Lucid owners gain full access to Tesla’s Supercharger network, but with a big caveat

Lucid Motors announced that its Air owners will gain full access to Tesla’s Supercharger stations in North America starting July 31.

But there’s a big caveat.

Owners of the newly available Lucid Gravity already have access to Tesla’s Supercharger network as the vehicle is equipped with a native NACS charge port.

However, the Lucid Air, Lucid’s luxury electric sedan, is still equipped with the CCS1 port and requires an adapter to utilize the Supercharger network.

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Lucid announced today that Air owners will gain access on July 31:

All Lucid Air owners, regardless of model or model year, will gain access to the North American Tesla Supercharger network starting July 31, 2025. Unlike the Lucid Gravity, with its native NACS charge port and high-tech boost charging capabilities, Lucid Air uses a NACS adapter available from Lucid to plug into compatible Tesla Superchargers (V3 and above). The DC NACS to CCS1 adapter will be priced at $220 US excluding taxes.

The only problem is that Air owners are going to be limited to just a 50 kW peak charge rate using this adapter. Lucid wrote in the release:

Using this solution, the Air can charge at up to 50 kW and gain up to 200 miles of range per hour of charging, giving owners additional peace of mind while on the road. With the adapter, owners will be able to initiate charging on Tesla Superchargers via the Lucid App, with a credit card saved to their Lucid Wallet.

This will significantly limit the network’s usefulness for Air owners and increase traffic due to longer charging sessions. The reason for the limitation is currently unclear.

However, many Lucid owners are likely to choose stations where they can take advantage of the 300 kW peak charge rate of the Air.

Emad Dlala, Senior Vice President of Powertrain at Lucid Motors, commented on the announcement:

“In addition to offering the longest-range electric vehicle available, Lucid is committed to offering our customers seamless and wide access to public charging. Access to the Tesla Supercharging network for the Lucid Air is yet another major milestone.”

Electric automakers have all been transitioning their vehicles to the NACS connector in North America to standardize charge connectors and take advantage of Tesla’s Supercharger network, which is the most extensible and reliable EV fast-charging network in North America.