Cybertruck Charging Curve - Where it is vs where it needs to be
Now that we have a bit of data, I went on to analyze and extrapolate from it, main source is
@ryanshawtech review with a few complimentary points extracted from
@itskyleconner videos
The current charge curve isn't great to say the least, but we have
@larsmoravy saying it will do 15% to 85% in 18 to 20 minutes, so the question is, what the charge curve has too look like for that to be true? This is what I went on to find out
For that to happen on a V4 Supercharger, it has to maintain 350 kW up to 57%, doing 10% to 80% in 17 minutesIf we just cut the curve for a V3 Supercharger with 255 kW, it should maintain that up to 69% (nice) and takes 21 minutes for the same SoC interval
Both cut the charge time in half or more from where it stands todayNow, I would be impressed if this actually happened with trucks that are on the street today. Why? If they will improve that much, why launch them with such a bad charging curve? Maybe the full charging session with service mode enable from
@itskyleconner will shine some light on it when we look at cell temperatures
Or indeed the first ones won't get better due to some constrain, be it due to cell, pack or both, which would be a huge letdown for early owners that are paying a premium. Would the rumored new chemistry that is in transition right now result is this much improvement? Are the first packs using 4680 gen 1 cells? Too many question with no answers in sight
