Tesla Model 3 and Model Y can finally power your home

Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y can be a backup battery for your house

Some Tesla Model 3 and Model Y owners can use their EV battery to keep the lights on longer during a power outage, now that Tesla's expanding the Powershare Home Backup feature. It was previously only available on the Cybertruck, and also requires owning Tesla's Powerwall 3. However, support for the Powerwall 2 and Powerwall […]

Tesla is now making more EVs that can double as a home battery

Households and the power grid run on alternating current. Batteries — including those in electric vehicles — run on direct current. That AC-DC divide has complicated the prospect of EVs as home backup batteries. Today, almost every commercially available vehicle-to-home (V2H) backup power system in the U.S. requires…

Tesla Model 3 and Model Y can finally power your home

Tesla has turned on Powershare Home Backup for the Model 3 and Model Y, which means its two volume cars can now send power back into a house during an outage. Until today, the Cybertruck was the only Tesla that could do it. There are limits. You need a Powerwall 3, and Tesla only guarantees the feature on cars ordered since October 1. Ford and GM have been selling EVs that can back up a home for years. more…

Tesla's full EV lineup can now also provide home backup energy

Tesla announced today that AC bidirectional charging capabilities are now available for new Model 3 and Model Y electrical vehicles paired with the Powerwall 3 home battery. The Powershare Home Backup program was previously only available to Cybertruck owners. With Powershare Home Backup, customers can draw power directly from their vehicles to power their homes,…