Tesla’s highly anticipated V4 Superchargers have made an appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK with an interesting twist.
The two images show a close-up of the charging handle, but most interestingly, they also include a space for a screen, and a contactless payment terminal. The images were shared on Twitter by Tesla Owners UK.
Tesla Superchargers are known for thier fast speeds, ease of use and reliability, thanks to Tesla's Supercharger monitoring system.
Superchargers communicate directly with the vehicle and the owner's Tesla account to start, end and pay for the charging session.
This allows for a completely seamless operation that is almost exactly the same as charging at home. However, when Tesla opened up Superchargers to non-Teslas, it needed to allow non-Tesla owners to start and pay for charging sessions.
Tesla implemented this through the Tesla app, requiring non-Tesla owners to create a Tesla account and use the Tesla app to start, end and pay for their charging sessions. However, by adding a screen and terminal to Superchargers, Tesla may offer the ability to charge at Superchargers without a Tesla account at all. This could allow owners to start and pay for their charging session directly from the Supercharger's screen.
Twitter user Nacho Gonzalez pointed out that the payment terminal in the V4 Supercharger is the Payter Apollo, which is the same terminal used by IONITY in Europe, per Twitter user Felix Hamer’s reply.
We originally reported on Tesla’s V4 Supercharging last year when the automotive company revealed its full design in architectural drawings for a station in Danvers, Massachusetts. The first V4 charger officially opened earlier this year in Harderwijk, Netherlands.
These drawings revealed the height of V4 stations to be six feet, four-and-a-quarter inches tall, which is almost one foot taller than V3 Superchargers. They also come with a longer cable to allow charging non-Teslas without blocking other chargers.
Charging Speeds for V4 Superchargers
Tesla’s V4 Superchargers appear to be capable of charging speeds up to 350kW, an increase of 100kW from their 250kW V3 stations.
