Tesla makes video showing how to use Powerwall as mobile power station after sending load to Ukraine

Tesla appears to have produced a very interesting video showing how to use a Powerwall as a mobile power station after sending a load to Ukraine.

As we recently reported, Tesla has taken some steps to help Ukraine, which is currently under attack from Russian aggression.

The automaker started by offering free supercharging at some stations around Ukraine for electric vehicle owners fleeing the country.

It later expanded the program to all stations in Poland and Slovakia as more refugees began to enter those countries.

Another Elon Musk company, SpaceX, also swiftly helped the situation by activating its Starlink satellite internet service in the country as Russia targeted Ukraine’s infrastructure.

We later learned that Tesla, along with a team from Gigafactory Berlin, helped in this effort by packaging and connecting Powerwall to Starlink terminals shipped to Ukraine:

,On top of this the Energy team complemented the Starlink roll out with a Fleet Powerwall. The system consisted of PV inverters supplied by our certified installer network, pre-fabricated DC cables supplied by our Supercharger installation partners, and AC cables made from scrap from Giga Berlin. It was all assembled by a team of (40+) volunteers from the EMEA organization, who are committed to doing what they can to support.,

If you are not able to power the ground terminals then the Starlink satellite internet constellation is not used much – hence the Powerwall.

Now we’ve been sent a video that appears to have been manufactured by Tesla so Ukrainians can get these powerwalls on how to deploy them as mobile power stations:

The Tesla Powerwall is to be used to provide backup power in the form of a grid-connected home battery pack and/or rooftop solar panel installation. But it’s not really useful for the attacking country.

As described above, Tesla originally shipped those Powerwalls with plug and play connectors to exit the skids they’re being shipped on.

The Tesla Powerwall has an energy capacity of about 14 kWh, which can power a Starlink terminal for days, but as shown in the video, you can use an inverter and a string of solar panels to keep it running for long periods of time. can also be added to.

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