When we were working with Tesla to set up our system back in the January/February timeframe I asked about Gateway 2 as I had seen the Australian photos from some site and was told that it was not something here in the U.S. market yet. Like I'm sure many who have seen Gateway 2, it is a beautiful unit and much smaller than the ugly gray box that is Gateway 1. Our Energy contact said there was no info on his end yet about it coming out. He also said some new stuff was in the works but nothing he could disclose. We are getting our solar installed soon but our PWs were pushed back to the Fall. I know they are swamped with PW installs here (due to wildfire power shutdowns) and need more teams trained but I also suspect by that time they may have the US version available.
I was told that when Gateway 2 was available would come out and upgrade the equipment at no charge. US telecoms have been in the phase out period for 3G which is supported under Gateway 1 (last I read Verison will shut down end of 2020--originally announced for end of 2019; and AT&T plans phase out in early 2022). I think some Australian telecoms have already closed out some of their 3G, not sure about UK. I obviously would like less of a box sitting on my garage wall at time of install considering the aesthetics of it, but wouldn't hold back getting my PWs installed due to the risk of early wildfire/high wind season and being without battery back up. Sounds like we won't know more on it's rollout for a number of months.
