E65: TESLA Powerwall vs. PowerSHARE (Cybertruck) - Which is best?

[@NjoyLife_yall]

Thank you for covering this. I got duped into having a representative contact me about solar panels for power walls, instead of my eligible cybertruck voucher to have a PowerShare installed at my home. This salesmen was trying to get about $60k for me to accept a power wall installation!!! I thought it was the PowerShare that comes with the Tesla Cybertruck! Do your research folks!!! If you own the cybertruck- do not get the powerwalls- instead use your cybertruck to have the PowerShare installed! Great content guys!! Thanks!

[@PeaceChanel]

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[@NatachaP]

Good points! Thank you for the video

[@jabbathespud]

PowerWall3 does support AC charging (still limited to 5 kW) so you can use an existing solar system with it. No requirment to connect the solar directly to the PW3.

[@cjonesplay1]

Great Show.

[@user-to2rf1rj5v]

This was great, thanks! After watching this, I don't see the point of Powershare vs. Powerwall. Guess I'll take the voucher.

[@bluedrew]

Awesome Joe! Pretty much covered it all. Will submit for quote and advice. Only thing missing was adding a PW to a 3V gateway setup. Tesla says no problem, coming soon, but not really supported now without specialized commissioning support. So the penultimate question remains… do the 3V now and add PW soon, or do PW first (prob with gateway 3) and wait for PowerShare compatibility. And how the $2500 credit works if declining the 3V. Can it be used toward a regular V3 gateway and UWC? I don’t really need a bunch of Tesla T-shirts nor a non street legal light bar.

[@smartchargeamerica]

Yes, we can add Powerwall 3 to an existing 3V Gateway.

[@tips4tesla407]

I would be advised tho, if you spend the 2500 store voucher, its a 1 time use voucher. If you buy a hat for 20$, You bought a hat for 2500$. make sure your aware its 1 time use.

[@ddmitch1]

How difficult was it to become a Tesla certified PowerShare installer? How did Tesla train/certify you? What did it cost?

[@RelevantDad]

I just moved into a new house. I have a cybertruck and 2020 model 3. The house already has non-Tesla solar. Any recommendations? I'm in Connecticut with very high energy prices, so the idea of having a powerwall to do the time based control, but David also mentioned that that isn't reason alone to get a powerwall. So from a cost perspective, am I best off going with the powershare/universal WC bundle?

[@ipodslave2006]

so can i take advantage of my local power company free night plan? if I install 3 PWs, I can charge my PW and cybertruck for free at night and let PW power the house during the day. So it's like getting free energy, is it possible?

[@srt4b]

I am sure that won't last long once they understand what you are doing.

[@guyg2005]

Thanks for the info. Do you service Sugar Land, TX?

[@smartchargeamerica]

Yes we do!

[@TheLobo91]

Ac coupled and Tesla V2h seems like two must have for the powerwall. I have 10kw solar and 2 model y. This only makes sense if I can use both systems with one powerwall and use the vehicle battery to supplement the powerwall wall.

[@thomasjacques5286]

I'm adding some PW2s to my AC coupled Enphase PV system, they are spec'ing 2 maybe 3 PW2s, and a Gateway 2. I already have a Gen 3 HPWC. I'm getting conflicting info on what I should get now to FUTURE PROOF. Will I really need the Gateway 3V? I get a $300 per kWh cash rebate from my utility on top of the 30% tax credit for my ESS, so I can get 3 PW2s installed for less than $19K. BTW what is the LRA the CT can support. 2 PW2s can easily start my 3-ton AC

[@smartchargeamerica]

2022 Tesla Model Y is not capable of Powershare functionality. However, it is true that your setup supports Tesla Powershare using the Cybertruck once Tesla releases the software likely in Q4 2024.

[@tips4tesla407]

yes i got both the 2500 store voucher and the 4000$ install credit, i also received some tax credit breaks from this, installing a lvl 2 charger is 1000$ refund and 200$ from county. The cyberbeast is a great deal

[@jeffreykilpatrick3592]

I picked up my cyberbeast two weeks ago- how do I get the $2500 voucher? Have not heard anything from Tesla.

[@smartchargeamerica]

Tesla is a bit behind. We can help speed things up if we cover your area. You can request a quote from our website smartchargeamerica.com

[@georgegiorgio]

Is Tesla going to expand the Poweshare to future Tesla vehicles?

[@smartchargeamerica]

Within the next 2 years.

[@srt4b]

When you leave your house in your cybertruck during a storm or whatever to get food/water your home would be down.

[@ddmitch1]

Just get a second $125,000 Ctbertruck :) 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GregHassler]

Not back-feeding the grid isn't really about line worker safety, as no line worker will touch a down cable without 1) testing it and 2) PPE. The reason you can't back-feed the grid is because it would try to power your entire neighborhood and would immediately overload and shut off. No PowerWall, Cybertruck, etc is capable of running your 37 neighbors' air conditioning and refrigerators that would try to immediately turn back on if you powered up the line. They would shut down immediately from being overloaded, it would look like a dead short.

[@ddmitch1]

Probably cheaper to buy 10 PowerWall3s and Tesla's "Backup Switch/Meter Colar" No Power Share V3 Gateway or CyberTruck needed! Powerwall3s are designed to be fully charged and discharged; Cybertrucks, not so much. Can you use solar panels to help charge a PowerWall3 while having a Cybertruck hooked up to a Powershare 3V gateway and the PW3? I don't think Tesla's "Backup Switch" can be hooked up to a Tesla powershare device.

[@TheLobo91]

Having the dc to ac happen on the car doesn't makes sense when you have batteries. Just send DC from the car to the powerwall which can use it to charge the powerwall batteries without inverting it. Car batteries already are over 300 volts so the current rating is very small. You can easily do 11kw with 36 amps or less. V2h should be easy because DC is so much simpler than ac. Huge fail on Teslas end.