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I wonder if it’s possible to retrofit a Tesla to work as a bootleg Powerwall in tandem with residential solar - should brownouts become a common thing.

My Google-fu isn’t strong enough to find anything on the topic that isn’t on the level of “tremendously sketchy YouTube video” and I’m not about to risk my car and house experimenting off the back of that sort of thing.




I don’t know about Tesla specifically but this is a thing that some EVs can do. The new Ford F-150 lightning can do it. This is generally called vehicle to grid, vehicle to load, or bidirectional charging. A quick search shows maybe Tesla hasn’t added it yet. But here’s some details on the Ford lightning setup:

https://www.ford.com/support/how-tos/electric-vehicles/home-...




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