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Hmm, how long does a battery supply last in a typical home. How much does a solar panel installation cost to fill that battery (for night time) AND run your house every day? $3500 is the tip of the proverbial iceberg here. That batt. better be recyclable if they have to make 100M per year.
Good idea, now comes the hard part. Economics.
Hmm, how long does a battery supply last in a typical home. How much does a solar panel installation cost to fill that battery (for night time) AND run your house every day? $3500 is the tip of the proverbial iceberg here. That batt. better be recyclable if they have to make 100M per year.
Good idea, now comes the hard part. Economics.
So a system to go off the grid if you don't use electricity for heating will be about $25,000. If you are setting up in a location where you have to pay for power lines this is a good deal. This is not a "toy for the rich", it's the next step. Cars and home electricity were not affordable to everyone the year they appeared either. This is at a price point where the people it benefits most may choose it and as it's adopted the price will drop.
Also, they are recyclable, we always recycle them, you can reclaim almost all of the lithium.
Perhaps WHEN you install yours you will enlighten us as to how much you're saving and how much use you're getting out of things like, Clothes dryer, pool pump, electric range, hot water heater, A/C in summer, etc etc.
Oh, and what if you own a Tesla too, let us know if you can still charge it!
Battery research has been neglected, relative to battery powered technology anyway.
Wow, this is just awesome. Battery research has been neglected, relative to battery powered technology anyway. Someone needed to do something drastic, and its a clever move on Tesla's side to push to advance not only batteries for their vehicles (which has a very small market right now), but also for utility power as well. Really provides a good market base to push their product, which in turn funds their research.
Definitely a lot more to it all though, still need your panels, inverter (I know Google was pushing hard for a much smaller and more efficient inverter design **broken link removed** ) etc.
But either way, this is a great start and very exciting.
...This guy is pretty darn inspiring as well.