Is there a summary for anyone that doesn't want to sign up?
Powerwall 2 and Integrated Solar
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#12I have no particular desire to sign up just to watch the video, but I hope that the Powerwall 2 is compelling enough to beat out the LG Chem RESU.
For reference, the RESU is a wall-mounted Li-ion battery meant to be connected to a solar inverter. It seems to beat the Powerwall in basically every respect. It's a bit cheaper, it has a better warranty, and it has slightly lower advertised capacity but higher warranted capacity under basically all advertised conditions. But it's not cool and doesn't have a shiny video.
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#13the cool thing is that they look good... they look like a normal roof at the angle you would see from the street in front of the house, but from above... from the angle of the sun they are transparent and you can see the solar cells.
I know some rich people that want solar but their neighborhood associations won't allow it, but I don't think they would not have an objection to these roofs. they look really nice....
I have been curious how they were going to compete with cheap chinese solar. this seems like a good strategy but one that may be easily copied.
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#14Is there a summary for anyone that doesn't want to sign up?
You can also watch it on the SolarCity website (somewhere halfway down). Without registration.
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#15I have no particular desire to sign up just to watch the video, but I hope that the Powerwall 2 is compelling enough to beat out the LG Chem RESU. For reference, the RESU is a wall-mounted Li-ion battery meant to be connected to a solar inverter. It seems to beat the Powerwall in basically every respect. It's a bit cheaper, it has a better warranty, and it has slightly lower advertised capacity but higher warranted c…
People are willing to pay a premium for nice looking stuff that works well together. cf. Apple.
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#16Solar panel roofing tiles have been around for a long time. I wonder what this will do different? Pricing? Or perhaps they are relying on brand strength alone. Edit: I understand the urge to downvote because I'm not singing praise, but I promise I'm not trying to be overly pessimistic or critical of what Tesla is doing. Fact of the matter is, solar tiles have been done before, and failed miserably.
The price of PVs has fallen by multiple orders of magnitude in the past half century or so[0]. This is a staggering change!
[0] http://blogs-images.forbes.com/peterdiamandis/files/2014/09/...
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#17Direct 1080p video link:
https://uhsakamai-a.akamaihd.net/sjc/omega/vod/sjc-566a4ba6-8cb9-4eef-9ff4-f91aa8d13adb/84771680112000/96870994920000/plain/improved/1/chunk_NUMBER_84a103284c.flv
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#18the cool thing is that they look good... they look like a normal roof at the angle you would see from the street in front of the house, but from above... from the angle of the sun they are transparent and you can see the solar cells. I know some rich people that want solar but their neighborhood associations won't allow it, but I don't think they would not have an objection to these roofs. they look really nice.... I…
In CA, it is illegal for HOA to block solar installations
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#19I have no particular desire to sign up just to watch the video, but I hope that the Powerwall 2 is compelling enough to beat out the LG Chem RESU. For reference, the RESU is a wall-mounted Li-ion battery meant to be connected to a solar inverter. It seems to beat the Powerwall in basically every respect. It's a bit cheaper, it has a better warranty, and it has slightly lower advertised capacity but higher warranted c…
You can just give a dummy email and the video will load immediately.
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#20Any idea how much power these things put out when compared with a conventional solar setup? 1:1? .5:1?