With the opening of its proprietary cost connector, Tesla has confirmed its Supercharger is far more highly effective than we beforehand thought.

It factors to as much as 900 kW of potential whole output.

Yesterday, Tesla stunned many by saying that it’s opening its EV cost connector within the hope of creating it the brand new commonplace in North America.

Like the remainder of the business, we’re nonetheless digging into all of the documentation that Tesla launched about its proprietary cost connector to persuade folks to undertake it.

Whereas we haven’t completed reviewing the whole lot, one factor is obvious primarily based on the brand new paperwork: Tesla’s Superchargers are able to a lot increased capability than is at present obtainable.

Within the documentation, Tesla describes two variations of its charging know-how succesful at working at 500 volts and 1,000 volts, however they’re interoperable.

Tesla writes:

Two interfaces are proven beneath, a 500V configuration and 1,000V configuration. The 2 interfaces are mechanically interoperable (i.e. the 1,000V inlet can mechanically obtain the 500V connector and the 500V inlet can obtain the 1,000V connector).

Listed here are the 2 designs:

The capability to function at 1,000v is new info that wasn’t identified about Tesla’s charging capability earlier than aside from for the upcoming Megawatt charging for the Tesla Semi truck.

Moreover, Tesla famous within the paperwork that it has been capable of function at over 900 amps:

Tesla has efficiently operated the North American Charging Commonplace above 900A constantly with a non-liquid cooled car inlet.

900A at 1,000v would level to 900 kW of whole output or greater than 3 occasions the present acknowledged capability of Tesla’s most up-to-date Supercharger stations.

This could again up Tesla’s assertion within the weblog submit saying its charging commonplace now named the ‘North American Charging Commonplace (NACS)’ that it’s “twice as highly effective” as CCS:

With greater than a decade of use and 20 billion EV charging miles to its title, the Tesla charging connector is probably the most confirmed in North America, providing AC charging and as much as 1 MW DC charging in a single slim package deal. It has no shifting components, is half the scale, and twice as highly effective as Mixed Charging System (CCS) connectors.

Appears like Tesla just isn’t kidding about this declare. Now, that is particularly concerning the cost connector, however Tesla wouldn’t have designed it with the capability with out additionally planning to have the remainder of its charging know-how able to matching it.

It factors to Tesla future-proofing its Supercharging know-how for a a lot increased output.

Electrek’s Take

This has some fascinating implications. Tesla has but to undertake 800-volt powertrain know-how in its electrical automobiles.

Different automakers have, however Tesla seems to have future-proofed its charging know-how earlier than attempting to make it an ordinary.

Subsequently, it’s doable that we’re lastly going to see Tesla shifting to 800v for its upcoming new automobiles, just like the Cybertruck.

Both means, it seems to be like Tesla’s cost connector just isn’t a bottleneck for top charging output.