- Lucid’s 2025 Gravity SUV will be built on an industry-leading 926-volt platform
- This, along with new unique charging innovations, will give it faster charging than most any rival
- The Gravity will also be the first non-Tesla EV with a built-in NACS charging port
The details may be coming out in dribs and drabs, but we’re finally getting a picture of what will make the new Gravity, in Lucid’s own words, “the first [electric] SUV that truly compromises nothing.” The first thing you should know is the Gravity’s powertrain and battery both work on an industry-leading 926-volt architecture. That’s more than double some lesser BEVs — including Ford, Mercedes-Benz, and, yes, Tesla. More importantly, that sky-high voltage allows the Gravity all manner of benefits, not the least of which is faster charging.
Essentially, it boils down to this. Higher voltage allows faster charging — the kilowatts we’re always associating with charging speed — without creating too much heat for the batteries and charging system. According to Emad Dlala, Lucid’s Vice-President of Powertrain, those 926V allow the Gravity to “charge seamlessly at up to 400 kW on 1000V charging equipment, and at sustained speeds of up to 225 kW on 500V architecture fast-chargers, including Tesla V3 Superchargers.”
And speaking of Tesla, the Gravity is the first non-Tesla with a NACS portbuilt in, so that new Lucid owners can charge at Supercharger stations without an adapter (CCS1 adapters will be provided so owners can charge at a wide variety of stations).
How Lucid goes about adapting to those Tesla charging stations is pretty novel. Most companies running high voltages — say, an 800V Porsche Taycan — charge their batteries in two parts, each to accommodate the 500V that current V3 Superchargers can pump out. Instead, Lucid uses what it’s calling some innovative technology — and no, it’s not yet telling us what it is — in the rear motor’s drive unit to boost the voltage to match the 926V the Gravity demands.
Lucid says the advantage is that “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,” which means faster charging without overheating, amongst other things, the charging cable. This allows Lucid to optimize charging performance for both 500V and 1,000V charging points.
The Gravity is able to operate at 926V thanks to a new cooling system that keeps the Panasonic batteries at optimal temperatures. Range is rated at 720 kilometres (447 miles) as per Natural Resources Canada, and the company says the enhanced cooling system also will help extend large BEVs’ worst bugaboo: range while towing. It should also prove beneficial in cold-weather performance, claims the company.
And lastly, the Gravity will be capable of bi-directional charging, supporting up to 80 A at 19.2 kW with the NACS charge port. RangeXchange, also available on the Lucid Air, enables the charging of another electric vehicle via the NACS connector. Doing so does require an optional RangeXchange cable, however.
The 2025 Lucid Gravity starts at $113,500, boasts 828 horsepower, and will be at Toronto’s upcoming Canadian International Auto Show in mid-February.
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