Tesla Model Y Standard at a Supercharger: 10–80% in about 25 minutes, peaking at 183 kW, in Yoann en VE's test
French YouTuber Yoann en VE charged a Model Y Standard with a CATL LFP battery from 10 to 80% on a V4 Supercharger. He saw a 183 kW peak and about 25 minutes in total, not the 21 on the thumbnail. The video's figures, compared with Tesla's specs and other tests.
How long do you spend at a Supercharger with the cheapest Tesla Model Y? French YouTuber Yoann en VE measured it in a video posted on April 8, 2026. He charged a Model Y Standard (the rear-wheel-drive version with an LFP battery) from 10 to 80% on a V4 Supercharger. The thumbnail asks whether it can be done in "21 minutes". Yoann's answer at the end: around 25 minutes, with a 183 kW peak.
The video is in French. For this article we worked from YouTube's automatic captions, so quotes are paraphrased. The test figures are those shown or stated in the video; we could not verify them independently.
The car: what other sources say
The Model Y Standard launched in Europe in October 2025 as the new entry-level version. It is built in Berlin. In Romania it started at €39,990 at launch, according to AutoMarket, the same as in France, according to Frandroid.
- WLTP range: 534 km, with rated consumption of 13.1 kWh/100 km (L'Automobile Magazine, Frandroid).
- Battery: LFP with CATL cells, about 60 kWh usable. Gross capacity varies by source, between 62 and 64 kWh; Yoann says 62.5 kWh.
- Peak DC charging: 175 kW, according to Tesla, as cited by electrive and L'Automobile Magazine.
According to Automobile Propre, it uses the same battery as the 2025 Model Y Propulsion, the entry-level version before the Standard.
The test in brief
Conditions (from the video):
- morning, 8–10 °C;
- V4 Supercharger;
- battery preconditioning started half an hour before leaving.
The heat pump worked so hard that the battery dropped from 20 to 15% on the way to the station. So preconditioning "cost" him 5 percentage points.
How it went, using the video's figures:
| Point | State of charge | Power |
|---|---|---|
| Start (10:18) | 10–11% | climbs quickly past 150 kW |
| First minutes | up to ~25% | 183 kW peak, plateau around 180 kW |
| — | ~30% | 164–168 kW |
| ~10 minutes (10:27) | 45% | — |
| — | ~50% | 123 kW |
| ~14 minutes | 60% | 90 kW |
| ~25 minutes (10:42–10:43) | 80% | power drops noticeably after 70% |
All figures in the table come from the video.
Halfway through, Yoann worked out from the car's estimate that it might take 21 minutes. At the end he admitted it was about 25 minutes. He says that's 2–3 minutes better than his older Model Y Propulsion, which had a 60 kWh LFP battery and 455 km WLTP. The older model's 455 km WLTP range is confirmed by EVspecs; the 25–27 minutes for 10–80% on that car is a figure from the video.
How it compares with other tests
Yoann's result is in line with what others measured on the same CATL battery:
- Automobile Propre tested the 2025 Model Y Propulsion, with the same battery. In the best case, 10–80% took 22 minutes; at a Supercharger, with preconditioning, 25 minutes. They also saw peaks of 185 kW at the charger, above the official 175 kW. Their explanation: part of the power goes to the system that manages the battery's temperature.
- electrive also charged an entry-level Model Y from 10 to 80% in 25 minutes. That time power only reached ~140 kW, because the car reported the battery was too cold even though it had been preconditioned.
Our inference: Yoann's 183 kW peak is most likely the power shown at the charger, not what the battery actually received. A realistic figure for a good 10–80% session seems to be 22–25 minutes.
What he liked and didn't
- The long plateau. What Yoann liked most was that power stayed around 180 kW until roughly 25% and then came down gradually. Only after 70% does charging become "fine, but nothing special", as he puts it.
- The battery could be bigger. His view: a 65–70 kWh LFP battery would make the car close to perfect, and an 800V architecture wouldn't add much for this kind of battery.
- Consumption. Over 280 km since the last 100% charge, the car used around 15 kWh/100 km, about the same as over 1,600 km (video figures). That is above the 13.1 kWh/100 km WLTP figure, as you'd expect in real driving at 8–10 °C.
- Energy price. At that station, before 10 a.m., a kWh cost around 16 cents, he believes (a video figure he isn't sure of himself). Supercharger prices vary by station and time of day. In Automobile Propre's October 2025 test they paid €0.25–0.32/kWh.
Yoann says the charge cost him nothing, because he used free Supercharger kilometres earned through referrals from his subscribers. The video doesn't say whether the car is his or on loan, and the description names no partner.
What it means if you want a Model Y Standard
- On a long trip, a 10–80% stop realistically takes about 22–25 minutes if the battery is preconditioned. In that window the Model Y Standard charges well for a 400V car with a battery of about 60 kWh.
- Short stops are more efficient than charging to 80%. High power holds in the lower part of the battery. The last 10 points before 80% take much longer than the first 10.
- Preconditioning matters, but it uses energy. In Yoann's test it "ate" 5% of the battery at 8–10 °C. In colder winter weather the cost can be higher.
We covered the gap between WLTP and real-world range in our guide to WLTP, CLTC and EPA.
The test and footage belong to the Yoann en VE channel. If you understand French, it's worth watching in full.
