Tesla China has announced that the first Supercharger V3 in Beijing is now live. The launch of the new V3 site marks another step in the electric carmaker’s efforts to upgrade its charging infrastructure in China, which will need to provide customers with more support than the locally produced Model 3 in the country .
The announcement was related in a post from Tesla China’s official Twitter account. The electric car manufacturer notes that the Supercharger V3 expansion will continue in China, with the fast charging stations soon to be installed in more cities. “The first V3 Supercharger station in Beijing is open! We will be launching the V3 Supercharger in more cities soon, ”the company said.
The installation of a Supercharger V3 station in Beijing is incredibly pertinent to Tesla, especially considering that the city is one of the cities of the country with the most number of registered cars. In 2018, it was estimated that Beijing alone had registered more than 5.9 million cars. And as it so happens, the city is able to ban the sale of fossil fuel cars by 2030.
With this in mind, Tesla’s Supercharger V3 expansion in Beijing could be a way for the company to emphasize that it is ready to support a large influx of electric cars in the coming years. Tesla’s V3 Supercharger disaster in China could also support the ongoing expansion of Gigafactory Shanghai, which is now ready for production of the Model Y. The Model 3 and Model Y are both high-volume cars, which means that a good number of them could gain ground in important Chinese cities such as Beijing.
Tesla’s Supercharger V3 is designed to provide a fast charging solution for the growing fleet of electric cars. The system has a completely new architecture with a 1MW power box and peak rates of 250kW per car without splitting without charge. At peak performance, the Supercharger V3 could charge a car in just about 15 minutes at 1,000 mph rates.
As noted by Tesla in its Supercharger V3 announcement, the new infrastructure would cut the amount of time EV owners spend at Superchargers by an average of 50%. This allowed each Supercharger V3 station to accommodate a larger number of cars, allowing the system to support Tesla’s growing fleet. This will be the key for the company, especially with the arrival of other high volume cars like the Cybertruck.
