"Imagine paying upwards of $8,000 for peace of mind during a grid outage, only to find out Tesla remotely drained your backup battery to 0% because it might otherwise catch fire."

I would not even buy a pencil from Tesla at this point.

https://electrek.co/2025/11/27/tesla-class-action-over-powerwall-recall-bricked-batteries/

Tesla faces class action over Powerwall recall that leaves people with bricked batteries

Tesla’s poorly handled Powerwall 2 recall is now turning into a potential class action lawsuit over for leaving people with...

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@stfn Don't know anyone who paid anything as low as $8000 for Tesla.
@Armadillosoft @stfn Tesla Wall Batteries. For homes. Not a Tesla car.

@Karstan @stfn

The Tesla systems that hook to solar panels and the grid cost a lot more than $8000. Not as much as a Tesla car, but almost.

Where I live, we often lose power for a week or two. Apparently, if one uses up all the charge of a Tesla battery array, the system hangs and you have to do a hard reboot.