During the Tesla Semi delivery event, Elon Musk confirmed that the megawatt charger used by Tesla Semi would roll out to every Supercharger station in the future as the Supercharger V4. The first ...

If the truck can get 500 miles at 2kWh/mi, that means it would have a 1MWh battery, and to charge to 70% of range (700kWh) in 30 minutes, you’d need a 1.4MW average charge rate from 0-80%.

Electric semi trucks are coming, and they could help to decarbonize the shipping and logistics industry.However, range remains a major limitation. This presents challenges for long-hauling, where ...

And a 200-kWh battery would take less than an hour to charge on one of the fast chargers commonly available today, so the problem might be more surmountable than it is for fully electric trucks.