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Thousands of Home Batteries Now Useless
Dec 30^th, 2025 at 2:50pm

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Tesla is now facing a class-action lawsuit after thousands of Powerwall 2 home batteries were remotely drained to 0% and disabled due to a fire-risk recall. Some owners say they’ve been left without backup power for months — and Tesla still hasn’t given a clear replacement timeline.

In this video, I break down what actually happened, why this recall is so serious, how the lawsuit was filed, and what this means for home-energy storage going forward.

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Bobby. Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 116229 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Thousands of Home Batteries Now Useless Reply #1 - Dec 30^th, 2025 at 2:50pm Tesla are a bunch of arseholes to do that. They should have given the customer the option of continuing to use the suspect batteries. They should have paid instant money as compensation.
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 55130 Gender:	Re: Thousands of Home Batteries Now Useless Reply #2 - Dec 30^th, 2025 at 3:19pm Guinea pig consumers who always want the latest technology are always the biggest suckers
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Reply #3 - Dec 30^th, 2025 at 3:26pm

Jasin wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 3:19pm:

Guinea pig consumers who always want the latest technology are always the biggest suckers

I always knew those batteries would be suspect.
That's a huge amount of electrical power to be stored next to anyone's house.
Water won't put out a Lithium battery fire - they are dangerous.
No one would allow you to put a 44 gallon drum of petrol next to your house
buy it's probably safer.

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greggerypeccary Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 149358 Gender:	Re: Thousands of Home Batteries Now Useless Reply #4 - Dec 30^th, 2025 at 3:26pm Bobby. wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 2:50pm: Tesla are a bunch of arseholes to do that. What do you expect from Nazis?
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Bobby. Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 116229 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Thousands of Home Batteries Now Useless Reply #5 - Dec 30^th, 2025 at 3:33pm greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 3:26pm: Bobby. wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 2:50pm: Tesla are a bunch of arseholes to do that. What do you expect from Nazis? Elon has so much money he should be helping those poor customers - isn't he the richest man in the world?
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Reply #6 - Dec 30^th, 2025 at 3:33pm

Tesla claims:

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What happens to Tesla battery packs once they reach their end of life?

Unlike fossil fuels, which release harmful emissions into the atmosphere that are not recovered for reuse, materials in a Tesla lithium-ion battery are recoverable and recyclable. Battery materials are refined and put into a cell, and will still remain in the cell at the end of their life, when they can be recycled to recover its valuable materials for reuse over and over again.

Extending the life of a battery pack is a superior option to recycling for both environmental and business reasons. For those reasons, before decommissioning a consumer battery pack and sending it for recycling, Tesla does everything it can to extend the useful life of each battery pack. Any battery that is no longer meeting a customer’s needs can be serviced by Tesla at one of our Service Centers around the world. None of our scrapped lithium-ion batteries go to landfilling, and 100% are recycled.

https://www.tesla.com/support/sustainability-recycling

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Re: Thousands of Home Batteries Now Useless
Reply #7 - Dec 30^th, 2025 at 3:55pm

Bobby. wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 3:33pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 3:26pm:

Bobby. wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 2:50pm:

Tesla are a bunch of arseholes to do that.

What do you expect from Nazis?

Elon has so much money he should be helping those poor customers -
isn't he the richest man in the world?

You don't become the richest man in the world by helping customers.

You become the richest man in the world by exploiting customers.

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Baronvonrort Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20241 Gender:	Re: Thousands of Home Batteries Now Useless Reply #8 - Dec 30^th, 2025 at 4:25pm Bobby. wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 2:50pm: Tesla are a bunch of arseholes to do that. They should have given the customer the option of continuing to use the suspect batteries. The batteries could be a fire risk do you want houses to burn down?
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Reply #9 - Dec 30^th, 2025 at 6:53pm

Baronvonrort wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 4:25pm:

Bobby. wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 2:50pm:

Tesla are a bunch of arseholes to do that.
They should have given the customer the option of
continuing to use the suspect batteries.

The batteries could be a fire risk do you want houses to burn down?

No but the "owner" of the batteries should be the one who makes the decision
about using their "own" batteries.

They do own them don't they?

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 55130 Gender:	Re: Thousands of Home Batteries Now Useless Reply #10 - Jan 1^st, 2026 at 5:08pm Electricity to rise by 13% AT THE LEAST for 2026 due to ALP's COSTLY renewable scam racket. Another BIG MEDIA LIE TOLD FOR THE ALP FOR THE ALP.
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Bobby. Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 116229 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Thousands of Home Batteries Now Useless Reply #11 - Jan 1^st, 2026 at 5:11pm Jasin wrote on Jan 1^st, 2026 at 5:08pm: Electricity to rise by 13% AT THE LEAST for 2026 due to ALP's COSTLY renewable scam racket. Another BIG MEDIA LIE TOLD FOR THE ALP FOR THE ALP. Meanwhile China builds a new coal fired power station every week and laughs at us.
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 19808 Gender:	Re: Thousands of Home Batteries Now Useless Reply #12 - Jan 1^st, 2026 at 5:39pm Bobby. wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 6:53pm: No but the "owner" of the batteries should be the one who makes the decision about using their "own" batteries. And watch the lawsuits fly when it hits the fan.
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Reply #13 - Jan 1^st, 2026 at 10:13pm

Bobby. wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 6:53pm:

Baronvonrort wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 4:25pm:

Bobby. wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 2:50pm:

Tesla are a bunch of arseholes to do that.
They should have given the customer the option of
continuing to use the suspect batteries.

The batteries could be a fire risk do you want houses to burn down?

No but the "owner" of the batteries should be the one who makes the decision
about using their "own" batteries.

They do own them don't they?

What if people die in a fire are they going to blame Tesla?

Lithium batteries have Battery Management System most likely be a problem with that.

A software change might fix it the Geeks at Tesla would be working on a solution.

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Reply #14 - Jan 2^nd, 2026 at 5:04am

Baronvonrort wrote on Jan 1^st, 2026 at 10:13pm:

Bobby. wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 6:53pm:

Baronvonrort wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 4:25pm:

Bobby. wrote on Dec 30^th, 2025 at 2:50pm:

Tesla are a bunch of arseholes to do that.
They should have given the customer the option of
continuing to use the suspect batteries.

The batteries could be a fire risk do you want houses to burn down?

No but the "owner" of the batteries should be the one who makes the decision
about using their "own" batteries.

They do own them don't they?

What if people die in a fire are they going to blame Tesla?

Lithium batteries have Battery Management System most likely be a problem with that.

A software change might fix it the Geeks at Tesla would be working on a solution.

If someone died in a fire it wouldn't be Tesla's fault
if the owner was informed of the battery fault -
however I'm not a lawyer so my advice is suspect.
Maybe Aussie can chime in?

Sounds more like a hardware problem - faulty battery cells.

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