Now, this is specifically about the charge connector, but Tesla wouldn’t have designed it with the capacity without also planning to have the rest of its charging technology capable of matching it. Looks like Tesla is not kidding about this claim. It has no moving parts, is half the size, and twice as powerful as Combined Charging System (CCS) connectors. With more than a decade of use and 20 billion EV charging miles to its name, the Tesla charging connector is the most proven in North America, offering AC charging and up to 1 MW DC charging in one slim package. This would back up Tesla’s statement in the blog post announcing its charging standard now named the ‘North American Charging Standard (NACS)’ that it is “twice as powerful” as CCS: Tesla has successfully operated the North American Charging Standard above 900A continuously with a non-liquid cooled vehicle inlet.ĩ00A at 1,000v would point to 900 kW of total output or more than 3 times the current stated capacity of Tesla’s most recent Supercharger stations. The capacity to operate at 1,000v is new information that wasn’t known about Tesla’s charging capacity before other than for the upcoming Megawatt charging for the Tesla Semi truck.įurthermore, Tesla noted in the documents that it has been able to operate at over 900 amps: the 1,000V inlet can mechanically receive the 500V connector and the 500V inlet can receive the 1,000V connector). The two interfaces are mechanically interoperable (i.e. Two interfaces are shown below, a 500V configuration and 1,000V configuration.
In the documentation, Tesla describes two versions of its charging technology capable at operating at 500 volts and 1,000 volts, but they are interoperable.
While we haven’t finished reviewing everything, one thing is clear based on the new documents: Tesla’s Superchargers are capable of much higher capacity than is currently available. Like the rest of the industry, we are still digging into all the documentation that Tesla released about its proprietary charge connector to convince people to adopt it. Yesterday, Tesla surprised many by announcing that it is opening its EV charge connector in the hope of making it the new standard in North America. It points to up to 900 kW of potential total output. With the opening of its proprietary charge connector, Tesla has confirmed its Supercharger is way more powerful than we previously thought.
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