The Tesla Powerwall is an vitality storage system that pairs with photo voltaic panels to supply backup energy storage to your house. Along with decreasing a house owner’s reliance on {the electrical} grid, the Powerwall lets customers monitor and handle their backup energy, even remotely. This know-how is particularly helpful within the case of an influence outage, however how a lot does it truly price to have a Tesla Powerwall battery system put in?
Above: A Tesla service heart (Picture: Casey Murphy / EVANNEX).
The price of a Tesla Powerwall can fluctuate relying on just a few various factors, together with the place you reside, what number of you intend to put in and what mannequin you select, amongst different components nonetheless. As well as, it’s price noting that Tesla mandates you utilize a Tesla-certified installer to have them put in when you have them, even if you buy them with out set up from Tesla.
In response to the Powerwall order configurator on Tesla’s web site, one Powerwall prices $8,700 earlier than the price of set up and supply, and earlier than financial savings of as much as 30 p.c from the federal tax credit score.
Whereas the whole worth of a Powerwall can fluctuate considerably from one use case to the subsequent, a latest MarketWatch evaluation discovered that, with set up and labor bought by way of Tesla, a single Powerwall typically prices round $11,500. With out the set up cost, the worth comes out to round $9,200, although customers will nonetheless must work with a Tesla-certified installer.
Concerning supply and set up, Tesla provides patrons two choices, each of which include an additional supply payment. The primary supply possibility enables you to order the Powerwall and have it put in for round $6,000-$6,200, whereas the second expenses solely a $200 supply payment, however doesn’t embody set up. Even in these instances, patrons might want to work with a Tesla-certified installer, and the corporate recommends you attain out earlier than making your buy to get a quote.
Most installers will suggest that customers purchase two to 3 Powerwalls, and most owners will often set up between two and 4 to maintain them working by way of a typical outage. Consumers can use as much as 10 Powerwalls collectively in a single residence. The extra Powerwalls you might have, the extra backup vitality you’ll have the ability to retailer.
Tesla’s Powerwalls could be ordered with or with out the corporate’s photo voltaic panels or photo voltaic roof, and so they additionally work with photo voltaic tools from different manufacturers. The Powerwall has a storage capability of 13.5 kWh, which is bigger than most different batteries designed to retailer solar energy. Moreover, buy comes with a 10-year guarantee on Powerwalls, and Tesla ensures as a lot as 70 p.c capability by the top of the guarantee timeline.
Proper now, Tesla is providing a $500 rebate for every Powerwall bought, so long as they’re put in and registered earlier than the top of October.
Under you possibly can see a breakdown of the price of Powerwall set up based on MarketWatch, exhibiting how the per-unit worth drops as you buy extra items.
Variety of Powerwalls
Complete Price with Tesla Set up
Per-Unit Price
1
$11,500
$11,500
2
$18,500
$9,250
3
$25,500
$8,500
4
$32,500
$8,125
5
$40,500
$8,100
6
$48,500
$8,083
7
$56,500
$8,071
8
$64,500
$8,063
9
$72,500
$8,056
10
$80,500
$8,050
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Sources: Tesla / MarketWatch