Jason,
They announced that Tesla Direct would stop offering standalone Powerwall
installs, and would only take orders for PV+Powerwall.
That announcement has confused just about everyone because Tesla marketing
is very LOUD and generally ignores the existence of non-Tesla certified
installers like us.
Again, frustrating, but not surprising...
Blake Gleason, PE
Director of Innovation
& Technical Excellence
Sun Light & Power
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 5:55 PM Jason Szumlanski <
ja...@floridasolardesigngroup.com> wrote:
> Didn't Tesla explicitly cut off it's dealer network and essentially tell
> the world that they are only selling Powerwalls direct with purchase of PV
> from Tesla? I thought Powerwall was essentially dead to smaller independent
> dealers.
>
> Jason
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 8:13 PM Marco Mangelsdorf <ma...@pvthawaii.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Wow, Blake. I'm stunned and really feel for you.
>>
>> I can only hope that Elon and crew are able to significantly ramp
>> production.
>>
>> Thanks for responding.
>>
>> marco
>>
>> On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, Blake Gleason <bl...@sunlightandpower.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Marco,
>>>
>>> After installing a bunch of Powerwalls over the last few years, our
>>> supply from Tesla dried up completely about one year ago. We have taken
>>> zero deliveries of Powerwalls in the last 12 months, with many dozens of
>>> customers who expected their batteries for LAST fire season and are now not
>>> getting their batteries in time for THIS fire season either. We check in
>>> with our rep all the time, and the story is the same ("Maybe next
>>> quarter??") with different excuses (pandemic, unanticipated demand, chip
>>> shortage, etc). We don't feel that we have any leverage, and it's
>>> extremely frustrating. Predictable, but still frustrating.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Blake
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 1:47 PM Marco Mangelsdorf <ma...@pvthawaii.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Aloha all,
>>>>
>>>> For those of you, like me, who are Tesla Certified Installers, I’m
>>>> curious as to 1) how well you feel you’re being adequately supplied with
>>>> Powerwalls and 2) whether any of you have installed their new “back up
>>>> switch”?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> marco
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