Tesla Launches New V4 Supercharger Stations That Fold

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After greater than 7 years and 15,000 models deployed, Tesla is transitioning from V3 Superchargers to V4 Superchargers. There are a number of notable enhancements to those Superchargers.

To begin with, these Supercharger stalls can present as much as 500 kW of energy to particular person automobiles. Within the case of the Tesla Semi, they’ll present as much as 1.2 MW of energy. Contemplating that it seems like solely yesterday that fifty kW chargers have been the norm for quick charging, reaching the five hundred kW marker (10×) does really feel like fairly the milestone — even when it’s nonetheless not near the brand new BYD Flash Charging, which gives 1.5 MW charging.

One other notable factor is that Tesla has made the station “foldable.” You’ll be able to watch the video within the embedded tweet under to see what which means, however be aware that it’s not what I used to be initially pondering (and confused about). The stalls themselves don’t fold, the bottom of the station platform does that lets you both hold stalls again to again or prolong the station out into one row of stalls twice as lengthy. There are 8 Supercharger stalls/posts in a station.

This new design permits for rather more environment friendly transport. Tesla says that 33% extra models can match on a supply truck, general set up prices are minimize 20%, and deployment is twice as quick.

The Supercharger community stays one among Tesla’s prime belongings, and this improve retains that going. It’s good to see one among Tesla’s authentic, core merchandise progressing and remaining a precious accelerator of EV adoption, particularly now that electrical automobiles from nearly each automaker can use these Supercharger stations.