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We’re now just a few days away from the opening of the very first Tesla Supercharger Version 3.0.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says it opens up this Wednesday. This new, higher-powered Supercharger will enhance the long-distance travel capabilities of Tesla vehicles.
Musk made the announcement just a few moments ago via Twitter. We’ve embedded his tweet below:
First public Tesla V3.0 Supercharger Station goes live Wed 8pm
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 3, 2019
We presume that all newer Tesla vehicles will be able to suck down a whole lot more juice at the new Supercharger 3.0. However, the actual outputs of these units is not yet known. Nor do we know which particular Teslas will be able to charge at the highest rates. We do suspect that the Tesla Model 3 will benefit the most from these new Superchargers though.
In related news, Tesla will officially unveil the Tesla Model Y on March 14.
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15 Comments on “First Tesla Supercharger Version 3.0 To Go Live On Wednesday”
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Moshe, The Electric Israeli
WOW. That will be awesome.
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2 hours ago
Will only work in the S&X with the new top of the range battery. They need to make the S&X the flagships again.
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2 hours ago
Battery charging is an important item, but it isn’t the ONLY thing that sets the S and X apart from the 3.
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2 hours ago
Paul Stoller
They need it to work with all of their cars, now I can see modifications to the new S and X packs that perhaps allow them to stay at a higher rate of charge for a longer period but no way does Tesla want to restrict charger to individual models that’s a waste of infrastructure.
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1 hour ago
It will put pressure on the competition
Will it capable of matching CCS AT 350kW? Anyway in Europe it is CCS for supercharger as well.
Tesla cars need to be able to match top power output. Otherwise what’s the point.
Let see what Elon has in store
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2 hours ago
E(V)quality
CCS 350 kW is 800V, so not possible for Tesla vehicles right now. But 175 kW @ 400V would already be almost 50% more and that‘s what CCS could deliver to Tesla vehicles in Europe.
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1 hour ago
Yves Laurin
350KW is possible even with 400 Volts, you need twice the current, so you need bigger cable and make sure connectors can handle that much current, it will most likely be less efficient, but possible.
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48 minutes ago
AFAIK there is diminishing returns when you increase the power because as you increase the power you also increase the inefficiencies. There’s also the affect that a high powered charger will begin to taper much quicker than a lower powered charger. Thus if you calculate the time to charge a car from 0 to 80% on 350kW and compare to the same on a 175kW, I’m fairly sure that the 350kW won’t be twice as fast. Yes, it will be faster but not twice as fast.
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1 hour ago
Currently no cars are capable of charging at 350 kW, so yes it may be possible that a Tesla charging on V3 superchargers may be the highest power output.
When you compare miles of charge per minute, Tesla will likely be even better. Because right now Tesla is the only car maker with the magic mix of fast charging AND high efficiency AND large battery. All 3 of which are required for high miles per minute and range between charging location. And that’s the point of fast charging — going as far as fast as possible with the least amount of time stopping for charging.
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53 minutes ago
Elon and JB suggested closer to 240kW on investor calls, as there are tradeoffs associated with going higher.
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8 minutes ago
Doggydogworld
Will they really let Model 3 beat Model S/X on charging rate?
I expected a new S/X battery pack architecture concurrent with Supercharger v3. I guess it’s still possible, but all the recent S/X positioning/pricing changes say otherwise.
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2 hours ago
Model 3 beats the S/X in many ways already. They’re old designs.
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1 minute ago
Big news, loading up on calls Monday!
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1 hour ago
My biggest question is what the power split will be on the 2 connectors. With higher power it is possible that cars that are currently limited to 120 kW might be able to draw full 120 kW at the same time.
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59 minutes ago
It better be 1.21 gigawatts, or I will be disappointed!!!
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40 minutes ago