Energy products ≠ Consumer gadgets Grid-connected batteries, power control, and home energy management are reliability equipment. They need to make sound decisions locally to protect people, food, comfort, and safety — especially when the network is down.

Plus, smart batteries are already actively making the power grid better by shifting loads, smoothing peaks, and riding through voltage fluctuations.

Homeowners and grid operators alike need to be able to depend on this tech with the same uptime as a full-scale power plant if we’re going to avoid overbuilding extra generation (with our collective power bills rising to cover the cost).

This “infrastructure-grade” mentality was deeply ingrained on the Tesla Energy team. Powerwall setups had to work in remote places with no connectivity. The system shipped with local setup and monitoring by necessity, and this local APIs seeded a thriving community of power users.