The new Tesla V3 Supercharger uses a completely remodeled architecture to deliver 50% faster charging times than existing Supercharger stations. Born out of a desire to build the world’s largest grid-connected battery systems, Tesla cars have the furthest range and fastest charging time of any energy system available.
Tesla has a network of over 12,000 Superchargers in North America, Europe and Asia with a network that continues to expand on a daily basis. Currently, 99% of the American population is covered. By the end of 2019, the same will be true for Europe. In China alone, more than 90% of the domestic population is covered by Tesla’s electric vehicle charging stations.
The Tesla V3 Supercharger is the innovation necessary to accelerate the world’s adoption of more sustainable consumption of vital resources. This electric vehicle charging station allows more EV vehicles to power up quicker and help meet future demands for these key technologies.
EV charging Re-Imagined
The Tesla V3 was completely redesigned with a new architecture to support its incredible energy storage and delivery. A 1MW power cabinet with a similar design to the Tesla utility-scale products offers peak electrical output rates of 250kW per car. At this rate, a Model 3 Long Range operating at peak efficiency can recover up to 75 miles of charge in 5 minutes and charge at rates of up to 1,000 miles per hour.
The V3 Supercharger will drop EV battery charging times down to a quick and simple 15 minutes. An industry leading standard, the V3 will allow all users to charge their batteries completely without having to split power between two vehicles as can be the case with the existing generation of electrical charging stations from Tesla.
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Introducing On-Route Battery Warmup
To complement the hardware improvement of the V3 Supercharger, Tesla has introduced a software-based On-Route Battery Warmup system which will automatically begin to warm a Tesla’s battery as it approaches a Supercharging station – so that it is the perfect charging temperature once it arrives.
On-Battery Warmup allows Tesla drivers to reduce battery charging times by as much as 25%. This when coupled with the higher peak output of the V3 allows for a 50% reduction in charging times when compared to the current generation of Tesla charging stations.
Tesla will also make even faster 145kW charge rates for their existing 12,000+ V2 Superchargers in North America, Europe and Asia.
The T3 Supercharger network will allow Tesla to charge twice as many batteries by the end of 2019 as is possible today.
Tesla owners and participants in the company’s Early Access Program living in the San Francisco Bay Area will have the first access to the V3 Supercharging public beta. The Model 3 is the first one to be covered by the V3 technology with the Model S and X expected to follow by the end of 2019.
Tesla is dedicated to expanding its expertise and global footprint of electric vehicle charging stations. The company hopes to be able to lead the way to a more sustainable future by helping the innovations of electric vehicles and autonomous driving to become realities.