State Of Charge recently completed the long-awaited 70-mph range test of a brand new 2026 Lucid Gravity GT. However, a set of factors prevented us from unleashing the full potential of the car.

Lucid Gravity GT

The Lucid Gravity Grand Touring (GT) is a luxury SUV, available in 5- or 7-seat configurations. The car features a 123-kWh battery and has an EPA Combined range of up to 450 miles (with the 5-seat version with the default wheel option). Our very own Tom Moloughney tested this exact version. The EPA Highway rating of the Lucid Gravity GT is up to 426 miles.

Other versions might have slightly different EPA range numbers (the numbers are the same for the 2025 and 2026 model years):

The 2026 Lucid Gravity GT EPA range numbers. (Source: State Of Charge)

Test Conditions

The 70-mph range test of the 2026 Lucid Gravity GT was conducted at night when there was no traffic. However, weather conditions weren’t favorable, as it was a chilly night with temperatures between 52-59°F (11-15°C). Moreover, there was a 10-mph wind, which also affected the test. According to Tom, the weather conditions could easily cut the range by 30 miles or so.

Tom started the test with the tire pressure set to the manufacturer’s recommended level, “Smooth” driving mode (the most efficient one), and the ride height set to low. The vehicle’s speed of 70 mph was GPS-adjusted (71 mph on the speedometer).

345 Miles at 70 MPH

The initial hopes were to see roughly 400 miles of range at the end of the test. However, it was soon discovered that the car only reached about 350 miles. The first part returned 89.1 miles, consuming 25% of the battery.

The test ended after 345 miles at 1% state of charge (SOC) and three miles of range remaining. That’s not only a result far lower than the EPA Combined and EPA Highway numbers, but one that’s quite strange, especially when combined with the vehicle’s energy consumption of 115 kWh (3.0 mi/kWh).

The 2026 Lucid Gravity GT 70-mph range test results. (Source: State Of Charge)

To make things worse, Tom wasn’t able to start charging at a Tesla V3.5 Supercharging station (though he checked three stalls). He then decided to go with an almost empty battery to a nearby Electrify America site (that had a CCS1-to-NACS adapter), which saved the day. Charging started immediately.

The Issues

The 345 miles achieved during the range test do not represent the true potential of the Lucid Gravity GT. The input from Lucid explained that there were some issues with the vehicle.

Lucid’s engineers were able to determine that there were problems within the rear-drive unit. We don’t know the details, but it could affect both driving and charging at a V3.5 Supercharger. Let’s recall that the voltage-booster (necessary at low-voltage chargers) utilizes the rear-drive unit’s components to increase the voltage to match the battery’s voltage (up to 926 volts). At a high-voltage Electrify America charger, there was no issue.

Another important thing to note was the unused 6 kWh of energy remaining in the battery. The car reported 115 kWh consumed out of the 123-kWh battery. If we add about 6 kWh to the 115 kWh, it should get at least 121 kWh and probably several percent more range.

The unused battery capacity (6 kWh or 5%) and unfavorable weather (30 miles estimated by Tom) probably alone would be enough to get 390 miles of range.

But that’s not all. A few miles of range could be lost due to running the heat in the rear on low setting.

As we can see, there was a set of factors that may have robbed the Lucid Gravity GT of some range, potentially up to 10% or 50 miles, as it ended at 345 miles rather than the expected 400 miles or so. Nonetheless, considering the charging problems, it’s an amazing result not available to the majority of other EV models, even without any issues.

State Of Charge plans to repeat the 70-mph range test of the Lucid Gravity in the not-too-distant future, hopefully in better weather conditions.

Video timestamps:

04:47 On The Road
09:44 At 75% state of charge
13:37 At 50% state of charge
16:32 At 25% state of charge
21:34 The final mile
32:47 Trouble charging
38:46 The range test summary
41:39 Lucid informs Tom that there was a problem