The assessment
How it scores, by category
Market position
The data
Hybrid inverter
Manages PV, battery DC and household AC through the inverter platform.
- Product role
- The battery remains a separate product even when it belongs to the same branded platform.
- Published range
- 11.04 kW
- Phase
- Single phase
- Backup boundary
- Whole-home capability recorded
What the documents establish
Published evidence, source-reviewed non-disclosure and unresolved questions remain separate from the product score.
Warranty coverage: 10-year term
Coverage includes
Parts only · term longer than 13 of 70 scored inverters
No inverter in the fleet publishes a year-by-year performance or output guarantee the way panels and batteries do - this shows the covered term against the market-typical term and where every scored inverter’s term lands (grey dots, sized by model count), plus what the warranty actually includes.
Verification & sources
Market context
Global evidencechange in the site menu
Global benchmark. This scorecard is benchmarked globally. A global score does not imply local availability, certification, warranty coverage, or installer compatibility.
Benchmark anchor. The score is anchored to the highest published rating in this exact series. Scored model: Powerwall 3 (Gateway 3 integrated) · checked 2026-06-19. Evidence.
Australian warranty decision
1 product record
Read the Australian warranty as a claim pathway: the headline term is separate from remedy, labour, freight, site work, transfer and registration conditions.
Tesla Powerwall 3 Integrated Inverter 11.04 kW · Inverter
Australian evidence checked 2026-08-04.
Covered3 sources
Australian warranty scope: Tesla's Australian owner-document library publishes a 10-year Powerwall warranty. The integrated solar inverter is part of the Powerwall 3 system rather than a separately warrantied standalone inverter.
Structured claim terms: Recorded.
- Term
- 10 yr productStated in the structured comparison
- Product remedy
- CoveredRepair, replacement or market-value refund at Tesla's option.
- Labour
- Not statedUnconditional labour cover is not stated.
- Freight
- Not statedUnconditional freight cover is not stated.
- Removal and reinstallation
- CoveredRemoval and reinstallation are not expressly covered; unapproved relocation can void cover.
- Transferability
- ConditionalA subsequent owner may claim for the remaining term with proof of ownership.
- Registration and conditions
- Not statedRegistration and internet connectivity conditions apply; no extension was found.
Sources & references · checked 2026-08-06
Strong evidence coverage
25 of 25 scored criteria link directly to a published source.
Values marked estimated, derived, or not found remain visible on the audit sheet and do not carry the same evidential weight as a linked source. Coverage measures direct links, not an independent guarantee that a claim is correct.
Record revision. Tesla 2025 Powerwall 3 Australia/New Zealand datasheet and Australian owner material reviewed 2026-07-26; product identity (model field vs system_compatibility) and the AU/NZ weighted-efficiency footnote confirmed directly against the current AU/NZ and North American datasheets 2026-08-04; AU inverter outage-reality evidence checked 2026-08-06
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Warranty summary10-year product warranty →
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Evidence timeline
Recorded verification events for this scorecard. These are evidence checks, not historical score snapshots.
- Core scorecard evidence checked
- AU market evidence checked
- US market evidence checked
- Plain-language warranty summary checked
- Series benchmark evidence checked
Scored by Solar Analytica Research
Further reading from Findings
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Our reading
Powerwall 3 Integrated Inverter scores 74, placing 3 of 3 in the Integrated System class and within 1.9 points of the class leader. Its strongest scoring dimension is features & integration (93), running 7.7 points above the class average on this dimension. Efficiency scores 54, the lowest pillar for this product. The class average on efficiency is 66. Key specifications: 97.5% peak efficiency, 3 MPPT inputs, 10-year warranty.