Tesla confirmed that it plans to use a new submersible cooling method for the Supercharger V4 charging cable, which is capable of handling up to 1 megawatt.
“It will also be used for the Cybertruck,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Thursday night. He added that the tech upgrade is coming to Superchargers next year.
Tesla hasn’t confirmed that the Semi or Cybertruck will be able to charge at 1 megawatt in the first place, but the announcement does indeed rule out the possibility of either type of charging separately. Supercharged Ecosystem or Tesla’s early adoption of the Megawatt Charging Standard, or MCS.
As Tesla outlined last month, its charging connector, now known as the NACS, works well at up to 1 megawatt with the new configuration of the same connector. Musk didn’t offer any demonstrations of how much heavier or bulkier the V4 would be to handle at stops on the track. Tesla Booster Network.
Tesla Supercharger V4 cable, up to 1 megawatt
This announcement leaves a lot of room to build on how Tesla actually plans to incorporate charging options for its Semi, which don’t fit in well with many existing Supercharger stations. Francesca Wahl, Tesla’s senior director of charging policy, said in October, at the CharIn North America Conference in Portland, that Supercharger locations likely won’t be used as heavyweight (Semi) locations any time soon. . The company has been hinting for years that it’s looking to implement supporting infrastructure for Semi with other parties.
The purpose of Thursday night’s event was to mark the first delivery of the large electric truck to Pepsi. While Tesla omitted many important details such as battery pack size, price or how quickly production would increase, it did include a little more about the propulsion technology the Semi used to make it work. achieve a combination of strength and range of action.
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The Semi is built on the new 1000-volt system, but it uses Tesla’s heat pump, climate system and inverter technology already in mass production. Aerodynamics plays a key role in optimizing efficiency and range.
Tesla also confirmed during a recent 500-mile run from Fremont to San Diego, loaded with more than 80,000 pounds, that it doesn’t charge for the ride or the game during the run.
As Musk emphasized, it basically uses Three-motor plaid Model WILL and the Model X powertrain, with two of the three actuators completely disconnected except during acceleration. All integration work, traction systems, software and controls are done in-house.
Tesla tri-motor Semi powertrain
Musk said the Semi “has tremendous power for a diesel truck,” adding that seeing the Semi unloaded “is like an elephant moving like a leopard.”
Tesla claims that the Semi can make a huge impact on the environment and health, especially in cities. In the United States, there are 15 million passenger vehicle sales and about 200,000 large commercial trucks sold each year, but trucks account for 20% of vehicle emissions and more than a third of particulate emissions.
That includes the company’s own logistics. It confirms that it will deploy more Semis to use in transporting its own passenger vehicles — at current rates that would require a lot of internal combustion trucks.
