Tesla launches faster third generation Supercharger

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Tesla unveiled the third generation of its Supercharger charging stations during a customer event at its Fremont, California headquarters Wednesday evening. The new “V3” Supercharger is capable of charging some of the Model 3 at a rate of 250kW, which Tesla says is fast enough to add 75 miles of range in 5 minutes. Tesla says it will break ground on more V3 Superchargers in April.

The first V3 Supercharger station is now open in Fremont to members of Tesla’s “early access program,” a small group of owners that the company allows to test out things like new versions of its software. Once more start arriving in April, access to V3 Supercharging will “roll out to the wider fleet in an over the air firmware update to all owners in Q2 as...

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