Tesla has launched a new Wireless Portable Charger in its North America store. It seems to be a big improvement over the old Wireless Charging Pad 2.0, and is currently available in both the United States for $95 USD, and Canada for $130 CAD.
It will likely arrive soon for other regions once there’s enough stock availability.
Wireless Portable Charger
Unlike the older Wireless Charging Pad 2.0, the new Wireless Portable Charger is available in three colors, Black, Rose Gold, and White. But just like the old one – it’s the perfect size for the wireless phone charger in your Tesla, letting you charge it wirelessly too.
It features a 5000mAH battery and is able to charge two Qi-enabled devices at once, including watches and earbuds, rather than only phones. It’s not the fastest wireless charger at only 5V/3A max, but it includes a fairly big battery – larger than both Apple and Samsung’s current flagship devices. It also has an integrated USB-C charging cable that neatly tucks into its body, enabling you to charge on the go as needed or to quickly charge the battery via USB-C.
The Wireless Portable Charger has a hinged design, which means you can stand up your devices while they’re charging – and since it's magnetic, devices that support magnet wireless charging will comfortably stick to the Wireless Portable Charger.
An iPhone using Magsafe support on the Wireless Portable Charger.
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It also has a neat little LED indicator on the side to display state of charge, while the interior and bottom are finished with Alcantara suede, preventing it from sliding around.
It's all in a neat little package, so if you’re interested in purchasing it, head on over to the Tesla Store.
The 3 color options for the Wireless Portable Charger.
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Tesla regularly runs Supercharging Voting – an opportunity for Tesla owners to vote for the construction of a Supercharger site that they want to see. With Q3 almost over, Tesla has now announced the winners for the quarter.
There are a few key pieces of news on the Supercharger front lately – Tesla has been launching high-speed 320kW Superchargers, and even after the Tesla Supercharger Team Shakeup, they’re still proposing, planning, building, and opening new Supercharger sites.
So, let’s take a look at the winners for the 2024 Q3 Supercharger voting:
North America
Lake Louise, Alberta
Saint-Sauveur, Quebec
Brent, Florida
Durango, Colorado
Escalante, Utah
Galveston, Texas
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Prescott, Arizona
Southern Pines, North Carolina
Europe
Hlavní město Praha, Czech Republic
Livorno, Italy
Ostroda, Poland
Pula, Croatia
Worcestershire, United Kingdom
Asia/Pacific
Izumo City, Japan
Narrandera, Australia
Seoul – Wiyre, South Korea
Voting
Voting for a Supercharger site is as simple as signing into your Tesla Account and Navigating to the Supercharger Voting Site. You get 5 total votes per quarter, so choose your sites wisely. You can vote wherever you want in the world, so if you’re feeling generous, you can vote from Asia to North America, or North America to Europe.
This time around, there were no “Bonus” sites like the last few times and overall, there were fewer Supercharger site winners when compared to the Fall 2023 Batch of Supercharger Voting. We’re still excited to see what Tesla is cooking on the Supercharger front – especially with the Robotaxi Event around the corner and recent filings of wireless car charging patents.
The first few Cybertruck Off-Road Lightbars have now been installed on customer vehicles, and we finally got a better look at their capabilities. They’ve got a bevy of unique software options – so let’s take a look at what you get for going with an OEM Tesla Off-Road Lightbar.
Lightbar Software Options
Installing the Off-Road Lightbar adds a new category to the vehicle’s settings. You can navigate to Controls > Outlets and Mods and see a new option for Light Bar. Pressing it will enable the Lightbar, as well as show additional controls in the Outlets and Mods menu.
Once you turn it on, you’ll see an image of the top of your Cybertruck with the Lightbar installed. Below, the option to turn on the Ditch Lights, Flood Lights, or Both will be available. You’ll also be able to adjust the overall brightness of the Off-Road Lightbar.
The new options that appear after you enable the Off-Road Lightbar
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Ditch Lights and Flood Lights
The three options give you additional control over the spread of light in the Lightbar. This can be extremely beneficial for off-roading, as it can help you prevent glare or widen your field of vision.
The Off-Road Lightbar Ditch Lights setting lights up the edges of the lightbar toward the edges of the road where there could be ditches on either side of a one-way off-road path. This can be extremely helpful for keeping the vehicle centered when you’re out and about but don’t want to cover everything in a bright glare of light.
The Floodlight setting will do the opposite – covering the front path of the vehicle with light instead. It can provide a considerable amount of light out to quite a distance – we’re expecting 1,500 feet forward or more. More to follow once we get some confirmation on its specs and use.
You can also choose to enable all of the Lightbar lights, essentially enabling the Ditch Lights and Flood Lights at the same time for maximum coverage. Whichever option you choose, you’ll be able to adjust the brightness of the lights.
Currently, the Off-Road Lightbar doesn’t appear to support any adaptive functionality, such as adjusting brightness or enabling/disabling certain lights based on the vehicle’s surroundings or nearby vehicles. This will likely stay this way—due to its brightness, the Off-Road Lightbar isn’t legal for use on roads throughout North America.
Third Party Lightbars
Currently, while there are about 3-4 different third-party lightbars for the Cybertruck available, none of them get to use this new OEM software interface to manage to directionality or intensity of the lights. We’re hoping that Tesla opens up the API and interface for more modding and functionality in the future.
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