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This would all make more sense if they made solar panels to go with the powerpack. Otherwise, it's just a huge battery.
It will get expensive by the time you actually have all the bits you need inside your house.
How is this better than deep-cycle batteries (with 20+ year lives) again? Why does it need to be slimline?
Open sourcing the patents to build fully solar-powered electrical grids around the will be a paradigm shift in the power structures of the world. I expect from today onward there will be a full-scale attack from those who stand to lose because of the reduced dependency on oil.
First they ignore you.
Then they laugh at you.
Then they fight you. Then you win.
I must say Elon is a brilliant engineer but not the best of orators.
$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…
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2 billion battery packs, and how many solar panels to feed them ? Did I miss the number ?
> The world currently consumes 20 trillion kWh of energy annually. Enough energy to [...] supply energy to a nuclear power plant for 2,300 years.
Am I missing something, or is that an entirely bizarre comparison to make? What does this even mean?
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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 environm…
10kWh and the details will be forthcoming I am sure.
Or, you could listen to music on your 250W sound system for 40h.
$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…
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Our local utility here in Chicago, ComEd, is starting to roll out to the population what flux in energy usage actually means on a granular basis (hourly, daily, monthly, seasonally) while offering incentives to change their consumption patterns.
Doesn't include inverter or installer markup and can only provide 2kW output. It will get expensive by the time you actually have all the bits you need inside your house. How is this better than deep-cycle batteries (with 20+ year lives) again? Why does it need to be slimline?
"so you don't need a battery room" - Elon Musk