Tesla Cybertruck's Battery Can Power A House. Owner Quoted $30,000 To Make That Happen

[Caribbeans]

Tesla Cybertruck’s Battery Can Power A House. Owner Quoted $30,000 To Make That Happen

Costs vary wildly and owners have to go through Tesla-approved installers, which may make it harder for some to get the work done.

Iulian Dnistran | InsideEvs.com | Apr 26, 2024

The Cybertruck is Tesla's first consumer EV that supports bidirectional charging. The EV maker calls the feature Powershare and it basically means that the truck’s roughly 123-kilowatt-hour battery pack can be used to power tools and appliances, charge other EVs and even provide backup power to an entire house if the grid goes down.

To act as a mobile generator, though, Tesla requires Cybertruck owners to install a so-called Powershare Gateway–a hardware panel that takes power from the pickup’s battery and routes it to the house’s electrical installation. It can also route power from the grid to the car’s battery to keep it topped up. Those who ordered the top-spec Cyberbeast Foundation Series get a $4,000 installation credit included in the vehicle’s purchase, but as one owner recently found out, that amount might be extremely low...

As he explained in detail in the X post embedded below, Tegtmeyer wanted to take advantage of his truck’s power-exporting capabilities and contacted Tesla about it. The company sent a certified installer to his house to survey the electrical system which included an existing 36.6 kW roof-mounted solar system and an upgraded 250-amp main panel.

After everything was said and done, the Tesla-approved installer–Treehouse in this case–came up with an eye-watering estimate of $33,837.5. According to the company’s estimate, the biggest piece was represented by a utility upgrade to 320A amounting to $24,150. With two Tesla Powerwalls–that’s a stationary battery that also acts as a generator–the estimate went up to $64,275...more
https://insideevs.com/news/717559/tesla-cybertruck-powershare-install-estimate/

Sure electric lines are everywhere. But bandwidth is going to be a huge and expensive problem in some cases.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. that is the ugliest thing I've seen on wheels.

[spooky3]

2. It's less than $20k to get a whole house generator installed.

Seems to be a better option.

[Qutzupalotl]

3. The electric Ford F-150 can do that standard

right? I thought Maddow said that when she was giddy about buying one.

[moniss]

4. The wheels are even

ugly as hell. I saw a video of a guy who bought a used Model S and was excited to see his front storage space in the "frunk" since there is no ICE. Turns out the front drive motor takes up so much room that about all that's left is a little cubbyhole that would maybe fit 2 pairs of tennis shoes. Maybe.

[PortTack]

5. Well... maybe that's a good use for this unsuccessful piece of junk.

Can’t off road as stated or manage going thru 3 foot of water
If pulling a full load, 90 mi range is it. And…charger stations are not designed to park with trailer while charging
Every singe one has been recalled for a “sticking” gas petal while at full throttle
Hub caps fly of at a high rate of speed
Exterior is rusting…the dealers call it “patina.”
Interior is proving not to safe for passengers when in an accident
Insurance costs offset any savings you might see from driving this EV

Who would want to bother with this nonsense??? Even if you had the money to own one.

[Wonder Why]

6. And those are its good points. What are the downsides?

[PortTack]

9. Unparalleled service????

…I’m laughing, the owners are screaming

[SalamanderSleeps]

7. What pisses me off is how stupid and greedy most of the EV companies are.

They insist on trying to make their money selling Champaign products.

When beer is where the money is made.

Just ask Anheuser-Busch.

Selling starships when most people merely need a vehicle that, cheaply, safely, and dependably goes from point A to point B is stupid, and counterproductive.

America's car makers are too greedy and short sighted for their own good.

[CoopersDad]

8. Living in as small a space as I do, I found an affordable workaround.

Using my Model 3 as the power source, I am able to use a combination inverter/Lithium Ion Battery to maintain the minimum power needed to run my home, except for the electric water heater.

$350 plus the costs for a cigarette lighter adapter and 12VDC extension, it has worked fabulously well to keep my router, computer, refrigerator, etc. powered up. The only caveat is that the microwave and coffee maker cannot run simultaneously but that's not such a problem.

https://www.amazon.com/Joyvolt-Portable-Capacity-Generator-JV1500/dp/B0CL6LKJD1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=TTAP7TVOMCZR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jqUN5iz8YNcO1EpvTtSwLTlL7tB-NkeDr6Yf18FqyA10u0du1ANigyoYy7Rcdbq7cavVkVWboiEyqGlCFhcyazC0tMrjqtfs0_PCi3zJkSznBxvN7NJi_uKlJhoc7ivl7LSnuLvExiiP2TLfU-xllRCBDz4e6ysfN13Rvf5UogTJIE72zxR5yr4x7uKOjxKjy_CzK9Jxx7y_eTPNF03pyc3R_FfzUanNS8vNUtjDkjM.I-y2lYFBtR4FncTBOV8mr9AVKcz1MvqSNtl4HSMKRuI&dib_tag=se&keywords=joyvolt+portable+power+station&qid=1714413989&sprefix=joyvolt%2Caps%2C146&sr=8-1