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Because they know their Powerwall+ inverter is a piece of garage. Tesla has a huge problem on their hands with Powerwall+ inverters arching and failing. I thought we just had a lemon until I looked on here at the forums.

I’m actually surprised that Tesla is encouraging their customers to sell power back from their powerwalls. Hawaii has a battery bonus program where they pay you a small amount in exchange for receiving 5kw of power from your Powerwall every day during peak hours. In order to sign up for the...

I have a very similar situation. 9.6kw system with 2 PW, one of those is a 7.6kw Powerwall +. System was installed October 2022, we got PTO June 26, 2023. July 14th we had an electrical fire in the same wall as our powerwalls and inverter. Half our house was damaged by either fire or smoke...

This is what my system did every day until it stopped working. 9.6kw system with two powerwalls. One of those is a Powerwall + with a 7.6kw inverter. Every single day my production would clip at 7.7kw, until it stopped working on August 14th around noon. The inverter shut off, so we’ve assumed...

I came here to see if anyone else had a broken inverter a couple of months after installation. My 9.6kw system with 2 powerwalls was installed October 2022. They only gave us a 7.6kw inverter. We were in self consumption mode until we received permission to turn on June 26, 2023. July 14, 2023...

Still no news on the official cause of the fire. I requested the incident report, and they said the investigation is still ongoing. They said to give them 6-8 weeks. Tesla finally sent a couple of technicians to our house. They ran a diagnostic check on our system that they said was good, but...

Background… we have a 9.6kw system with 24 panels, and two powerwalls. We have a 7.6kw inverter, but we get 7.7kw from it every day I guess because our panels produce the full 9.6kw. Our system was installed by Tesla October 5, 2022. We’ve been using it in self consumption mode until June 26...

The system didn’t shut itself down. When my 13 year old son realized the fire was next to the powerwalls he yelled and said the solar panels are on fire. He thought about pushing the red button to shut it off, but he was afraid he would get in trouble because we had warned all of the kids never...

The investigator said he will finish his report today. As of right now we still don’t know for sure, so I don’t want to speculate, but we know the source of the fire was from that area in the pictures. I’m not sure the exact time it happened, but we left the house just after 9am, and when we got...

That hole on the right side of the picture taken from inside our house is opposite the powerwalls, inverter, and meter. The fire literally occurred within inches of the powerwalls.

I came home yesterday to my house on fire. The fire originated in a corner of our home in between the two Tesla powerwalls and inverter, and the other Tesla boxes. The entire downstairs house is trashed. The investigator for the fire department was asking me a lot of specific questions about our...

I’m guessing that the 15 year loans are due to the high interest rates.

I just got off the phone with Elaine, the new Tesla Energy project advisor in Mililani. I asked her about the Battery Bonus program from HECO, and specifically why it wouldn’t benefit us. She said in the fine print of the agreement you authorize HECO to take all of the power from your PW’s if...

We were dealing with Shaun from the Mililani office, but the response I got yesterday was from Elaine, who is also in the Mililani office. This is the first time I’ve corresponded with her. With the high rates HECO is charging us there’s a record number of people getting solar installed. I’m...

I’m still waiting for PTO so I’m capped once our PW’s hit 100%. I contacted our Tesla Energy advisor in Mililani, and they informed me that they won’t fill out the paperwork for the Battery Bonus plan because they think it might void my warranty and they don’t think it’s beneficial for their...

There’s definitely a little range anxiety going on because we’ve only owned the M3 for a month. We’ve put 1,392 miles on it during that time, but it’s mainly driving to and from work during rush hour traffic. I guess I just don’t want to pay the electric company a single penny now that we have...

We haven’t had true net metering since early 2015. They have a new program called CGS+ that charges us full price for what we use from the grid, and pays back less than 20% for what we send back to the grid. That makes it pretty pointless to have solar if you’re paying full price when the sun...

In a perfect world where you’re able to charge during the day that would be great. The problem we have is working all day and not getting home until the sun is setting. We don’t fully drain the PW’s every day. I stop charging the car when my PW’s drop to 38%. That leaves plenty of power to cover...

As someone who lives in Hawaii this is exactly what we are doing to avoid paying HECO $0.43 per kWh. We got our solar panels and 2 PW’s October 2022. A couple of weeks later we decided to order a M3. We received the M3 last month, and since then we have been charging it with our PW’s. I’ve been...

TurboTax sucks. I filed through them and got screwed out of an extra $5000 solar credit for the state of Hawai’i. I’m having to file an amendment to get the extra credit applied and also have the rest of the credit carry over to next year. TurboTax only does so much. For some reason their system...

