Tesla has formally unveiled its V4 supercharging cupboards, that are anticipated to ship twice the charging speeds of as much as 500 kW per stall for appropriate vehicles. For vans, this could be as excessive as 1.2 MW per stall.
In an article on X, the social media platform owned by CEO Elon Musk, the Tesla staff contact on the sooner charging capabilities for automobiles supporting 400-1000V architectures.
Out of the Tesla lineup, the Cybertruck will be capable to cost 30% sooner at a V4 supercharger web site with the brand new V4 cupboards. Present Tesla automobiles such because the Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y in Australia will be capable to cost at speeds of as much as 250 kW however future automobiles from the model might be able to utilise the upgraded websites with V4 cupboards higher.
On prime of the sooner charging capabilities of the V4 cupboards, the subsequent technology system is able to having as much as 8 stalls, which is double the present 4 stalls per cupboard seen at websites as we speak.
“Posts can peak as much as 500kW for vehicles, however we’d like lower than 1MW throughout 8 posts to ship most energy to vehicles 99% of the time,” Max de Zegher, director of Tesla charging in North America mentioned within the submit.
“No extra DC busbar between cupboards. Energy comes from a single V4 cupboard to eight stalls. Simpler to put in, cheaper, extra dependable. Even among the small incremental enhancements matter. V4 Cupboard has a 2% effectivity enchancment. Superchargers already ship over 5 TWh/yr, 100 GWh/yr in waste warmth that may be saved.”
In keeping with the corporate, it will cut back complexity and extra importantly decrease area wanted at every web site for the cupboards which is able to make rolling out of websites a lot sooner. It says the V4 cupboard {hardware} is designed with reliability in thoughts, delivering 3x energy density with decrease prices.
The primary V4 cupboards are at present within the allow course of for upcoming websites, with the primary websites opening in 2025.
Right here in Australia, Tesla operates a supercharger community with over 100 websites with greater than 600 stalls. The vast majority of these have been the V3 supercharger websites which have the V3 cupboards.
The primary of the V4 supercharger stalls, which nonetheless had V3 cupboards, began opening lower than 12 months in the past with the opening of Australia’s largest charging web site simply earlier than Christmas in 2023.
This web site in Albury has 16 stalls with the longer cables seen within the V4 stall design, optimised for charging non-Tesla automobiles as effectively which will have various cost port areas.
Since then, Tesla has rolled out or upgraded 15 extra websites throughout the nation with V4 supercharger stalls however maintained the V3 cupboards which permit for 250 kW charging.
It’s unclear if any of the over 30 upcoming new supercharger websites in Australia will characteristic the brand new V4 cupboards.Sooner charging and extra environment friendly rollout of the {hardware} will make it simpler to not solely deploy websites faster but in addition assist decrease the price of supercharging for all EV drivers.
Riz is the founding father of carloop based mostly in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV knowledge, perception experiences and traits. He’s a mechanical engineer who spent the primary 7 years of his profession constructing transport infrastructure earlier than beginning carloop. He has a ardour for vehicles, significantly EVs and needs to assist cut back transport emissions in Australia. He at present drives a purple Tesla Mannequin 3.
