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Looking forward to 2022. Hopefully they can make these in volume at some point.Base Lucid Air announced. Looks very competitive with Model S.
This is noteworthy only if enough of them get sold. TBD.It should be noted that the $69,900 Lucid Air starting price includes the $7,500 federal tax credit i.e., $77,400 - $7,500 = $69,900.
Projected range 406 mi
Horsepower 480 hp
Lucid Air $69900
I love this kind of gamesmanship when it is legitimately material.Hmmmm.... Looks like Elon saw the Lucid announcement.
I love this kind of gamesmanship when it is legitimately material.
Another $2,570 on top of $3,000 is nothing to sneeze at!
I would love to see a Lucid Air in person. Does anyone know if there's a showroom open in Florida?
Does it sit higher than the Model S? Did you order one?On October 29 we visited the Lucid Air showroom in Beverly Hills as drop-ins after calling them at 1:45. Given our knowledgeable Tesla background including seeing a Lucid presentation at TMC Connect in 2017 we got a 1.5 hour tour from Danny.
Electrify America Talks Charging Network Problems, Has Solutions
This article and video blog is about the East Coast Labor Day debacle with Electrify America:
Electrify America Shuts Down 500-Mile Charging Corridor Over Labor Day
It would vary greatly, depending on the household usage and the charged battery capacity.I like the interior. The bi-directional charging seems pretty cool. How long could a car battery power a home for?
It would vary greatly, depending on the household usage and the charged battery capacity.
A quick formula would be to take the charged battery capacity, reduce it by 10% for conversion losses and then divide by the average hourly household electrical use.
If you had a 113 kWh battery that was 90% charged and took 90% of that, you'd have about 91.5 kWh. If your house used an average of 1 kW per hour, the batteries could last you close to 91.5 hours. If your average household usage is closer 2 kW, then about 45 hours straight. If your average is 5 kW, the batteries would only last about 18 hours. One thing to remember is that if you then drive your car somewhere, the house would be unpowered if the grid was down. Also, you'd probably need additional hardware installed on your house to prevent electricity from being sent back to the grid during an outage.
A better solution is to get Powerwalls and solar. Our ~52 kWh (4) Powerwalls plus solar allow us to easily run ~48 hours without any sunlight. If we have sun, our solar+batteries can power the house and cars indefinitely. We've gone over 200 hours during an outage test. Check out Tesla Energy forum if you want to learn more about powering your house via batteries. It's possible Tesla could add such functionality in the future but having fixed battery storage + gateway + solar is available now.
For shorter outages, the car battery would be sufficient but I still think the house would need additional hardware installed.Thanks for the info.
The last time we looked into solar it didn't make financial sense for us. Part of the problem is the way our house faces and not any good places on my roof to put solar panels facing South. Our electricity is fairly cheap also. Payoff off with a powerwall would take a very long time. Maybe when my roof needs to be replaced someday a Tesla Solar roof might make sense.
However, ever once in awhile we do lose power for maybe an our or 2 max. Would be nice to be able to utilize the battery in the car.
Does it sit higher than the Model S? Did you order one?
... I am in that boat, almost.If we still had the 2016 S90D, I'd be looking to upgrade and it would be a close call between Lucid Touring and Raven S