I just took delivery a couple of days ago, and had a feeling this would happen. I wonder how much more they will drop the price?

I just picked mine up about an hour ago. I had the cashiers check already made out for the higher amount, so the SA said Tesla will mail me a refund check for the $500 in 6-8 weeks.

I have pickup scheduled for Monday, and I was worried about the same thing. I contacted the Tesla service center where we are picking up the car and they said I can bring a cashiers check for final payment, so that’s what we are doing. Of course when I got the cashiers check the final payment...

This is my fear… buying a Tesla is the car buying version of gambling.

Tesla dropped the price of the M3 by $500 tonight. I checked my MVPA, and sure enough the price has been adjusted. I’m picking my car up on Monday, and obviously not going to complain about saving an extra $500, but I have a feeling the price will drop again. I honestly didn’t expect the M3 to...

I just checked online, and Tesla dropped the price of the M3 by $500. I checked the app and my final price has been adjusted and is now $500 less than the cashiers check I have ready for pickup on Monday. So they raised the price of the MY by another $1500 tonight, and dropped the price of the...

As soon as our system was installed I wished I would have purchased more panels, and another powerwall. We have two, but it won’t be enough when we pick up our M3 on Monday. 😭

Hawaii started out with net metering years ago. So many people got solar that they stopped it back in 2015. For those of us that got solar after 2015 we are charged the full price of $0.45kwh, which has been going up a penny every month since July 2021. Without powerwalls you wouldn’t see a...

The MY was definitely overpriced at $65,000. Now that Tesla dropped the price down to $53,000 it’s a great deal. IMO it’s now a better value for your money vs the M3.

A don’t see a $2,000 price drop as significant. The SA got back with me and gave me two options. I can switch my order to white ext to drop the price by $3,000, or keep it as is and accept the $1,000 charge for MSM paint. The MY is more of a value now that they’ve dropped the price by $13,000...

After the huge price drop on the MY I’m reluctant to accept my VIN. The odds are they are going to drop the price of the M3 and/or offer extra discounts for those who wait a few months.

They just assigned my VIN. I’m not happy about being charged $1,000 extra for a paint color that was free when I ordered it.

I expected the price of the M3 to be lower. I wouldn’t be surprised if they dropped it again.

They also updated the price on the color I ordered. When I initially placed my order MSM was a free color choice. On the updated invoice they are charging me $1,000 for MSM.

I just checked my email. Tesla sent me an updated MVOA and updated the price to $43,990.

So far nothing has changed on my MVOA. It still shows the purchase price as $46,990.

The MYLR dropped by 20%, and the MYP dropped by 23%. They only dropped the M3 by 6.4%. Something tells me they are going to drop the price a little lower on the M3.

I might switch my order to a MY…

My MVOA on my M3 order still has the higher sales price of $46,990. Will Tesla charge me the new lower price, or do I need to cancel my current order and place a a new order?

We get the same, “Server Error” code, and it goes away on its own. I figured it was Tesla rebooting the system.

It does feel like they’re about to drop prices in the U.S. We just missed out on the $7,500 credit that included 10,000 free SC miles. With Tesla dropping prices in China, after they raised prices so much last year in the U.S., and interest rates higher than they’ve been in years; it seems only...

Lol One of my brothers works for Valero, and another one works for Kinder Morgan. They both said there is no way they could drive a Tesla to work. Their co-workers would never let them live it down.

I ordered a M3 on 12/22 with an expected delivery in December. My mobile charger arrived yesterday, and according to my Tesla account my delivery is still expected in December 2022 even though it’s already January 4th.

At least you got a VIN #. I placed my order on 12/22 hoping to get in on the sale, and I still haven’t heard anything from Tesla, other than the fact that my mobile charger is on its way and should arrive tomorrow. I’m disappointed in myself for being so prideful. I purposely waited to put my...

That’s what happened in Hawaii. At first they offered tax credits to get people to sign up for solar. They started off with net metering, and got rid of it in 2015. For the lucky people grandfathered into the old program, HECO keeps track of their excess solar production and uses that to cover...

This bill is so depressing… I was born and raised in Houston, and all of my family still lives there. Hawaii has been our home for the past 11 years, and our electricity costs are the highest in the nation. We finally broke down and got 24 Tesla panels and two powerwalls. They charge .42¢ kWh...

The Model 3 will qualify for the full $7,500 tax credit for 2023, as long as the sales price is less than $55,000. The Made in America rule doesn’t go into effect until January 1, 2024.

I never thought about buying a Tesla. We a have been a Honda family for the past 21 years, and never considered another brand. Most of my family works in the oil industry, so getting an electric vehicle would be scandalous. We have lived in Hawaii for the past 11 years, and this is our forever...