{"id":37445,"date":"2022-12-03T00:04:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T05:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=37445"},"modified":"2022-12-03T00:04:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T05:04:04","slug":"1138028_tesla-confirms-megawatt-charging-tech-for-cybertruck-semi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=37445","title":{"rendered":"Tesla confirms megawatt charging tech for Cybertruck, Semi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tesla confirmed that it plans to use a new immersive cooling method for its Supercharger V4 charging cable, capable of handling up to 1 megawatt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be used for Cybertruck, too,\u201d Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday night. The tech upgrade is coming to Superchargers next year, he added.<\/p>\n

Tesla didn\u2019t confirm that either the Semi or the Cybertruck will be able to charge at 1 megawatt from the outset, but the announcement does effectively dismiss the possibilities of either a separate Megacharger ecosystem<\/a> or Tesla\u2019s early adoption of the Megawatt Charging Standard, or MCS.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As Tesla outlined last month, its charging connector, now called NACS, is good for up to 1 megawatt with a new configuration of the same connector. Musk didn\u2019t provide any demonstration of how much heavier or more cumbersome V4 will be to handle at stops on the\u00a0Tesla Supercharger\u00a0network<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Tesla<\/p>\n

Tesla Supercharger V4 cable, for up to 1 megawatt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The announcement leaves a lot of room for elaboration regarding how Tesla actually plans to incorporate charging options for its Semi, which wouldn\u2019t fit at many existing Supercharger stations. Tesla\u2019s senior charging policy manager Francesca Wahl said in October, at the CharIn North America Conference in Portland, that Supercharger sites likely would not be used as heavy-duty (Semi) sites anytime soon. The company has suggested over the years that it was looking to deploy supporting infrastructure for the Semi<\/a> with other parties.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the Thursday night event was to mark the first delivery of the big electric hauler to Pepsi. Although Tesla omitted many key details like the battery pack size, pricing, or how the production rate will ramp up, it did include a bit more about the propulsion tech the Semi uses to achieve its combination of power and range.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Tesla<\/p>\n

Tesla Semi aero<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Semi is built on a new 1000-volt system, yet it uses Tesla\u2019s heat pump, climate system, and inverter tech already made at volume. Aerodynamics play a key role in optimizing efficiency and range.<\/p>\n

Tesla also confirmed in its recent 500-mile run from Fremont to San Diego, fully loaded at more than 80,000 pounds, that it didn\u2019t charge along the way or game the run.<\/p>\n

As Musk underscored, it\u2019s essentially using the tri-motor Plaid Model S<\/a> and Model X powertrain, with two of the three drive units totally disconnected except when accelerating. All the work with integration, traction systems, software and control was done in-house.<\/p>\n

\"Tesla<\/p>\n

Tesla tri-motor Semi powertrain<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Semi \u201chas crazy power compared to a diesel truck,\u201d said Musk, who also said seeing the Semi go unloaded is \u201clike an elephant moving like a cheetah.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tesla claims that the Semi can make a huge impact for the environment and health\u2014particularly in cities. In the U.S., there are 15 million passenger vehicle sales and roughly 200,000 big commercial trucks sold per year, but the trucks constitute 20% of vehicle emissions and more than a third of particulate emissions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That includes the company\u2019s own logistics. It confirmed that it will deploy more Semis to use for its own passenger vehicle delivery\u2014which at its present rates must require a great many internal combustion trucks.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tesla confirmed that it plans to use a new immersive cooling method for its Supercharger V4 charging cable, capable of handling up to 1 megawatt.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s going to be used for Cybertruck, too,\u201d Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday night. The tech upgrade is coming to Superchargers next year, he added. Tesla didn\u2019t confirm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}