- The latest generation of SuperCharger booths can now deliver up to 325 kW
- But Cybertruck is the only Tesla vehicle capable of these speeds
- Full V4 SuperCharger -Stations will soon be able to 500 kW
Tesla has announced that all V4 supercharger stations in North America are now able to deliver charging speeds of up to 325 kW, which brings the network more in line with high-powered chargers from BP, ChargePoint and Electrify America.
The 75 kW increase will reduce the amount of time waiting to charge, but the only model currently capable of accepting such electrons is cybertruck, leaving the vast majority of Tesla owners who Must do with 250 kW.
On top of this there is still plenty of confusion about the capacities of Teslas SuperCharger Network in general, which still includes some of the previous V2 stalls, as well as a mixture of V4 stalls (the physical thing you connect) attached to older V3 cabinets (the important part that handles the supply of electricity).
This means that Model 3, Model S and Model Y owners, along with not being able to get the most out of the recent upgrade in charging speeds, experience with varying rates depending on the available technology at a destination.
Despite this, Tesla says it is already rolling the latest generation V4 SuperCharger booths with accompanying cabinets as it claims are capable of delivering a huge 500 kW, despite not a single EV that is public for sale today that can draw that kind of power.
Right now, 800V electric architecture and today’s battery technology are capable of speeds of 350 kW to 450 kW in the most extreme cases, where Lotus Eletre only controls these heading figures when paired with a particular lotus charging number, of which there are very few.
Analysis: Tesla has to play pick up
The news of faster Tesla SuperCharger booths will be welcomed by EV owners, but ironically, not by the wider Tesla community itself.
Most of today’s Tesla-Line-Up can only charge at a speed of 250 kW, which is quickly darkened by rival producers who have recently switched to the North American Charging Standard (NACS)-or the plug used by Tesla for you And I.
Granted, Musk’s latest traits help to secure the SuperCharger Network in the future, which is often considered among the best charging networks in the world, but it is also gradually becoming more relevant to owners of rival EVs.
Even the newly updated Model Y still has to do with the old 400V electrical architecture, limiting the speed at which it can charge, despite the fact that tweaks for software help reduce charging times slightly above the previous generation.
With the Cybertruck sale on Wane and Elon Musk, which fires most of the team that fits the SuperCharger network, the V4 SuperCharger-Stall message is probably nothing to get too excited about as the emissions are predicted to be slow and Musk has mentioned Not to mount Cybertruck’s 800V system for other models yet.
