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Tesla opens first public Semi Megacharger
Tesla has launched its first public Megacharger site for the Semi in Bloomington, California, with six stalls rated at up to 1.2 MW each.
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Tesla has opened its first public Megacharger station for the Tesla Semi, a key step in turning its electric truck from an early deployment into something fleets can use at scale. The site is now operating in Bloomington, California, about an hour from Los Angeles.
The complex includes six charging stalls, each capable of delivering up to 1.2 MW. That puts it well beyond Tesla’s passenger-car network: the current Supercharger V4 tops out at 500 kW, making the new Megacharger roughly 2.5 times more powerful.
That difference matters because the Semi has very different battery and operating demands from Tesla’s cars. Tesla has been pointing to megawatt-class charging since the truck’s original unveiling, arguing that it would be necessary to quickly restore enough range for the next leg of a route.
One of the Semi’s earliest major customers, PepsiCo, began receiving trucks in 2022. But without a dedicated high-power charging network, expanding those deployments across the US would have been difficult.
The launch also comes as the heavy-duty EV market moves toward a broader charging standard. MCS, backed by CharIN and major truck manufacturers, theoretically supports up to 3.75 MW. Tesla’s 1.2 MW is still far below that ceiling, but it is already enough to move truck charging out of the demo phase and closer to everyday logistics.
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This spring, Tesla also said it had produced the first series-production Tesla Semi from its new line at Gigafactory Nevada. If the company starts building out Megachargers along major US freight corridors, the Semi could begin to compete not just as a high-profile electric truck, but as a practical fleet option.
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