{"id":86190,"date":"2024-08-21T06:01:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T20:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=86190"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:17:05","slug":"tesla-charge-solar-mb2990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/tesla-charge-solar-mb2990\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla App&#8217;s &#8220;Charge On Solar&#8221; Hits Prime Time In Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tesla-charge-solar.jpg\" alt=\"Tesla Charge on Solar\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tesla-charge-solar.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tesla-charge-solar-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tesla-charge-solar-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tesla-charge-solar-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a trial run, the Tesla app&#8217;s Charge on Solar feature is now available to all Australian owners of a Powerwall and compatible Tesla electric vehicles &#8211; and it should work with any hard-wired home EV charger.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When initiated, the feature enables owners to charge only when surplus electricity is being produced by their solar power system, without dipping into mains grid supply (or the Powerwall) &#8211; but there&#8217;s flexibility also built in.<\/p>\n<p>Once set up, Charge on Solar will kick in when there&#8217;s at least 1.2 kW of stable surplus solar electricity. The vehicle will adjust charge power approximately every 10 seconds; matching surplus generation and electricity consumption elsewhere in the home. This, according to Tesla, is to maximise efficiency and the service life of EV charging equipment being used.<\/p>\n<p>A trial of the feature was launched early this year in Australia to randomly selected owners, but we&#8217;re informed it&#8217;s now available to all Australian Tesla owners who have the required vehicle, hardware and software, being:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Model S, Model 3, Model X or Model Y (but 2012-2020 Model S and 2015-2020 Model X currently don&#8217;t support it) &#8211; software: 2023.32 or higher<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/reviews\/tesla-powerwall-2-review.html\">Powerwall<\/a> &#8211; software: 23.12.10 or higher<\/li>\n<li>Tesla app &#8211; software: 4.30.5 or higher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tesla indicates Powerwall&#8217;s Storm Watch, Backup Reserve, Self-Powered and Time-Based control modes will work seamlessly with Charge on Solar.<\/p>\n<p>The feature also offers a function whereby adjusting one slider in the app allows you to charge to a specified level from solar and the grid, and the other to charge only with excess solar to the limit you select. For example, you could start topping up as usual (solar + grid) for daily driving to 40%, then only with surplus power from PV to 90%.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled charging enables using excess solar until a specified time, after which the vehicle will accept supply from any source up to the lower charging limit set.<\/p>\n<p>To use Charge on Solar, you&#8217;ll need to specify a location to avoid issues when at another location where surplus solar energy isn&#8217;t available.<\/p>\n<h2>Tesla EV Charger Not Required<\/h2>\n<p>Tesla&#8217;s hard-wired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/ev-chargers\/\">home EV charger<\/a> is called the Wall Connector, the Gen 3 version of which costs around $800 before installation. But it seems you won&#8217;t need this bit of kit if you already have another device installed at your place. SolarQuotes founder Finn is successfully using the feature with his solar power system, a Powerwall 2, a Delta EV charger and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/refreshed-tesla-model-3\/\"> Tesla Model 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tesla-charging-solar.jpg\" alt=\"Tesla EV charging on solar power only\" width=\"600\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tesla-charging-solar.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/tesla-charging-solar-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For further information on Tesla&#8217;s Charge on Solar and how to set it up, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesla.com\/en_au\/support\/tesla-app\/charge-on-solar\">details are on this page<\/a>. And if you&#8217;re in the market for an EV charger (Tesla owner or otherwise), compare models available in Australia including those with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/ev-chargers\/solar\/\">solar smart charging<\/a> support on the SolarQuotes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/ev-chargers\/#compare\">EV charger comparison table<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other recent Tesla news, the company held a media and installer briefing about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/reviews\/tesla-powerwall-3-review.html\">the new Tesla Powerwall 3 (PW3)<\/a> in Sydney late last week. SQ&#8217;s Neerav Bhatt was at the event and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/powerwall-3-launch\/\">answers to a bunch of Powerwall 3 questions<\/a>. Finn has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/powerwall-3-when-it-makes-sense\/\">weighed in PW3<\/a>; answering the question: &#8220;is it the right choice for every Australian household that wants a home battery?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>PW3 (and Powerwall 2) pricing and specifications can be found on SQ&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/comparison-table\/#compare\">solar battery comparison table<\/a>, where you can see how they stack up against other home energy storage solutions available in Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a trial run, the Tesla app&#8217;s Charge on Solar feature is now available to all Australian owners of a Powerwall and compatible Tesla electric vehicles &#8211; and it should work with any hard-wired home EV charger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":86191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.7 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tesla App&#039;s &quot;Charge On Solar&quot; 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