- Tesla’s newest Supercharger replace comes with large velocity enhancements for some automobiles.
- The V4 Cupboard can energy as much as eight stalls without delay.
- It helps automobiles with battery packs rated between 400V and 1,000V.
The Tesla Supercharger community has lengthy been the benchmark within the DC quick charging world. With tens of 1000’s of stalls in North America alone, Superchargers gave Tesla the sting as a result of they’re (virtually) in every single place they usually’re easy to make use of, making lengthy highway journeys hassle-free.
That stated, they’re not good, no less than in terms of charging speeds. Don’t get me fallacious, they’re greater than succesful, with a most energy output of 250 kilowatts for automobiles just like the Tesla Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y, however different community operators on the market, comparable to Electrify America, can go even greater.
Not anymore, although. That’s as a result of Tesla simply upped the ante within the EV charging recreation–once more–with the introduction of what it calls the V4 Cupboard. The charging cupboards do all of the heavy lifting and till now, even the latest-gen V4 stalls–those who you park subsequent to and plug in to recharge–have been counting on the older V3 Cupboard. That restricted the stalls’ capacity to ship even greater charging speeds, particularly on EVs utilizing 800-volt architectures and better.
Vehicles just like the Tesla Cybertruck, which has an 800V battery pack, and the Lucid Air, which has a 900V pack, are at the moment restricted by the V3 cupboards which might solely ship a most of 500V per stall. With the most recent V4 Cupboard, although, that’s not the case.
In response to Tesla, the up to date energy supply field helps automobiles with battery packs rated between 400V and 1,000V, which ends up in 30% sooner charging speeds for the Cybertruck–as much as 500 kW as seen in the promo video posted by the corporate on X.
For the Tesla Semi, the facility output is even greater–as much as 1.2 Megawatts–however all the opposite Tesla fashions are nonetheless restricted to 250 kW, similar to earlier than. That’s a giant distinction from the primary Supercharger which went on-line in 2012 with a most output of 90 kW per automobile.
The V4 Cupboard has a smaller footprint and fewer complexity than its predecessor. Regardless of this, it may well energy as much as eight stalls without delay, double in comparison with the earlier model. Tesla claims the electronics used within the V4 Cupboard are “designed to be probably the most dependable on the planet,” with thrice the facility density of the outgoing mannequin, enabling greater throughput with decrease prices.
Max de Zegher, the Director of Charging in North America at Tesla, stated the up to date Supercharger Cupboard eliminated the need to make use of DC busbars between cupboards. With the earlier model, two cupboards needed to be linked to energy eight stalls.
Moreover, the most recent cupboard model has a 2% effectivity enchancment over the earlier iteration. That won’t sound like a lot, however after we think about that Superchargers ship over 5 terawatt-hours of vitality per yr, a 2% enchancment in effectivity results in 100 gigawatt-hours/yr in waste warmth saved.
The primary Tesla Supercharger websites with V4 Cupboards are at the moment within the allowing course of and the primary stations will open subsequent yr.
