Cybertruck + V4 Charger Results?!?

[Carlos Thomas]

Talk about click bait. When is one of these YouTubers who are hunting for clicks going to make a real non-clickbait video of the first Cybertruck connected to the V4 charger so we can see the results? It appears Wilsonville, OR and Sparks, NV have the V4 superchargers. The one in Oregon is lit up and running. Not sure if the Sparks, NV location is live yet, but they installed the equipment a couple of months ago.

Sounds like a simple roadtrip for some much needed clicks & subs. Who is going to be first?

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[Jhodgesatmb]

Talk about click bait. When is one of these YouTubers who are hunting for clicks going to make a real non-clickbait video of the first Cybertruck connected to the V4 charger so we can see the results? It appears Wilsonville, OR and Sparks, NV have the V4 superchargers. The one in Oregon is lit up and running. Not sure if the Sparks, NV location is live yet, but they installed the equipment a couple of months ago.

Sounds like a simple roadtrip for some much needed clicks & subs. Who is going to be first?

and your post is not click bait? Perhaps you could end the subject line with a question mark next time?

 

[GhostAndSkater]

There isn't any real V4s in the wild yet

All the ones that are live are just the dispenser in the V4 model, not the actual charger, all are still V3

 

[Woodrick]

Talk about click bait. When is one of these YouTubers who are hunting for clicks going to make a real non-clickbait video of the first Cybertruck connected to the V4 charger so we can see the results? It appears Wilsonville, OR and Sparks, NV have the V4 superchargers. The one in Oregon is lit up and running. Not sure if the Sparks, NV location is live yet, but they installed the equipment a couple of months ago.

Sounds like a simple roadtrip for some much needed clicks & subs. Who is going to be first?

Take a look at the station a little closer. What capacity are they. I suspect a standard 250kW station.

V4 seems to be a catch-all phrase, not a specific solution, at least at this point.

 

[Sjohnson20]

they are all 250kw still so that would be the reason

 

[agordon117]

Does anyone even think the v4 chargers will make much difference?

In the best case that I've seen, the 250kW charger has already ramped down by the time it hits 25% charge. Is there reason to believe that at a lower current and higher voltage, the curve can stay higher for longer? Because otherwise, the only benefit that will occur is below 25% SoC.

At higher current and lower voltage, more heat is created. Is that heat the limiting factor in how fast these batteries are charging? Like, does the battery system switch from heating the pack to cooling it as soon as it's plugged in?

Genuine questions, I'm very curious about this.

 

[Woodrick]

Does anyone even think the v4 chargers will make much difference?

In the best case that I've seen, the 250kW charger has already ramped down by the time it hits 25% charge. Is there reason to believe that at a lower current and higher voltage, the curve can stay higher for longer? Because otherwise, the only benefit that will occur is below 25% SoC.

At higher current and lower voltage, more heat is created. Is that heat the limiting factor in how fast these batteries are charging? Like, does the battery system switch from heating the pack to cooling it as soon as it's plugged in?

Genuine questions, I'm very curious about this.

I think that you'll find that the charging curve is essentially the same as your Model Y. Yep, around 25%, you are no longer at 250kW.

While there is hysteresis, the vehicle switch from cooling to heating as needed. (In the summer, preconditioning cools the battery)

Whatever they may be called, the 800V chargers or chargers that are greater than 250kW, don't seem to exist yet.

The things that are being called V4 chargers are probably just capable of non-Tesla charging.

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