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Tesla Launches Supercharger V3 With 1,000mph Charging, Better Efficiency, and More (electrek.co)
Yesterday, Tesla launched the next generation Supercharger V3 with higher charging capacity, better efficiency, and more. The biggest new feature is the ability to deliver a new 250 kW of peak power thanks to an "all-new liquid cooled cable design." Electrek reports: According to the company, the cable is "significantly lighter, more flexible, and more efficient" than their current air-cooled cable found on the V2 Superchargers. Other than the cable, the Supercharger V3 should be undifferentiated from V2 at the station. The company didn't even release new pictures for V3. The new 250 kW peak at the station is also enabled by a new 1 MW power cabinet. Instead of using onboard chargers staked together, the new Supercharger is built using technology Tesla developed for its massive grid energy storage system. With the new technology, there will be no power share between stalls like in the current version.
On Tesla's most efficient vehicles, like the Long Range Model 3, the company says that the new Supercharger V3 can add up to 75 miles of range in 5 minutes and charge at a peak rage of 1,000 miles per hour of range. A new 'On-Route Battery Warmup' software feature was also announced. When entering a Supercharger station in your navigation system, the vehicle's software will "intelligently heat the battery to ensure you arrive at the optimal temperature to charge." That's assuming you have enough charge in the battery when you come in. The new feature alone should reduce "average charge times for owners by 25%," according to the automaker. Model S and X owners may be disappointed to hear that the new peak charging rates won't be available for their vehicles at launch. Instead, they will have to wait for a software update "in the coming months." Model 3 vehicles will be the first to receive the software update to support the new speeds.
On Tesla's most efficient vehicles, like the Long Range Model 3, the company says that the new Supercharger V3 can add up to 75 miles of range in 5 minutes and charge at a peak rage of 1,000 miles per hour of range. A new 'On-Route Battery Warmup' software feature was also announced. When entering a Supercharger station in your navigation system, the vehicle's software will "intelligently heat the battery to ensure you arrive at the optimal temperature to charge." That's assuming you have enough charge in the battery when you come in. The new feature alone should reduce "average charge times for owners by 25%," according to the automaker. Model S and X owners may be disappointed to hear that the new peak charging rates won't be available for their vehicles at launch. Instead, they will have to wait for a software update "in the coming months." Model 3 vehicles will be the first to receive the software update to support the new speeds.
It recharges 1000 miles of driving in an hour.
It was a rhetorical question. The point is, the mile-per-hour is an existing unit (albeit one that is only used in Burma and in the US) and it does not mean that.
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I assume you are joking.
To clarify, 1000 mph means that the battery in the car will charge such that the rate of adding range is 1000 miles (of added range) per hour (assuming you then drive at some normal speed).
My house in the USA has 240 volts (nominally 220V, but actually 240 - 245V).
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It recharges 1000 miles of driving in an hour.
Which isn't true. Overall the new system (including preconditioning the battery) reduces the charge time by about 33%. What used to take 60 minutes can now be done in 40 minutes. The 250 kW charge rate is only maintained up until about 16% state of charge.
It's still a very good improvement, but don't believe the hype.
Wrong.
US houses are fed with +110V, -110V and neutral. The + and - are 180 degrees out of phase (the term normally used is "split phase"). There is 220V between the two sides.
Electric ovens, dryers, EV chargers, etc. all use 220V.
Arguably it is slightly safer than other 220V systems because there is only 110V between a live wire and ground. However, most of the world uses 220/240V single phase systems in houses and no one seems to think it is too dangerous.
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Typical houses in the USA don't have 3 phase. Typically we have a single phase and split it with a ground potential center tap on the transformer. This yields two legs that are nominally 240v apart and each leg is also nominally 120v from ground potential. The intentionally grounded current carrying conductor is commonly referred to as neutral. The only way to get a 240v shock in a typical USA house is to somehow get connected to BOTH legs of the service, which would almost take intent.
The main advantage is that they can charge more cars simultaneously. Many people don't realize, when they see 8 Tesla chargers they can't all deliver max power. Pairs of them share 130kW at the moment.
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No. Tesla's, and the various batteries that Tesla sells, all come with warranties. The quicker they screw them up, the quicker *Tesla* has to pay for more.
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According to the article, this was part of the software upgrade. When you or the car is navigating to a charging station, the car starts pre-heating the batteries to optimal charge temperature.
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Given that for some one going from 0 to 100%, the net savings will not be some eye popping number. But for those who drive in with 30 miles on the battery and fill 200 miles per session might see significant savings, from 35 minutes to 20 minutes, may be.
But the real winners are the yet to be made pickup truck and the roadster. Their battery capacity is very high and they can soak up power at 1000 miles/hr for 15 minutes or so, picking up 250 miles in 15 minutes.
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Further the engines are not rated for max power for 20 continuous minutes. The coolant cant keep up, and the it is likely to flash over and the engine would seize in about 5 minutes.
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When I go on a long distance trips, the second fill up will be on a super charger. Somewhere between 20 to 30 minutes more than a comparable gas stop.
Till you actually own and drive battery cars you wont "get" this point.
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