Tesla's New Supercharger Can Deliver 1000 Miles Of Juice In An Hour

The new V3 Supercharger system is capable of sending 250kW to a single car via a 1MW cabinet
Tesla's New Supercharger Can Deliver 1000 Miles Of Juice In An Hour

After range, recharging is perhaps the biggest hurdle for electric cars to overcome. When you can refuel your conventional car at a petrol station - something that’s never more than a mile or two away - in a few minutes, the idea of plugging in an electric vehicle and potentially waiting hours isn’t exactly palatable.

However, charging times are constantly dropping. Cars that are capable of being fed electricity at a much faster rate are emerging all the time, and the chargers themselves are getting quicker. Just look at Tesla, which has now revealed its ‘V3 Supercharging’ system. It’s capable of delivering 1000 miles of charge an hour, potentially cutting charging times for owners in half. Plugging in for just five minutes, for example, will give you enough juice to cover around 75 miles.

Based around a 1MW cabinet, the V3 Superchargers can dole out 250kW for each car connected. To put that in context, most Superchargers manage just 120kW. It doesn’t quite have the bragging rights for the most capable, as chargers that can supply up to 350kW do already exist, albeit in relatively small numbers.

Tesla's New Supercharger Can Deliver 1000 Miles Of Juice In An Hour

There’s currently a “public beta site” for V3 in the Bay Area near Tesla’s Palo Alto HQ, with the first proper site due to be built next month. The first chargers in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region will land at some point in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Initially V3 Supercharging will only be available for the Model 3, although Tesla has said that it “will increase Model S and X charging speeds via software updates in the coming months” and that V3 “will roll out to the wider fleet in an over the air firmware update to all owners in Q2 as more V3 Superchargers come online.”

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Comments

Anonymous

Matt Robinson 1mW or 1MW?
Because 1mW is 0,001 W
And 1 MW is 1000kW (this seems more real) to me

03/07/2019 - 17:09 |
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Tomislav Celić

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I mean up until recently they confused kWh and kW…

03/07/2019 - 17:36 |
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Zubayer Rezoan

hahahaha…….imagine at Formula E, cars stoping at pit stop & instantly recharging like F1 cars. Lol makes me laugh :P

03/07/2019 - 17:19 |
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They don’t need to stop any more tho bro 😂

03/07/2019 - 17:35 |
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Just wait a few years til the battery can be swapped in less time than a pit stop.

03/07/2019 - 22:40 |
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Tomislav Celić

I mean Rimac developed a charger that charges a 120kWh batters in 30 minutes, which extendeds to being 240kWh. I’m impressed at the charger, but it’s no where near the first one.

03/07/2019 - 17:38 |
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meanwhile my phone takes 3 hours to charge a 3000mah battery

03/08/2019 - 00:37 |
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Tomislav Celić

In reply to by ......

My friends Huawei charges 4200mAh in less than an hour lmao

Also, USB has it’s power limits, after which the data part gets damaged.

03/08/2019 - 07:37 |
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Anonymous

I dont wanna be anti tesla but this thing isnt gonna be able to provide that power with the cable it provides because either a fuse will blow or your cable will burn down

03/08/2019 - 08:24 |
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gurgel

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Depends on the resistance of the cable.

03/08/2019 - 09:22 |
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TheDriver 1

Wow…. I mean the combustion engine has been able to do that for decades but in like 2 minutes but…. wOw…

03/08/2019 - 13:26 |
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TheMindGarage

So does this mean I can make my Koenigsegg One:1 charge four Teslas at crazy speeds?

03/08/2019 - 15:58 |
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Anonymous

I think that 250kW may be a bit abstract so here goes example. Lets assume that you want to charge with that power with pure solar powre. Off the grid, no “cache” just sunny day. How do you think, how many panels do you need for 250kW. 10? 20? Nope, this is 250kW of solar panels:

03/09/2019 - 17:47 |
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