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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.
You have to reach Mach 1.35 before it starts charging?
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Tesla is more than Musk.
Congratulations to the engineers working on this stuff. It sounds great!
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Meanwhile, existing Tesla hardware is already capable of utilising the higher charge rate after a simple software update. That’s pretty impressive. I don’t think any of the other car manufacturers had the foresight to prepare for the 350kW chargers or even the 175kW ones. Sounds like they are playing catch-up to Tesla, not the other way around.
If construction was anything like programming, an incorrectly fitted lock would bring down the entire building...
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.
The real "Libtards" are the Libertarians!
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.
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
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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