I Charged The Lucid Gravity At A Tesla Supercharger. The Outcomes Stunned Me

• The Lucid Gravity has a most DC quick cost fee of as much as 400 kilowatts, making it considered one of America’s quickest-charging EVs.
• It additionally has a Tesla-style North American Charging Normal (NACS) plug for native Supercharger entry.
• I attempted that, and went from 40% to 80% in about quarter-hour with a really flat charging curve.

I will be candid. I did not love the brand new 2026 Lucid Gravity at first. Primarily, I used to be delay by my Gravity Grand Touring tester’s $122,950 price ticket. The electrical-vehicle market in America has had plenty of costly spaceships through the years, and I’m not satisfied that it actually wants one other.

However so far as costly spaceships go, the Lucid Gravity has proved to be an especially well-executed one. With as much as 450 miles of vary, some plush luxurious options, prodigious energy and plenty of area, it is truly top-of-the-line six-figure EVs I’ve ever pushed. (Sure, even with a number of sensible key complicationswhich Lucid guarantees shall be mounted quickly.)

One of many Gravity’s greatest celebration tips is its charging prowess. On a robust sufficient DC fast-charger, it is able to charging at 400 kilowatts, extra than simply about each different EV on the U.S. market—although it’s going to have competitors quickly from the likes of BMW and Porsche. On a miles-per-minute foundation, the Gravity costs up faster than any EV exterior of China.

At a 350 kW station, we have seen the Gravity go from 0% to 25% in simply 5 minutes earlier than hitting 80% in 27 minutes. Not dangerous for one thing with a decently massive 123-kilowatt-hour battery.

Photograph by: Patrick George

However the Gravity additionally packs a Tesla-style North American Charging Normal (NACS) plug from the manufacturing unit for native Supercharger entry. How does it carry out on a type of, contemplating that the commonest V3 Tesla Superchargers do as much as 250 kW and never all EVs essentially do effectively on them?

In brief, the Gravity crushed it. Lucid’s new SUV exceeded my expectations on a Tesla charger, and blows previous its older brother, the Lucid Air. Here is how my check went.

Lucid Gravity: The Tesla Supercharger Check

2026 Lucid Gravity Tesla Charging

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I would like to begin by saying this was not probably the most scientific of assessments. It was not a meticulously recorded, start-from-zero check, the way in which our colleague and buddy Tom Moloughney operates on his State of Cost YouTube channel.

You would possibly as a substitute name this a real-world check. I used to be out and about within the Gravity, operating some errands, and I made a decision to see the way it’d do on a close-by Tesla charger. I used to be at 40% cost with 175 miles of vary, and so I manually preconditioned the battery within the charging settings—one thing you’ll be able to configure to occur robotically whenever you set a quick charger as your vacation spot. I fired up my useful Tesla app, backed the Gravity into the area, and plugged in.

It is nonetheless such a visit to see a NACS plug on non-Tesla EVs, however I’ve come to choose it.

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I began charging at 6:52 p.m., and instantly the Gravity shot to 105 kW in a short time. It went up even quicker from there to 180 kW, then 200 kW. One minute in, the SUV was pulling 220 kW—not too far off the Supercharger’s most velocity, and never dangerous for a begin at a 40% state of cost. Had the Gravity’s battery been emptier, I’m assured it could’ve gone even increased.

(Lucid says the Gravity ought to peak at 225 kW on 500-volt chargers, together with Tesla’s V3 models. Because the automobile itself runs at 926 volts, it wants higher-voltage chargers to succeed in its full charging potential.)

2026 Lucid Gravity Tesla Charging

Photograph by: Patrick George

2026 Lucid Gravity Tesla Charging

Photograph by: Patrick George

2026 Lucid Gravity Tesla Charging

Photograph by: Patrick George

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The automobile quoted me quarter-hour to succeed in the set 80% restrict I had for DC fast-charging. With the whole lot so as, I went to run my errands whereas monitoring the speeds from the Tesla app. The Gravity held regular for some time earlier than dropping to 165 kW and 65% by 7:02 p.m., then 145 kW and 75% by 7:08 p.m. It ticked arduous at 140 kW all the way in which to 78%, then completed a couple of minutes later.

In the long run, the automobile went from 40% to 80% on the Tesla charger in about 17 minutes. Throughout that point, I added 175 miles of vary and 47 kWh of battery capability, and was all set to drive with 351 miles of vary in whole. And the charging session was over earlier than I completed my buying journey.

2026 Lucid Gravity Tesla Charging

Photograph by: Patrick George

I would say not dangerous right here—not dangerous in any respect. The Gravity’s charging efficiency on a Tesla plug simply passes my “Does this get the job completed on a street journey?” and “Does it do what it was imagined to do?” assessments.  I might see loads of people being at 40% cost, discovering a Tesla plug close by, and desirous to get again on the street rapidly. Getting from there to 80% in beneath 20 minutes is a strong outcome.

Lucid’s engineers have mentioned that the Gravity’s 926-volt structure—simply probably the most highly effective on sale within the U.S.—permits quicker charging on a Tesla plug than even Tesla’s automobiles. Whereas my check wasn’t apples-to-apples towards a Mannequin Y or something, I do consider that is correct.

On the final Tesla Mannequin Y that I examined, I went from 10% to 80% in 27 minutes, including roughly 228 miles of EPA vary. Tesla itself says the Mannequin Y can add between 144 and 182 miles of vary after quarter-hour of Supercharging. I primarily matched that in my check, and in suboptimal circumstances, charging from 40%.

For extra context, the final Hyundai Ioniq 9 I examined—which has a 110 kWh battery—went from 20% to 80% on a Tesla plug in about half-hour. This slower outcome is smart, seeing as the 800-volt Ioniq 9 is capped at 126 kW on most Superchargers.

Once more, truthful to say that the Lucid does higher than each. Any automobile firm making 800-volt-class EVs must do some work to make their automobiles play good with Tesla’s chargers—and the Gravity does very effectively. Lucid’s Air sedan, by comparability, can solely hit 50 kW at most Superchargers.

So what does this imply for the typical particular person, who is not meticulously recording charging occasions and charging curves for articles and YouTube movies? It signifies that a Gravity on a Tesla plug—of which there are greater than 20,000 in North America alone—can cost up and get again on the street in a short time. And in the event that they handle to search out one thing as quick as a 400-kW station, they need to be capable to add 200 miles of vary in beneath 12 minutes.

I am impressed with the Gravity to date. Subsequent up: seeing what it could do on America’s quickest EV charging station.

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Contact the writer: patrick.george@insideevs.com