EV chargers for Coachella

Tesla brought 16 temporary fast-charging stalls powered by Megapack batteries to Indio for Coachella’s two April festival weekends. (x.com) Coachella is scheduled for April 10–12 and April 17–19, 2026, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Tesla’s existing Indio Supercharger site at Indio Towne Center lists 46 permanent stalls, including 36 rated up to 250 kilowatts. (coachella.com) (tesla.com) A Megapack is Tesla’s utility-scale battery, the kind normally used to store electricity for the grid and help prevent outages. Tesla says Megapack systems operate in more than 65 countries and its factories in Lathrop, California, and Shanghai can build 80 gigawatt-hours of storage a year. (tesla.com) Tesla has used trailer-based charging before during heavy travel periods, pairing a large battery with prefabricated Supercharger stalls that can be moved into bottlenecks. InsideEVs reported in December 2024 that one of those portable setups could deliver 250 kilowatts to eight vehicles at the same time. (insideevs.com) That approach fits Indio’s April traffic pattern, when tens of thousands of festivalgoers funnel into the Coachella Valley over two three-day weekends. Coachella’s organizer has also promoted hotel-and-transportation packages and on-site camping options for 2026, underscoring how much travel the event concentrates in one place. (coachellavalley.com) The stopgap chargers also show how electric-vehicle charging networks handle demand spikes differently from gas stations: operators can add mobile power and plugs for a few days instead of building a full site for year-round use. Tesla’s trip-planning page says drivers can route through its Supercharger network for long-distance travel, but festival weekends can still create short, local surges. (tesla.com) (insideevs.com) Tesla’s energy business is growing alongside that charging buildout. The company said on April 2 that it deployed 8.8 gigawatt-hours of energy storage products in the first quarter of 2026, giving it more battery supply to use in grid projects and temporary field deployments like this one. (tesla.com) For Coachella drivers, the practical point is simple: a desert festival that strains roads, parking lots, and cell service now also gets extra fast chargers dropped in for the rush. (x.com)