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Tesla Owners Are Putting Wet Towels on Superchargers for Higher Charging Speeds

The trick is reportedly most useful on older, V2 Supercharger stalls, but it can also come in handy on the newer V3 units if you happen to have a Cybertruck parked on your driveway.

But some Tesla owners discovered that they can trick the system on hot, sunny days to get a little extra juice from a Supercharger station and save a few minutes during a top-up session. The wet towel trick has circulated on Tesla forums and other online communities for a few years now, but with summer coming in hot, we thought it would be a good idea to bring it into the spotlight once again. The angular pickup is the company’s first passenger vehicle to feature an 800-volt battery setup(the others have a 400V system), but all the Supercharger stations that are currently online in the United States aren’t capable of dispensing at 800V.

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