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Tesla has made something new a wireless charging power bank slightly more expensive than your average power bank of course because you're buying it for the logo and not for the juice inside today we're going to open it up see how it works and more importantly see if Tesla has integrated the same cylindrical batteries that they use in each of their cars this massive chunk of power is one of these 16 modules that make up the Model S battery pack each module has about 400 individual batteries inside and maybe Tesla has used those same style of batteries in this smaller wireless charger there's only one way to find out let's get started wireless chargers are an interesting piece of technology they use electromagnetic induction to safely transfer energy between devices without wires an unsafe method of transferring energy is with a short circuit which can apparently happen if you set something metal down on top of a bare Tesla battery pack rookie mistake on my part for sure I probably just ruined my chances of ever working at the Giga factory let's just all agree not to tell you longer and I'm gonna move this somewhere more safe all right where were we oh yeah wireless charging so this time around Tesla added a built-in USB C cable for those of us with Android phones to get the power bank to start transferring power a button on the bottom of the bank needs to be held down for three seconds and that'll get the juices flowing same steps apply for the wireless charging Android phones have been able to wirelessly charge for the past five years or so Apple on the other hand just recently got into the game with their iPhone 8 and iPhone 10 last year usually takes Apple a few years to understand the new technology but better late than never there is a little rubber strip across the top shiny black plastic layer to keep the phone's slightly elevated from the surface of the wireless charger this is purely cosmetic probably so the charger won't get scratched by any of the camera bumps that exist on the different phones as they get set down into place there are also a few rubber strips on the bottom for stability my razor knife was melted in a few different places from its Tesla battery pack encounter but I'll just flip the blade around and we'll be good to go the construction is rather actually it's just the plain glossy black plastic layer which is very securely adhered over the charger body so with a lot of caution and a little PTSD from the last battery I'd touch I'll pry the top away from the housing exposing a little masking tape and the thick circular induction coils we still don't have our answer to the battery style question yet we still have to see if this charger is using this cylindrical 18 650 cells that Tesla has inside of their cars to get deeper we'll need a Phillips head screwdriver to remove the nine silver screws I'll link all the tools I use in the video description then we can pull off the plastic mid plate exposing the upper circuit board and a pouch style lithium ion battery that we see inside of most cellphones three more screws hold the motherboards down in place and the battery itself while not the same style lithium Tesla's using in their cars it's still pretty powerful so I'll take special care not to puncture and short-circuit this one I actually still want this charger to work when I put it back together this wireless charger has a six thousand milliamp hour battery inside over twice the size of the iPhone 10s battery one important thing to remember with wireless charging is that it takes much longer for the energy transfer to occur with inductive charging versus just plugging your phone in sometimes even twice as long so if you need your phone charged fast just plug it in like a normal person the Tesla charger also includes a standard USB port for charging other accessories wireless charging overall is pretty cool just a bit slower and slightly less efficient the circular pad inside of this power bank transfers power to the circular pads we've seen in all of the other wireless charging enabled cell phones you need both components in order for it to function it would be interesting to know if Tesla has ever looked into charging their cars wirelessly the coils and induction field required to charge an entire vehicle would be massive either way at least we know Tesla has their eyes on the technology even if it isn't worth implementing yet on a vehicle scale at least we get it for our cellphones putting the whole contraption back together was easy enough with its 12 total Phillips head screws and top plastic adhesive plate it's a very sleek and simple design with probably massive profit margin on Tesla's in which I'm fine with I'll support an industry I believe in all day long I'll link the chargers down in the video description do you think wireless charging is the future let me know down in the comments I'm gonna go make sure my punctured Tesla battery pack doesn't John fire but thanks a ton for watching I'll see you around