<div dir="auto"><div>Jason,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">They announced that Tesla Direct would stop offering standalone Powerwall installs, and would only take orders for PV+Powerwall. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Again, frustrating, but not surprising...</div><div dir="auto"><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Blake Gleason, PE<br>Director of Innovation<br>& Technical Excellence<br>Sun Light & Power</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 5:55 PM Jason Szumlanski <<a href="mailto:jason@floridasolardesigngroup.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jason@floridasolardesigngroup.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">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.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jason</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 8:13 PM Marco Mangelsdorf <<a href="mailto:marco@pvthawaii.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">marco@pvthawaii.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Wow, Blake. I'm stunned and really feel for you. <div><br></div><div>I can only hope that Elon and crew are able to significantly ramp production. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for responding. </div><div><br></div><div>marco <br><br>On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, Blake Gleason <<a href="mailto:blake@sunlightandpower.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">blake@sunlightandpower.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Marco,<div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Blake</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 1:47 PM Marco Mangelsdorf <<a href="mailto:marco@pvthawaii.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">marco@pvthawaii.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Aloha all,<div><br></div><div>For those of you, like me, who are Tesla Certified Installers, I\u2019m curious as to 1) how well you feel you\u2019re being adequately supplied with Powerwalls and 2) whether any of you have installed their new \u201cback up switch\u201d?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>marco </div>
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