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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by mylies43 on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:52AM (#50394885)
Doesnt powershare just work via the charging cable? It is a advertised feature of the Y
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by flir on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:05PM (#50395061)
I think it's got V2H with lots of caveats (eg only on vehicles manufactured on or after October 1, 2026)
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by hocusPokeUs on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:07PM (#50395099)
https://www.tesla.com/powershare/#vehicles

Only available on Tesla models ordered after October 1, 2026

Tesla models older than 6 weeks are SOL (for now? Maybe it just needs some backwards compatibility testing)

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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by josephcsible on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:02PM (#50395910)
> Tesla models older than 6 weeks are SOL (for now? Maybe it just needs some backwards compatibility testing)

It sounds like it will require a hardware retrofit, that isn't being offered to consumers yet: https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/4585/tesla-publishes-vehic...

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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by cyberax on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:44PM (#50397371)
This is vehicle-to-load that requires a bi-directional inverter. They can totally do vehicle-to-grid without ANY hardware changes.
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