Tesla has been producing the Semi in Texas since October 2022. Tesla has also deployed a mobile Megacharger at its Supercharger station in Baker, California. If Tesla adds 750 kilowatt chargers at larger Supercharger locations then they will need to allocate about three times the parking space and three times the power draw as a 250 kilowatt supercharger. Tesla has about 5500 supercharger locations with 9.1 connectors.
Tesla is planning a charging route for its Semi trucks from Texas to California. The route will include charging stations in:
Arizona: San Simon and Phoenix
California: Indio, Compton, and Bakersfield
Tesla is seeking $100 million in federal funding to build nine charging stations along the route. The proposed route includes a 40-stall truck charging site in Bakersfield.
Tesla’s V4 Superchargers still have the same output as the V3 Superchargers, which is rated at 250 kW. However, the changes in power are roughly 30 percent. V3 Superchargers had an amperage of 425 A, while the new V4 Superchargers saw a 31 percent increase to 615 A, according to the panel label. The Version 4 Superchargers can handle 350 kW in some European locations. If the voltage were increased to 1000 volts then the V4 supercharger could handle 615 kW.
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The Bakersfield mobile megacharger has about 30% more Amperage. The Pepsi 750 kW chargers can provide about 70% charge in about 30 minutes. The Bakersfield mobile megacharger probably can add 400 kW of charging for about 200 miles of added range in an hour if it had 500 volts. The Bakersfield mobile megacharger probably can add 800 kW of charging for about 400 miles of added range in an hour if it had 1000 volt capacity. Higher voltage needs some extra electronic cabinets.
Baker, California Supercharger
Check out the Tesla Supercharger for the Semi Truck.
It’s massive, check out that tool!
It’s connected and ready to go!
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If Tesla starts double sizing the Supercharging locations, they can provide 18 car charging connectors or 12 car charging connectors and two semi truck 750 kW megachargers.
90% of truck fleet owners have 6 semi trucks or less.
Adaptations can be made to provide adequate electric semi charging.
The US has about 650,000 regionally operated Semi trucks. The recent real world results show that the other semi truck providers only can handle 100-200 miles per day of operation versus 400-800 miles per day for the Tesla Semi with 750 kW charging. The Tesla Semi with megacharging is the only viable electric truck solution for the 650,000 regionally operated Semi trucks. The Tesla Semi would provide $50000-70000 per year in saved fuel costs. There are subsidies of $40000 at the Federal level and up to $185000 at the State level and 30-60% subsidies for the solar and batteries for charging stations.
$100,000 of electric truck subsidies, $260,000 for four years of fuel savings and half the cost for the subsidized megacharging would mean six semi trucks would get $600k in truck subsidies, $1.56 million in three year fuel savings to support a subsidized $4 million charging setup.
Tesla $100 million in federal funded nine charging truck stations route could likely support the operation of 3000-5000 Semi trucks with 300-400 truck connectors.
There will likely need to be $1-2 billion of charging infrastructure for every 50,000 Semi trucks deployed. This will need to include a lot of solar buildout at each truck stop and utility grid adjustments.
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Do these Tesla charging stations have a *massive* battery sitting at them so the power line from the grid only needs to be big enough to carry the average power use at the charging station?
400 amps at 480/3/60 is ~2.5″ dia. cable, that’s not gonna easy to manipulate and easily move around, not impossible, but it’s not a household extension cord.
Would like to see one of these stations in operation.
The 700kW port they’ve been using is temporary.
Tesla is an active member of the Megawatt Charging Standard group. It is designed for up to 3.5MW.
Tesla might do one or two 1,000V NACS ports. 1,000V NACS standard claims 1,000 amps has been tested. 1MW per port, and backwards compatibility with the standard 500V and AC charging ports.
Cyber truck will also use 1,000V NACS.