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newt_slowly | 3 years ago

If you only used your Powerwall for this program, and kept a 100% reserve otherwise, you would make $75,600 burning through the 37.8 MWh of throughput ($2 per kWh). That's a good deal more than the system cost, so to the extent that your system may wear out quicker, you are definitely being compensated more than enough to replace it when the time comes.

I recognize that doesn't address the situation where Tesla refuses to maintain the battery under warranty if you use more than 1 discharge cycle per day, but if the discharge is due to participation in a Tesla-involved program, that would be pretty poor optics for Tesla.

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dymk|3 years ago

One almost certainly won't have the opportunity to get $2/kWh for a full 37.8 MWh though, and my question is more about the warranty being voided if the battery is used outside of Tesla's original designation. Let's say you do a full discharge 100 times over the course of the battery outside of normal day to day use - would they still cover you if your battery broke?

I agree it would be poor optics, but it's still a question to ask for those thinking of participating in the program.