How Long Would It Take To Wirelessly Charge A Tesla Cybertruck? We May Finally Know
The Tesla Cybertruck may be getting unplugged.
A section in the electric pickup’s service manual shows that it is equipped with “inductive charging headers” that appear to accommodate the addition of a wireless charging system.
One isn’t available yet, but Tesla has been working on the technology and confirmed that the Robotaxi it recently revealed will be equipped with it.
Tesla posted a video to X demonstrating how it will work that depicts the car backing up over a charging pad on the floor.
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The vehicle’s screen then shows that it is being charged at a rate of 25 kW, which is faster than current Level 2 home 240 volt AC charging systems, but much slower than Tesla Superchargers that can charge at more than 300 kW.
Given the starting 35% state of charge and time to charge to full at 58 minutes in the simulation, the Robotaxi may have a 35 kWh battery pack. The Cybertruck’s battery capacity is 123 kWh, which means a full charge would take just under five hours if it maintains that level for the entire session, compared to more than seven hours on the Tesla plug-in home charger that is available today.
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Aside from the information in the manual, however, Tesla hasn’t said anything about the Cybertruck or its other current models being equipped with a wireless charging system and the Robotaxi is at least two years away from production.
The Cybertruck did just get easier to buy. Tesla last week removed the requirement to have a reservation and also ended the Foundation Series, which lowered the base price of a dual motor All-Wheel Drive model by $20,000 to $79,990 before destination fees, which raise that to $82,235.
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And while you can’t get wireless charging, both are available with a range-extending battery pack that can be installed in the bed for $16,000. It won’t be available until next year, but Tesla says it will increase the range of an All-Wheel Drive Cybertruck from 325 miles to more than 445 miles.
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