Samsung has announced at the CES in Las Vegas a collaboration with Tesla that will connect your SmartThings Energy service with the company’s different productsincluding its electric vehicles, the Powerwall battery, the Solar Inverter, and the Wall Connector.
The collaboration has been possible thanks to the API that Tesla offers with the aim of allowing its users to have better control of home energy consumption. With the integration of Tesla products in SmartThings Energy, therefore, users will be able to obtain information on the production, storage and energy consumption of different products from your mobile or television.
The integration of Tesla products with Samsung’s SmartThings Energy service will also allow users receive alerts in the company’s different products in the event that electricity is cut off due to adverse weather conditions; something possible thanks to the “Storm Watch” function of the Tesla Powerwall application.
“Users will be able to see the status of their grid connectivity across multiple devices and intelligently control their home loads to extend their Powerwall power even when they are offline.”
AnDrew Baglino, senior vice president of power and powertrain engineering at Tesla.
Tesla, we reiterate, offers third-party developers an API called FleetAPI which allows you to obtain relevant information about battery degradation, car efficiency and more. The company has been working with this API for its different products for years, but did not open it to third parties until last October.
At the moment, yes, the service is under development, and It will not arrive until the second quarter of 2024.
These are the Tesla products compatible with Samsung SmartThings Energy
Except for Tesla electric vehicles, which are also compatible with SmartThings Energy, the three products that can also be connected to the app are intended to offer energy in the home.
The Powerwall battery, for example, allows store energy to continue with electricity in the home in case of power outages. The Solar Inverter, on the other hand, is intended for convert direct current energy coming from solar modules in alternating current for domestic consumption.
On the other hand, the Wall Connector is nothing more than a charger for Tesla vehicles intended for overnight charging so that the car is fully charged the next morning. This is capable of providing up to 22 kW / 32 amps, which allows it to provide up to 71 kilometers of autonomy per hour of charging.