Powershare update: Home Backup enabled for Solar + Backup Switch

[HaulingAss]

I wasn't sold the idea of needing more work done to my house to have an inferior product. I was sold the idea that powershare will work in a few months with no effort required from me. The only thing I've seen from Tesla since then is repeated announcements of delays to powershare while they roll out new software features in the truck that no one asked for and are useless (Santa and Tron mode ect).

I have been lucky that I haven't needed powershare yet. My neighbor's the next city over weren't. Some of them went without power for over a week when the huge winter storm hit. Do you think those people are glad Tesla is working on the fancy rate sharing stuff instead of putting out something basic that works first?

What gave you that idea? The situation is what it is, Tesla spoke too soon and, personally, I'm glad Tesla is not rolling out half-baked solutions that have interoperability issues with various utilities around the country. They need to get it right the first time (for all customers). I'm patiently waiting for the update to be delivered and hopefully it will be on time this time. It's not uncommon for useability testing and development of a product this complex (that has to interface with multiple different utilities) takes more time than expected. Tesla has a "can do" attitude and I think they caused them to underestimate just how big the job was (in terms of working with hundreds of utilities around the country/continent to create the most compatible product possible).

Also know that these utilities are not necessarily friendly to a company that threatens their revenues. It's a complex problem, whining about it solves nothing. Tesla is doing the hard work. We have no real clue what is going on behind the scenes.

Only time will tell. And I'm OK with that.

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[chaosmarine92]

What gave you that idea? The situation is what it is, Tesla spoke too soon and, personally, I'm glad Tesla is not rolling out half-baked solutions that have interoperability issues with various utilities around the country. They need to get it right the first time (for all customers). I'm patiently waiting for the update to be delivered and hopefully it will be on time this time. It's not uncommon for useability testing and development of a product this complex (that has to interface with multiple different utilities) takes more time than expected. Tesla has a "can do" attitude and I think they caused them to underestimate just how big the job was (in terms of working with hundreds of utilities around the country/continent to create the most compatible product possible).

Also know that these utilities are not necessarily friendly to a company that threatens their revenues. It's a complex problem, whining about it solves nothing. Tesla is doing the hard work. We have no real clue what is going on behind the scenes.

Only time will tell. And I'm OK with that.

Tesla's advertising and FAQ about powershare gave me that idea. When I bought a FS powershare was explicitly said to be coming to powerwall owners in a few months.

Are they working on it though? I don't know. Again, literally the only info Tesla gives out is repeated delays. I love my truck, but I hate how Tesla is communicating, or rather how they aren't at all. All they need to do is say "hey we ran into a problem with X but we are working hard to solve it." But all we get is missed deadlines and a tweet saying it will come eventually. With no other info to go off of that looks like they are just ignoring it.

 

[CyberLucky]

It's all speculation at this point:

• Could be "coming soon!"

• Could also be another CyberQuad or Range Extender.

We don't know.

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