Blog Tesla’s Other New Product – A Phone Charger

Tesla has quietly launched a new product on its website, a mobile battery pack to charge your phone and other devices.

The “PowerBank” battery pack is shaped like the Tesla supercharger monument at the company’s headquarters and has a built-in USB, micro USB and lightning cable.

Tesla says the battery pack uses a single 18650 cell, the same standard lithium-ion cell used in every Tesla made before the Model 3. The battery pack has a 3350mAh capacity, which can charge most phones once. The PowerBank is costs $45 and is available for order.

 

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Great cool design, especially with the charging cord embedded (where you don't have to keep up with it) and the USB, micro USB and Lightning Cable cover all the bases. The fact that it will only charge a phone once is actually good. Those that are designed to charge phones multiple times are bulky, heavy and a crutch for someone who doesn't plan ahead. And if I was concerned about "value" rather than quality, I would not be a Tesla enthusiast.

It really depends on your use case. The use for this device is not for someone traveling where they won't have access to power for a long period of time or if they need to use for multiple devices. Also not for someone who is on the phone a lot and needs to refresh occasionally during the day OR doesn't want to have to continually recharge the external battery on a regular basis. Cool looking, though. Nice piece.