Tesla yesterday issued a recall for its Powerwall 2 AC Battery Power Systems. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the lithium-ion battery cells in about 10,500 Powerwall 2 systems can cause the unit to stop functioning during normal use.
The systems are overheating. Tesla has already received 22 reports of malfunctioning devices, including six in which the unit started smoking and five fires that resulted in minor property damage. As of press time, no injuries have been reported.
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The Powerwalls were sold from November 2020 through December 2022, consumers are asked to make sure their Powerwall 2 system is online and check the Tesla App for a notification about whether their unit is included in the recall.
Tesla has remotely discharged affected systems that are online in order to prevent overheating until the replacement is installed.
The Tesla Powerwall 2 units are fully-integrated AC battery systems made at the company’s Gigafactory Nevada and used for energy storage for self-consumption, time-based control, and backup power.
Since the Powerwall launched in 2015, Tesla has installed more than one million units globally, according to the company.
Tesla recently phased out new sales of Powerwall 2 to focus on the Powerwall 3 which was introduced in September 2023 and retails for $14,000 to $15,400.
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