The highest power that can be used to charge existing Tesla Model 3 and Model Y is about 300 kilowatts. Tesla will likely be able to make minor modifications to enable existig 250 kilowatt chargers to increase power to 300 kilowatts. The higher power charging revealed at the Tesla Semi delivery day will enable new version 4 Superchargers with 500-600 kilowatts of charging for Cybertrucks with up to 200 kilowatt hour battery packs.
Jordan of the Limiting Factor has determined that the Tesla megacharging technology should be able to handle 2.3 megawatt charging what will provide the fastest charging for Semi trucks with 900 kilowatt battery packs.
Tesla charging network across North America is about ten times as many charging stations as the next largest charging network. Tesla charging speed and power are faster, better and far more reliable.
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You are aware that there aren’t many places on the U.S. grid that can handle 2.5megawatt charging, right?
I have written extensively that this is a feature for Tesla. The grid cannot handle it. You must have the 3.9 megawatt-hour megapacks to buffer the grid. About one megapack per 5-8 large trucks and for every 20 cybertrucks. I included that in the article but it is easy to miss the emphasis.
Pepsi had four megachargers (version 1 at 750 kw charging). Five to eight trucks per megacharger. Only 200-300 kilowatt draw max. Must have big battery and solar to flatten the draw for no very costly and impossible peak draws.
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/12/pepsi-has-36-tesla-semi-already-and-installing-megacharging.html#more-178471
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/12/tesla-master-plan-3-is-global-domination-and-tesla-semi-is-the-key.html#more-178452
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/12/battery-expert-agrees-with-my-tesla-semi-megapack-analysis.html
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/12/tesla-semi-will-drive-tesla-energy-to-terawatt-scale-by-2030.html