Tesla’s third-generation Supercharger station has opened to the public at the China World Trade Center in Beijing. This is Tesla’s third V3 Supercharger station built in China, following Shanghai and Guangzhou.
“The China World Trade Center charging station is equipped with six V3 Supercharging piles (Shanghai Jinqiao Supercharging only has three V3). Each charging pile can provide up to 250 kW of charging power,” Tesla said in a statement.
Unlike V2, each charging pile of V3 has 250 kW charging power, rather than sharing 145 kW power between two charging piles like V2. The China World Trade Center charging station features six charging piles, meaning the total power of the entire station reaches 1500 kW, whether it can achieve 250 kW charging power depends on the reliability of the national grid.
As for the appearance, there is not much difference between V2 and V3. The main improvement is in the cable and charging speed. The V3 charging pile uses liquid cooling technology for the cable, making it lighter and thinner and less prone to overheating than V2 in the current environment.
In December 2019, we conducted a detailed test of the charging performance of V3 and V2 Superchargers in Shanghai and obtained detailed evaluation data. If you want to learn more, you can read our test article: “Tesla V3 Supercharger First Test in China: 360 km in 24 Minutes”.
With the surge in sales of Model 3, the deployment of charging piles needs to be increased. Can you guess in which city the next V3 will “settle”?
This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.