Musk particulars the brand new 1000kW velocity rolling out to Supercharger networks.
Tesla kicked off its large supply occasion on December 1st and gave PepsiCo its first electrical Semi on the Giga Nevada manufacturing facility. And whereas it’s a reasonably vital milestone, what stole the present is Elon Musk’s point out that the Cybertruck can deal with the identical 1 Megawatt Superchargers because the Semi.
Throughout the occasion, Tesla unveiled its all-new 1MW ultra-fast charging expertise, which is able to possible be often known as Megachargers or Stage 4 Supercharging stations. In comparison with the present 250kW speeds of stage 3, probably providing over 1,000kW is an enormous improve. These will maintain the electrical Semi on the street.
Elon Musk and Sr. Supervisor of Semi Dan Priestley talked concerning the firm’s new “immersion cooling expertise” that permits high-rate charging speeds and superior cooling, all with out cumbersome charging cables. Right here’s that dialogue timestamped within the video beneath.
Elon Musk confirmed that the spectacular 1MW charging is coming to the Cybertruck, then Priestley adopted that up by saying, “that is coming to our Superchargers subsequent yr.” And whereas it actually appears like these new cables and charging stations will ship unimaginable charging speeds, the feedback are a bit complicated.
Can the Cybertruck cost at 1MW speeds, or will it merely be capable of use the Supercharger V4 stations with 1MW output cables? In that case, how briskly will it cost? This new expertise permits pushing megawatts of energy via a small cable, however we don’t know if that’s what the Cybertruck is getting or if it’ll merely use the identical expertise.
The graph proven on stage means that V4 charging stations will obtain upwards of 350kW output in comparison with the 250kW of present V3 stations. And whereas that’s nonetheless a major improve, it’s not the 4X you’d get from a 1MW charger.
Both approach, it appears like Tesla will roll out its ultra-fast Supercharger V4 stations in 2023 with cables and techniques to help quicker charging on the Cybertruck. And, who is aware of, perhaps different Tesla vehicles can reap the benefits of the identical system due to the cable’s inner cooling. We’ll be taught extra someday subsequent yr.
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