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by martinald 2669 days ago
Cool but my thought was that load sharing between cars was caused by contended grid connection rather than anything in the supercharger itself?

Having 16 * 250kW grid connection (4MW) will be super expensive (in terms of connection speed) and slow to provision in many places. It's a similar amount of power as a data centre and power connection is the slowest and hardest part of that, hence why I assumed they had lower grid connections which would be easier to source from local power companies.

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Yeah, a 4MVA connection would likely require new HV side infrastructure, which is inherently expensive to install.