Load her Tesla in 15 minutes, it will soon be possible

One of the many reasons why people plan to buy an electric car is to discover characteristics that are generally not found in traditional petrol or diesel vehicles. Among these new electric cars, the Tesla Model S is no exception.

Tesla fast load

The charging time of a Tesla Model S depends on the type of charging station used. On an AC charging station, the Tesla Model S can take care of a maximum power of 17 kW. This means that the burden of 0 to 100 % should take around 7 hours. The load on a DC fast charger should take about 30 minutes from 10 to 80 %, thanks to the maximum load power of 250 kW.

How to find a tesla supercharger?

The Tesla Supercharger is a rapid charging terminal of electric vehicles in direct current held and operated by Tesla itself. Exclusively available for owners of Tesla, these charging stations are capable of loading at a maximum speed of 250 kW.

If you have a Tesla, like the Tesla Model S, the easiest way to find a supercharger is to use the Tesla app or the car navigation system. Tesla’s navigation system automatically involves superchargers if necessary, and to avoid arriving to find them all in service, can tell you if places are available or not.

How far can the Tesla Model S travel in a single load?

The Tesla Model S is currently available in two different models, the long range and the Plaid, both with different autonomy:

The long range Model has an autonomy of 652 km*.

La Model S Plaid has a range of 628 km*.

*These estimates are based on WLTP values ​​and actual autonomy may vary depending on factors such as speed, weather conditions and elevation gain.

How much is a Tesla Model S?

Depending on the version of the Tesla Model S that you choose and your place of residence or your dealer, the starting price is between 99,990 and 135,990 $* in the United States, 115,000 and 150,000 €* * in Europe, and £ 90,000 and 120,000 in the United Kingdom.

What are the characteristics of the Tesla Model S?

One of the many reasons why people plan to buy an electric car is to discover characteristics that are generally not found in traditional petrol or diesel vehicles. Among these new electric cars, the Tesla Model S is no exception.

The most advanced function of the Tesla Model S is automatic management, which allows almost entirely automated driving. The autopilot allows your car to go, accelerate and brake automatically and, without any intervention, to change lanes, to navigate the highways, to avoid potential collisions and even to go to your destination on request.

Among the other features that the Tesla Model S highlights its website, let us quote the incredible passage time from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.1 seconds, which it calls “the interior of the future”, With a steering wheel in the shape of an egg yolk, a 17 -inch touch screen control center allowing you to play console quality games, watch movies and several wireless charging plates for your smartphones (s).

What is the size of the Tesla Model S?

Classified in the category of luxury sedans with five places, the Tesla Model S has a length of 4,970 mm, a width of 1,964 mm and a height of 1,445 mm. The loading volume of the Tesla Model S is 793 liters.

What is top speed and 0 to 100 km/h of the Tesla Model S?

The Tesla Model S Long Range has a maximum speed of 250 km/h and a passage time from 0 to 100 km/h of 3.2 seconds, while the Tesla Model S plaid has a maximum speed of 322 km/h and a very impressive 2.1 seconds passage from 0 to 100 km/h.

Load her Tesla in 15 minutes, it will soon be possible

Tesla announces an update of its superchargers, its network of fast charge stations. With lined power, they promise to decrease the charging time to an average of 15 minutes.

Third -generation Tesla Supercharters, with a power of 250 kW, will allow to go from 20 % to 80 % load in 15 minutes.

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Today, Tesla is the only manufacturer to have a Fast charge network network, Supercharters. With 12.000 charging points worldwide, Californian prides itself on covering 99 % of the population in the United States, a target at the end of 2019 in Europe and 90 % in China. Their charge power of 120 kW Allows you to recover 80 % battery in approximately 40 minutes, which we were able to check several times during our tests. Today, Tesla announces the next generation of superchargers.

While Elon Musk estimated a few months ago that it was superfluous to exceed 200 kW, the third generation of Supercharger finally offers more. It’s a power of 250 kW which will be delivered by the new stations. And maybe even a little more, since the video that announces the event reports a peak at 256 kW. Enough logically, with a doubled power, Tesla expects to see the downtime divided in half. What reduce the journey time on long courses, but also improve fluidity to stations, some being sometimes victims of their success during the great departures, especially in California.

A power of 250 kW for new superchargers

With these new stations, Tesla announces that the load peaks correspond to a autonomy recovery of 1.600 km per hour of load… of course taking into account the standardized autonomy on cycle. In 5 minutes, there are 120 km of autonomy. The manufacturer believes that the average charge time will now be 15 minutes. This corresponds to a passage from 20 % to 80 % of the level of the battery. Note also that a software update of the cars detects, thanks to the navigation data, when the car is about to arrive at a supercharger. The battery then automatically rises in temperature, to be able to accept the maximum load power from the first seconds of connection.

Tesla’s announcement appears remarkable, at a time when competitors are capsize for the moment at 100 kW. Only the Audi e-tron, whose marketing is imminent, announces to accept a load of 150 kW. But this is only available on the Ionity terminals, still few. Tesla therefore resumes a good step ahead of the competition. For the moment, only Porsche announces a higher charge power (350 kW) with its future Taycan, which will be launched in 2020. Note, however, that the maximum power of 250 kW For the moment only the Model 3, whose battery was designed from the start to support such power. A software update is planned to increase the load speed of Model S and Model X, but we do not yet know what proportions.

Tesla begins today the conversion of its charge stations. To do this, electrical cabinets capable of delivering 1 MW (identical to those which will be deployed on the megazzles), the stations dedicated to the Tesla Semi electric truck) will replace the current. The first open station is in the bay of San Francisco. It will be a test phase, before deploying the final versions in April. The entire network should be converted between the second and the third quarter. Europe and China will be served in the fourth quarter. In the meantime, a software update makes current superchargers pass at 145 kW. Note that in Europe, Tesla also adds a CCS combo socket to all its terminals (almost all stations have at least two equipped terminals), the Model 3 being equipped with this connector. Type 2 socket remains for Model S and Model X.

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