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Tesla adds 2.4 kW vehicle-to-load to Model Y Premium with $80 adapter

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Tesla adds 2.4 kW vehicle-to-load to Model Y Premium with $80 adapter

Tesla has switched on vehicle-to-load for the Model Y Premium in the US and Puerto Rico, letting owners pull 2.4 kW out of the car’s battery at 120 volts and 20 amps.

You need an $80 accessory to do it, and not every Model Y Premium can. Tesla says the adapter can be added during configuration or bought from the Tesla Shop.

The adapter is not an outlet built into the car. It’s a fitting that goes on the end of the Gen 3 Mobile Connector, the charging cable that comes with new Model Ys and sells for $300 on its own. Plug the connector’s handle into the charge port, clip the adapter onto the other end, and you get household outlets rated to 20 amps.

It’s the same part Tesla launched for Cybertruck owners in April 2025, at the same $80 and the same power ceiling. Tesla’s shop listing now names three compatible vehicles: Model Y Premium, Model Y Performance, and Cybertruck. The cheaper Model Y Standard and the entire Model 3 lineup are shut out.

None of this should be a surprise. We reported last October that the new Model Y Performance shipped with bidirectional charging hardware and argued the capability was being held back by trim strategy rather than engineering. Ten months later, it’s on the Premium.

4 kW is not much. 6 kW, with an interior outlet and a charge-port adapter in the box, and Kia does the same on the EV6 and EV9. 6 kW on extended-range trucks, through real outlets in the bed and the frunk.


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