I must say Elon is a brilliant engineer but not the best of orators.
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#12Proof, if anyone still needs it, that Tesla is a battery company that builds cars, not a car company that builds batteries.
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#13Live Stream:
0. Tesla will open source its patents for the Gigafactory.
1. Elon thinks all the world's energy needs can be served with 2 billion Tesla GW powepacks.
2. Elon: "This is something we can do, need to do and should do."
It's over.
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#14The map graphic at the beginning was pretty powerful (please excuse pun)
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#15$3500. Nice!!!
I'm intrigued at the backup possibilities, because we live in a forested area of the northeast where outages are common during storms. But at 3Kw a single unit isn't large enough to power our entire home, and I didn't see a figure for how long it can operate at peak load. If I need two then we're getting closer to the cost of a natural gas fired generator. This analysis, of course, is completely ignoring the environmental benefits.
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#162 billion battery packs, and how many solar panels to feed them ? Did I miss the number ?
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#17$3,500. That's crazy good for your average household, on par with natural gas backup generators with half the logistics. I might just be ordering sooner rather than later given some of the grid instabilities in my area over the past year, and through the mid-term in preparation for a solar switch here in Chicago.
While Elon might not be the best orator, you can easily derive his authenticity and belief in the product by virtue of his delivery. You can't do that with accuracy in the canned and carefully rehearsed.
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#18I must say Elon is a brilliant engineer but not the best of orators.
As an investor, I'll take this anyday.
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#19I must say Elon is a brilliant engineer but not the best of orators.
I would agree. He's not very compelling.
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#20I must say Elon is a brilliant engineer but not the best of orators.
I find it endearing. Makes me trust him more and not make him seem like a shyster selling snake oil.