Tesla updates Cybertruck homeowners on timeline of huge characteristic but to ship

Tesla is updating Cybertruck homeowners on its timeline of an enormous characteristic that has but to ship: Powershare with Powerwall.

Powershare is a bidirectional charging characteristic unique to Cybertruckwhich permits the automobile’s battery to behave as a transportable energy supply for properties, home equipment, instruments, different EVs, and extra. It was introduced in late 2023 as a part of Tesla’s push into vehicle-to-everything vitality sharing, and performing as an enormous moveable charger is the primary benefit, as it might present backup energy throughout outages.

Cybertruck’s Powershare system helps each vehicle-to-load (V2L) and vehicle-to-home (V2H), making it versatile and well-rounded for quite a lot of purposes.

Nonetheless, despite the fact that the characteristic was promised with Cybertruck, it has but to be shipped to autos. Tesla communicated with homeowners by way of electronic mail lately concerning Powershare with Powerwallwhich primarily has the pickup act as an prolonged battery.

Powerwall discharge can be prioritized earlier than tapping into the truck’s bigger pack.

Nonetheless, Tesla continues to be engaged on getting the characteristic out to homeowners, an electronic mail stated:

“We’re writing to let you understand that the Powershare with Powerwall characteristic continues to be in improvement and is now scheduled for launch in mid-2026.

This new launch date provides us extra time to design and take a look at this characteristic, making certain its means to speak and optimize vitality sharing between your automobile and plenty of configurations and generations of Powerwall. We’re additionally utilizing this time to develop extra Powershare options that may assist us proceed to speed up the world’s transition to sustainable vitality.”

Homeowners have expressed some actual disappointment in Tesla’s steady delays in releasing the characteristic, because it was anticipated to be launched by late 2024however now has been pushed again a number of instances to mid-2026, in response to the e-mail.

Basis Sequence Cybertruck patrons paid further, anticipating the characteristic to be rolled out with their automobile upon pickup.

Cybertruck’s Lead Engineer, Wes Morrill, even commented on the holdup:

As a Cybertruck proprietor who additionally has Powerwall, I empathize with the dissatisfied feedback.

To their credit score, the crew has delivered powershare performance to Cybertruck clients who in any other case haven’t any backup with improvement of the powershare gateway. In addition to these with photo voltaic…

— Wes (@wmorrill3) December 12, 2025

He stated that “it turned out to be a lot tougher than anticipated to make powershare work seamlessly with current Powerwalls by way of current wall connectors. Two grid-forming gadgets want to barter who will kind and who will observe, relying on the state of cost of every, and so they want to do that with out a community and thru a number of generations of {hardware}, and take a look at and validate this course of by way of rigorous certifications to make sure grid security.”

It’s good to see the transparency, however it’s justified for some Cybertruck homeowners to really feel like they’ve been bait-and-switched.