Tesla Model 3 is not yet able to benefit from the CHAdeMO fast charging as the automaker did not release a CHAdeMO adapter for the compact electric car — but this is soon going to change because the Model 3 parts catalog lists a CHAdeMO as part of the set of adapters for the Model 3.

Tesla made the entire car lineup’s parts catalog available to General Public a couple weeks ago in order to comply with consumer’s ‘right to repair’ policy in some stataes and making it easier on owners and technical people in handling Tesla vehicle repairs and maintenance.

CHAdeMO adapter is already available for the Tesla Model S and X for a price of $450 from the Tesla online shop — Model 3 CHAdeMO adapter should cost the same as there is no difference in the charging port for North America at least.

Model S and Model X cars are able to benefit from CHAdeMO fast charging of up to 62.5 kW by 500 v at 125 Amps DC but this would be an ideal situation — for real world test and analysis watch video below by Bjørn Nyland.

So Tesla Model 3 CHAdeMO adapter is coming soon which is confirmed by looking at the Tesla Model 3 Parts Catalog in the ‘Adapters’ section (see diagram below), the part number for the Model 3 CHAdeMO adapter is ‘CHAdEMO ADAPTER – NA / 1036392-10-D‘ — the part number is same as the Model S and X CHAdeMO adapter.

However as soon as the adapter becomes available in the Tesla shop for Model 3, the car will need a firmware update to unlock the CHAdeMO charging capability.

Update: 2019.24.4 firmware enables CHAdeMO charging for the Tesla Model 3