Tesla Powerwall 3 now boosts heat pumps to store cheap solar as heat

Tesla has launched Heat Pump Optimization, a feature that lets the Powerwall 3 and three-phase Powerwall 3P tell a compatible heat pump when to run harder so a home can bank cheap or surplus solar energy as hot water. It’s live in Europe only. Tesla hasn’t said anything about bringing it to the US or Canada, and the hardware standard it relies on barely exists on this side of the Atlantic. more…