Megapack Chargers is a mobile charging station deployed by the company right before the big holiday season at the end of the year. This charging station is actually a tractor-trailer carrying a mini Megapack charger. Tesla has also used Megapack at Supercharger fixed charging stations with high traffic, to reduce waiting time. However, this is the first time the company has brought this solution to mobile vehicles.
According to the company, during the 2024 holiday season, the service will be provided at 4 locations in 4 cities in different states. Max de Zegher - Tesla's charging director informed that Megapack Chargers have a capacity of 3 MWh with the ability to charge about 75 cars. The device has up to 8 250kW charging stations and is connected to Starlink. Megapack Chargers recharged for a few hours at the Supercharger station during the night when there were few customers.
A Megapack will cost around $1 million (about 25 billion 431 million VND), weighing up to 38 tons. As of November 30, Tesla's Supercharger charging station network in North America has reached a new milestone by providing 12 GWh of electricity in just 1 day. This amount of fuel is enough to charge more than 300,000 Tesla cars.
Currently, Tesla has 60,000 Supercharger charging stations worldwide. The company plans to deploy V4 charging stations in 2025, promising charging speeds of up to 500 kW for Cybertruck pickup trucks and 1.2 MW for Tesla tractors.
Major automakers such as Ford, Rivian, General Motors, Volvo, Polestar, Nissan and Hyundai can also use Tesla's Supercharger charging stations with NACS converters. Despite the potential for more congestion, Tesla's network has maintained an impressive uptime of 99.95%.
