Tesla has switched on vehicle-to-load for Model Y Premium trims in the United States: owners can now pull electricity out of the traction battery to run camping gear, tools, or small appliances. The catch is hardware, not a software toggle. You need Tesla’s $80 Outlet Adapter plus a Gen 3 Mobile Connector, and the car still will not back up a house.
Electrek, Teslarati, Drive Tesla, and TeslaNorth all read the same shop listing this week. The adapter is priced at $80 and can be added in the configurator or bought after delivery. Rated output is 120 volts and 20 amps, a 2.4 kW ceiling. That figure also appears in Tesla’s Gen 3 Mobile Connector manual for the NEMA 5-20 Powershare Outlet Adapter, so the number is not just a blogger’s readout of the storefront.
The adapter is not an outlet built into the SUV. It clips onto the end of the Gen 3 Mobile Connector — the portable charging cable that ships with new Model Ys and sells separately for about $300. Plug the connector handle into the charge port, fit the adapter on the other end, and household sockets appear. Electrek notes it is the same $80 part Tesla put on the Cybertruck in April 2025. The current US shop listing, as those outlets transcribed it, names three compatible vehicles: Model Y Premium, Model Y Performance, and Cybertruck. The cheaper Model Y Standard and the entire Model 3 lineup are left out.
Compatibility is narrower than “any Model Y Premium” on the product page. Teslarati’s reporter, who owns a Long Range All-Wheel-Drive Juniper from before Tesla renamed trims Premium and Standard, says Tesla flags that car as incompatible. Drive Tesla published a similar owner report from a refreshed Model Y about a year old. Tesla has not posted a VIN range or build-date cutoff. TeslaNorth, citing Sawyer Merritt, says Premium vehicles built since May are confirmed; treat that as a third-party readout, not an official window. First-generation (pre-Juniper) Model Y owners should assume they are out.
Drive Tesla’s RWD and AWD Premium note is useful for shoppers comparing the rear-wheel-drive Model Y against the AWD Premium on our US listings: both Premium trims appear in the US configurator option, according to that outlet. Canada is a different storefront. Drive Tesla reports the Canadian shop listing no longer includes Model Y Premium or Performance — only Cybertruck — and that some Canadian Performance owners were told their hardware cannot support the feature. That is a single-market report; Tesla has not issued a Canada bulletin we can cite.
Two kilowatts and a bit will run a fridge, a space heater, a jobsite saw, or a campsite. It will not replace a Powerwall. Electrek checked Tesla’s Powershare page and quoted the company’s own line that Powershare is not available for Model S, Model 3, Model X, and Model Y. Home backup — 11.5 kW into a house for days, and PG&E vehicle-to-grid approval in California — remains a Cybertruck feature. The Model Y accessory is the campsite version of bidirectional power, sold as a cable dongle rather than a bed or frunk outlet.
That is why the comparison to other brands stings. Electrek points out that Hyundai has shipped vehicle-to-load on the Ioniq 5 since 2021 at 3.6 kW, with an interior outlet and a charge-port adapter in the box, and that Kia does the same on the EV6 and EV9. Ford’s F-150 Lightning, on Electrek’s telling, starts at the same 2.4 kW and climbs to 9.6 kW on extended-range trucks through real outlets. Those comparison figures are Electrek’s, not a GetEVCar instrumented test; they are here because they frame what Tesla is charging $80 to match at the low end.
For GetEVCar readers the geography matters as much as the wattage. This week’s listing is a US (Electrek also named Puerto Rico) shop change, not a global firmware gift. Buyers in the UAE and the UK should not assume the same adapter or hardware is live on their cars. Teslarati separately reported that Tesla China rolled out a Model Y L V2L adapter last year; that is a different market and a different SKU. If you are configuring a US Premium Model Y, check the Tesla account compatibility flag before you spend the $80 — the storefront and the VIN do not always agree.
Sources: Tesla Shop Outlet Adapter listing as reported by Electrek, Teslarati, Drive Tesla, and TeslaNorth (14–15 August 2026); Tesla Gen 3 Mobile Connector owner’s manual (NEMA 5-20 Powershare Outlet Adapter, 2.4 kW at 120 V / 20 A); Tesla Powershare page as cited by Electrek.
