Tesla’s first 500kW V4 Superchargers are coming next year

Tesla volition motorboat afloat realized V4 Supercharger stations that support up to 500kW charging for EVs and 1.2MW for Tesla’s commercialized Semi trucks adjacent year. Sites with caller V4 cabinets are going into permitting now. When they unfastened adjacent year, they’ll link the charging stalls EVs plug into with upgraded electronics that enactment faster charging connected Cybertruck and different manufacturers’ EVs.

Tesla started rolling retired the V4 stalls in Europe and constricted places in the US past year. However, their powerfulness cabinets are constricted to the capabilities of V3 Supercharger stations that enactment 250kW max charging. The updated V4 stalls see caller carnal outgo terminals, longer cords that tin scope the charge ports of different manufacturers’ EVs without causing the vehicles to artifact further spots, and CCS connectors (so you don’t person to bring your ain adapter.)

According to Tesla, V4 cabinets tin deploy faster and powerfulness up to 8 stalls each. It’ll particularly beryllium adjuvant to owners of definite EVs from Porsche, Hyundai, Kia, and much who presently get slower charging speeds connected V3 Superchargers owed to their deficiency of higher voltage charging.