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So for a while since Tesla launched the Cybertruck.

Tesla, even before the Cybertruck, was kind of late in two vehicle development.

to everything, vehicle to load or vehicle to home, it was not really an option for Tesla.

It was doable.

Even before the Cybertruck, I've done it with the Model Y on a third party device.

We were able to do it.

There's ways to do it, but it's nothing that was directly supported by the automaker itself.

Now we suspected that it was coming not only after the Cybertruck having capacity, Model Y Performance getting it after that, Then in China, two or three weeks ago, all vehicles, new vehicle, new model, new model Y were giving the capability.

So we expected that this is going to come to the U.S. as well.

And sure enough, it did.

This week, they announced that the PowerShare Home Backup is now available for new vehicles.

Model 3 and Model Y with Powerwall 3.

So that's really Tesla's, you know, one of the reasons we always suspected, we talked about this before, said that Tesla didn't want to release that is due to fear of cannibalizing the Powerwall, which does a lot of what vehicle to home does.

And the way that Tesla is launching it right now kind of works with that because they are launching it with Powerwall 3, meaning that you need to have a Powerwall 3 for this to work.

So this is both an advantage for Tesla and a disadvantage.

So obviously you're locked into the Powerwall 3, but at the same time, if you already have a Powerwall 3, then you automatically have access to vehicle to home, which is not the case with any of their vehicles out there where you need additional hardware to be installed at your home in order to enable vehicle to home.

And so it's both an advantage and a disadvantage of Tesla here.

But it's going to unlock a lot of capacity pretty quickly because all you need is the Powerwall 3 and then the wall connector or universal wall connector, which a lot of Tesla owners already have as well.

Some of the details here, Tesla lists a maximum continuous output of 11.52 when it's combined with the Powerwall 3, which is not bad.

Some of the fine pieces.

Tesla's footnote says that the guarantee covers the car orders in the U.S. Puerto Rico after October 1st.

So they specifically link this to the warranty.

So it's a new vehicle being delivered right now.

And Tesla claims it comes down to hardware.

It says that the bi-directional power of the multimeter runs through an inverter it calls PCS2 Lite.