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Tesla Phases Out V3 Superchargers as Giga New York Shifts to V4 Production

Tesla announced on Monday that it has built the final V3 Supercharger at its New York GigaFactory, which began producing the charger in 2019.

Over the past seven years, the factory has produced more than 15,000 units.

The V3 Superchargers were primarily manufactured at the New York facility, which focuses on solar energy products and chargers, and have also been produced at Giga Shanghai since 2021.

While Tesla has said the New York factory is transitioning to V4 Supercharger production, it is unclear whether production will continue in Shanghai.

Although the V4 network launched in China mid-last year, the company has not officially confirmed whether V4 chargers are currently being produced there.

V4 Deployment

The company launched its first V4 Supercharger in early 2023 — in the Netherlands — with the United States following in October.

The first batch of V4 Superchargers opened in China last year, where the company operates over 2,100 chargers.

Tesla‘s V4 Superchargers can achieve up to 500 kW of charging power, doubling from the previous iteration, allowing drivers to recharge their vehicles up to 200 miles in under 15 minutes.

The Superchargers have the native North American Charging Standard (NACS), and their network is open to all brands that support the same connectors.

Many brands — including EV makers Lucid Motors and Rivian — have begun adopting the NACS charging port to gain access to a larger network of chargers nationwide.

Management Input

In an X post on Monday, Tesla‘s Senior Director of Charging Max de Zegher wrote that the company is “all in on V4 cabinets!”

“So cool to see how far we’ve come from V1. The brand new V4 cabinet line at Giga New York is automotive-grade and spooling up for charging ubiquity around the world 🦾,” he added.

The executive oversees the company’s charging services across North America, Europe, the Middle East & Africa, and the Asia Pacific.

He was originally among the members of the Supercharging team who were laid off in April 2024. He was rehired shortly after.

De Zegher was recently promoted to a Senior position after having served as Director for the past two years.

He succeeds Rebecca Tinucci, the former Senior Director, who was also laid off and joined Uber Freight in late 2024.

Mid-last year, when Tesla reached 70,000 global charging stalls, De Zegher commented that “every [Supercharger] opening is gritty problem-solving of bureaucratic approvals, design puzzles, permitting, and pushing utilities to move much faster.”

Network

Tesla’s Supercharger network currently includes over 75,000 Superchargers worldwide, including more than 7,900 stations.

Of these, roughly 55,000 were installed in the past four years, compared with 20,000 in 2021.

About half of these (around 35,000) are located in North America, while Europe counts for about 20,000 and 16,000 are located in Asia Pacific.

As of late 2025, and according to ‘superchargeinfo’ on X, Tesla had deployed over 40,000 V3 Supercharger stalls globally, while its newest V4 Superchargers account for roughly 13,000 stalls.

Last year, the company introduced the ‘Supercharger for Business’ program, which lets customers purchase and install white-labeled fast-charging stalls.

The chargers come with “the same hardware, software, pricing controls and service as those in Tesla‘s network,” according to the brand’s website.

In 2025, a JD Power study found that Superchargers remain the most trusted fast-charging stations among EV owners, even as overall satisfaction with fast-charging networks has declined among US consumers.

Matilde is a Law-backed writer who joined CARBA in April 2025 as a Junior Reporter.