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 couple of notable enhancements to those Superchargers.

Initially, 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 appears like solely yesterday that fifty kW chargers had 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 provides 1.5 MW charging.

One other notable factor is that Tesla has made the station “foldable.” You possibly can watch the video within the embedded tweet under to see what meaning, however be aware that it’s not what I used to be initially considering (and confused about). The stalls themselves don’t fold, the bottom of the station platform does that permits you to 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 way more environment friendly transport. Tesla says that 33% extra models can match on a supply truck, total set up prices are lower 20%, and deployment is twice as quick.

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