User:Sojourna/Sandbox
My sandbox for when I want to test something out without cluttering a main space's history. :)
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| Release Year | 2015 |
| Product Type | Home energy storage battery |
| In Production | Yes |
| Official Website | https://www.tesla.com/powerwall |
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.
Consumer impact summary
- Requires app download: To have full use of functionality and features, the customer must download the Tesla application.
- Requires account: The product must be registered to a Tesla account.[1]
- Always online: The product itself does not require internet connectivity per se, but certain features will not be available. More notably, it is stated in the limited warranty agreement that failure to register and connect to the internet will greatly decrease the duration of the warranty.[2] This effectively "encourages" the customer to always be connected so that Tesla Energy can remotely push firmware updates.
- Arbitration: Agreement includes usage of mandatory arbitration.[3]
- Market control: As of the quarterly financials for Q3 2023, Tesla Energy had an approximately 50% capture of residential energy storage market in the United States of America, with the closest competition being roughly equal between LG and Enphase.[4]
Incidents
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product line. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Sojourna/Sandbox category.
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".[5][6]
A recall was issued two months later by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, on 13 November 2025, due to the same concerns.[7]
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.[8] <-- 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.[9] The plaintiff alleged that
--link: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71965723/1/brown-v-tesla-inc/ <-- Better citation source? Just download the PDF??
Products
- Tesla Powerwall 1
- Powerwall+
- Tesla Powerwall 2
- Tesla Powerwall 3
See also
References
- ↑ "Registering Your Powerwall". Tesla. Retrieved 21 Dec 2025.
To complete installation of your Powerwall, you must register it to your Tesla Account and connect it to your home Wi-Fi network.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Tesla Powerwall Limited Warranty (USA)" (PDF). Tesla. 13 Nov 2025. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 Dec 2025. Retrieved 21 Dec 2025.
- ↑ "Tesla Powerwall Limited Warranty (USA)" (PDF). Tesla. 13 Nov 2025. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 Dec 2025. Retrieved 21 Dec 2025.
- ↑ Issokson, Max (12 Dec 2023). "Which installers and battery vendors top the US distributed solar-plus-storage leaderboard?". Wood Mackenzie. Archived from the original on 14 Dec 2023. Retrieved 21 Dec 2025.
- ↑ "Powerwall 2 | ACCC Product Safety". ACCC. 16 Sep 2025. Retrieved 21 Dec 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Lambert, Fred (16 Sep 2025). "Tesla recalls Powerwall 2 over battery fire risk". electrek. Archived from the original on 22 Dec 2025. Retrieved 21 Dec 2025.
- ↑ "Tesla Recalls Powerwall 2 AC Battery Power Systems Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Risk of Serious Injury or Death". CPSC. 13 Nov 2025. Retrieved 21 Dec 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Tesla Powerwall 2 Replacement Program". Tesla. Archived from the original on 14 Nov 2025. Retrieved 23 Dec 2025.
- ↑ Brown, Andrew; A. Cifuentes, Jr., Antonio (26 Nov 2025). "Brown v. Tesla, Inc., Case 3:25-cv-01462". pp. 1, 42.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help);|format=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help)