Porsche And Hyundai Just Beat Lucid Where It Matters Most

"A combination of consistent charging curves and long range determines which EVs are truly suitable for road trips. The best EVs for road trips combine excellent real-world range figures with quick charging speeds. You would think that combination would make the Lucid Air Grand Touring the best possible vehicle for long-distance driving. But that's not the case, since it doesn't even make the top three in a new long-range EV test conducted by the largest German automotive club."

"Germany's ADAC does a road trip test that measures the long-distance driving capability of all new EVs, but it doesn't run them dead in testing. Instead, it simulates a mixed driving route on a dyno (known as the ADAC EcoTest cycle), drains the battery until it has 10% left, then charges the car for 20 minutes and notes how much range it has gained. It then adds up how much it drove before charging and the range gained through charging."

"The Lucid Air Grand Touring used to be in third place, but with more vehicles making the top ten this year, it has now dropped into fifth. It still has the biggest battery out of all EVs tested (112 kilowatt-hours) and the second-highest range before needing to charge at 10%, but it loses out when the time comes to charge. That shows just how quickly the EV field is improving."

"The Lucid is rated to charge at up to 300 kilowatts, giving it a 10% to 80% charging time of around 20 minutes. However, in ADAC's testing, which uses the same 300 kW Alpitronic station for all the cars, it never even came close to achieving that. It peaked at 243 kW and exhibited a rather poor charging curve, where power had already dropped to 145 kW by the time it hit 50% and by 70% it had dipped below 100 kW."

ADAC's long-distance road trip test drains EV batteries to 10% on an EcoTest dyno, then charges for 20 minutes and records the range gained. The total long-trip capability equals the distance driven before charging plus the range added during the 20-minute charge. Porsche Taycan topped the ranking thanks to consistent charging curves and strong real-world range. Hyundai Ioniq 6 outperformed the Lucid Air and came closest to matching the Taycan. Lucid Air Grand Touring retains the largest tested battery (112 kWh) and high pre-charge range but fell to fifth due to a weak charging curve and lower sustained power in testing. ADAC used a 300 kW Alpitronic charger for all vehicles.

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