Congrats on the EVSE purchase! That is a solid unit and should last you for years to come.
i'm going the hardwired route. i know the plug is convenient, but they're more susceptible to failure from continuous service. even though a properly rated plug should last a very, very long time
I'm so happy to read this. You have really done your research and it shows. I really hope your EV experience is as great as mine has been.
Ha, very fair I earned that one. Thanks for calling me out on it.
i get that only newly released vehicles are generally eligible for anyone's COTY awards...but man, these are all very high-priced. Out of general interest and biggest bet, my vote is the Charger. A classic muscle car turned electric? Absolute heresy. Or it could be something closer to revolutionary for the muscle car segment.
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Lucid Air Sapphire
JESSICA LYNN WALKER|CAR AND DRIVER
The Lucid Air Sapphire should come with a swear jar. Expletives are involuntary when driving this 1234-hp electric Q-ship, because the Sapphire is absolutely bonkers. It's the quickest car we've ever tested. Full stop. Its 1.9-second rip to 60 mph ties the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT Weissach, but the Lucid pulls away from there, topping out at 208 mph and clearing the quarter-mile in 9.1 ticks at 155 mph. That time matches a $4.3 million Bugatti Chiron Super Sport. That's crazy. But the Sapphire also has a composed ride, a quiet cabin, a body-swallowing trunk, and a back seat fit for NBA players. It's also supremely satisfying to drive hard, with super-grippy Pirelli Trofeo RS tires helping it stop from 70 mph in just 140 feet and post 1.06 g's of cornering stick. Along with addictive on-demand adrenaline dumps, the Sapphire has impressive EV credentials. Its EPA-estimated 427 miles of range ranks among the best, and its 900-volt electrical system allows ultra-fast DC-charging pit stops. It has all the great traits of the 10Best-winning Air models, plus a ballistic tri-motor, all-wheel-drive powertrain. A price that crests $250K makes the Sapphire the priciest car here, but its performance is equally otherworldly. —Eric Stafford
Lucid gets a NAC adapter:
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...electrek.co
Really great comment on the history of things:
In the early days of DCFC all chargers provided up to 400v, and cars had 400v systems. Then about a decade ago the CCS standard was revised to require 1000v for high power chargers (100kw and above). This enabled the development of fast charging 800v cars like the Hyundai/Kia/Genesis EGMP vehicles, Lucid Air, and Porsche Taycan.
However, these cars still needed to charge at the older low power 400v chargers. To do that, a 400v-800v converter was built into the car. This takes the 400v from the charger, upscales it to 800v for the battery. But the electronics to do this gets more expensive and heavy depending on how much power can be converted, so only the minimum necessary converter was included. The Lucid only can convert 50kw, the EGMP cars are limited to 97kw.
Meanwhile, Tesla just kept using 400v, even with 250kw/325kw chargers. When these 800v cars were designed, no one anticipated that they would ever need to connect to these Tesla chargers, so why spend money on higher power converters? Then everything changed, and now we have cars that were never designed to plug into high power 400v chargers. So they do work, but with speed limitations. The ultimate fix will be 1000v chargers from Tesla, starting to come later this year.
Congrats on a successful road trip! I'm so happy to hear your first attempt at DCFC went well. I know it is hard to believe but that first time can really make or break your EV ownership experience.
I hear some places that's required now. Even if your car isn't designed to be charged when parked that direction.
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So stupid, I don't grok why this is even a regulation lol.I hear some places that's required now. Even if your car isn't designed to be charged when parked that direction.
I Got A Parking Ticket For… Using A Charging Station In An Electric Car
The city of Ferndale, Michigan issued me a parking ticket for charging my electric car the only way it can be charged. What gives?
Pretty sure the car came with an NACS/J1772 adapter since Ford has been in partnership with Tesla on the charging network for a little while now.
You should check under the floor in the rear hatch area just to be sure. I believe that Ford made the adapter optional equipment starting in Q2 2025. If one was not included then A2Z makes a solid unit and it is under $200.
Have dl'ed the FordPass app yet and connected it to your vehicle? If you have you need to set up PAAK, Plug & Charge, and use Connected Services to gain access to the BlueOval Charge Network.
Yeah I moved everything from the trunk to the frunk 😊 so there's some adapter there I just didn't bother to check at the time what it looks like. I'm assuming that's what it is.You should check under the floor in the rear hatch area just to be sure. I believe that Ford made the adapter optional equipment starting in Q2 2025. If one was not included then A2Z makes a solid unit and it is under $200.
Sorry but I'm going to pester you with more questions.
Doing these things will make you MME ownership experience to much better! Sorry if I'm being a little overbearing or telling you shit you already know but I just want your first EV experience to be a great one!
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