Lucid Motors is recalling certain 2022-2023 Air electric vehicles in the US because of a potential power loss issue that may shut down the electric motors.vehicles potentially affected by this issue, which may increase the risk of a crash because of a loss of drive power. According to the company, only 6 percent of the recalled vehicles are estimated to have the defect.
Contactors are electrically activated switches that close upon vehicle startup to transfer energy to the drive motors, and open when a vehicle is shut down.Lucid started investigating this issue in May 2022, when a vehicle was brought for service following a loss of motive power. At that time, testing a vehicle for the spring force issue required connecting a measuring device to the vehicle during vehicle startup to observe the contactor closing signature.
The EV maker and supplier Sensata Technologies determined that in a small population of contactors the spring force may overcome the magnetic holding force, opening the contactors.
only 6% of the EV but 4% of the stock market plunges
Unfortunate, but cool that Lucid was able to pinpoint this by remote diagnostics.
Yeah saw some reports here and there. Good thing they are addressing it.