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'''Tesla Powerwall''' is a product line of rechargeable lithium-ion home energy storage manufactured by Tesla Energy, a division of [[Tesla]]. The Powerwall stores electricity for solar self-consumption, time of use load shifting, and backup power. <!-- Try to re-word and expand, not just C&P from Wikipedia. --> | '''Tesla Powerwall''' is a product line of rechargeable lithium-ion home energy storage manufactured by Tesla Energy, a division of [[Tesla]]. The Powerwall stores electricity for solar self-consumption, time of use load shifting, and backup power. <!-- Try to re-word and expand, not just C&P from Wikipedia. --> | ||
==Consumer impact summary== | ==Consumer impact summary== | ||
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===Recall for Powerwall 2 and lawsuit (''2025 ongoing'')=== | ===Recall for Powerwall 2 and lawsuit (''2025 ongoing'')=== | ||
'''This will need its own incident page. There's plenty that should be mentioned, but would bloat the section when it should be kept to a summary. Use Main template. Think of an article name...''' | |||
On 16 September 2025, the Australia Competition and Consumer Commission published a notice that Tesla was recalling affected Powerwall 2 units due to "certain lithium-ion battery cells from a third-party supplier in a subset of Powerwall 2 systems that may fail and overheat".<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Powerwall 2 | ACCC Product Safety |url=https://www.productsafety.gov.au/search-consumer-product-recalls/powerwall-2 |website=ACCC |date=16 Sep 2025 |access-date=21 Dec 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lambert |first=Fred |title=Tesla recalls Powerwall 2 over battery fire risk |url=https://electrek.co/2025/09/16/tesla-recalls-powerwall-2-over-battery-fire-risk/ |website=electrek |date=16 Sep 2025 |access-date=21 Dec 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251222005829/https://electrek.co/2025/09/16/tesla-recalls-powerwall-2-over-battery-fire-risk/ |archive-date=22 Dec 2025}}</ref> | On 16 September 2025, the Australia Competition and Consumer Commission published a notice that Tesla was recalling affected Powerwall 2 units due to "certain lithium-ion battery cells from a third-party supplier in a subset of Powerwall 2 systems that may fail and overheat".<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Powerwall 2 | ACCC Product Safety |url=https://www.productsafety.gov.au/search-consumer-product-recalls/powerwall-2 |website=ACCC |date=16 Sep 2025 |access-date=21 Dec 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lambert |first=Fred |title=Tesla recalls Powerwall 2 over battery fire risk |url=https://electrek.co/2025/09/16/tesla-recalls-powerwall-2-over-battery-fire-risk/ |website=electrek |date=16 Sep 2025 |access-date=21 Dec 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251222005829/https://electrek.co/2025/09/16/tesla-recalls-powerwall-2-over-battery-fire-risk/ |archive-date=22 Dec 2025}}</ref> | ||
A recall was issued two months later by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, on 13 November 2025, due to the same concerns.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Tesla Recalls Powerwall 2 AC Battery Power Systems Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Risk of Serious Injury or Death |url=https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/Tesla-Recalls-Powerwall-2-AC-Battery-Power-Systems-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death |website=CPSC |date=13 Nov 2025 |access-date=21 Dec 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> | A recall was issued two months later by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, on 13 November 2025, due to the same concerns.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Tesla Recalls Powerwall 2 AC Battery Power Systems Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Risk of Serious Injury or Death |url=https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/Tesla-Recalls-Powerwall-2-AC-Battery-Power-Systems-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death |website=CPSC |date=13 Nov 2025 |access-date=21 Dec 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
In both cases, Tesla pushed a remote update to Powerwall 2 owners that limited or drained the batteries and disabled its ability to recharge. <-- The timeline is very confusing here. Did this happen first before any recall? Google-fu may not be strong enough here. | In both cases, Tesla had also pushed a remote update to affected Powerwall 2 owners that limited or drained the batteries and disabled its ability to recharge.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Tesla Powerwall 2 Replacement Program |url=https://www.tesla.com/support/energy/powerwall/own/powerwall-2-replacement |website=[[Tesla]] |date= |access-date=23 Dec 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/dBLDf |archive-date=14 Nov 2025}}</ref> <-- The timeline is very confusing here. Did this happen first before any recall? Google-fu may not be strong enough here. | ||
A class-action lawsuit was filed 26 November 2025 in Florida by Arthur Brown, an owner of a Tesla Powerwall 2 unit.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Andrew |last2=A. Cifuentes, Jr. |first2=Antonio |title=''Brown v. Tesla, Inc.'', Case 3:25-cv-01462 |url= |website= |date=26 Nov 2025 |access-date=23 Dec 2025 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |pages=1, 42 |format=PDF}}</ref> The plaintiff alleged that | |||
- | --link: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71965723/1/brown-v-tesla-inc/ <-- Better citation source? Just download the PDF?? | ||
==Products== | ==Products== | ||