeds of 225 kW on 500V equipment such as Tesla’s V3 Superchargers. Lucid chalks this up to the Gravity’s 926V architecture and its charge boosting tech, which is a more efficient than the pack-splitting technology being employed by some other new EVs like the Taycan. Here’s what Lucid says about it:
To enable this superlative charging performance, Lucid developed and patented an innovative technology employing our proprietary rear motor drive unit to boost the charging voltage of 500V to match the 926V of the Lucid battery pack. Unlike the pack splitting solutions used by some competitors, this high-tech solution permits charging with the highest voltage that a charging station is capable of outputting and therefore enables the efficient utilization of electrical current and consequent reduction of cable heat. This novel technology allows full compatibility with 500V and 1000V charging networks, offering Lucid Gravity customers maximum charging speed on whatever charger is most accessible. At peak charging rates, the Lucid Gravity sustains a robust charging curve, adding 200 miles in less than 12 minutes.
A new high-performance 926V powertrain platform is the foundation of the Lucid Gravity’s innovative charging technology, which enables fast and seamless charging, achieving speeds up to 400 kW with a compact 123 kWh battery. An advanced cooling system with increased thermal capacity enables sustained higher-power charging performance, long distance towing endurance, and repeatable hot and cold-weather performance. This performance is further bolstered by a new Panasonic battery cell, which has chemistry enhancements developed through close collaboration between Lucid and Panasonic. Combined with Lucid’s proprietary drive units, a low 0.24 coefficient of drag, and Lucid’s approach to ground up systems integration, this results in up to 450-miles of EPA-estimated range, with extremely fast charging capability and a long service life.
The Gravity’s charge port is found on the driver’s side rear fender, the ideal positioning for Tesla’s chargers. For now, the highest charge rates at Tesla’s Supercharger stations is 250 kW, even with the newest V4 units, unless you’re charging a Cybertruck in which case as of this week the V4s will pump out 325 kW of power. That’ll be changing later this year as the V4 stations get upgraded to speeds of up to 500 kW. And don’t worry, you won’t have to use Tesla stations if you don’t want to. The Gravity will come standard with adapters for J1772 and CCS chargers, with Lucid having the first CCS1 adapter that is rated for charging at 500A with 1000V, so your Gravity can pull that full 400 kW even when using an adapter. For instance, Mercedes-Benz is already rolling out its own network of charging stations that are currently able to dole out 400 kW. Pretty much all charging station companies are beginning to equip their chargers with NACS cables as well, some exclusively and others in addition to the CCS/J1772 plugs.
Like on the Air, the Gravity also has bi-directional charging capabilities, and it can even juice up other electric vehicles. Gravity owners will gain “wide access” to the Tesla network starting on January 31, and Air owners will be able to use Superchargers with an adapter starting in the second quarter of this year.
