[Citizen Zed]

Or...

[molson209]

Tesla , Aliens for Outer Space told him what to Invent

[driftdiver]

Do you take it to your car for a recharge?

[loungitude]

Load leveling would be a great thing for the grid. Hard to see it working with batteries, though, given their short cycle life.

[justlurking]

I'm not sure how this will work, unless you can get a lower rate for power during off-peak periods, and charge the battery.

But, the battery efficiency would have to be greater than the differential in price. If you get a 30% reduction in power cost, but lose 50% of the power to heat and other losses in the battery, you actually lose money.

[IYAS9YAS]

Hey, if he’s come up with a super-efficient, and long-lasting battery that can be worked in with a good set of solar panels, to unhook from the electrical grid, good for him.

[Alex Murphy]

Bloomberg got a hold of an email from Tesla’s investor-relations chief saying the company will explain the benefits of Tesla’s solutions compared to battery options in the past. There has been speculation that Tesla will look to challenge the traditional utility power grid with home and utility batteries, and a research note from Deutsche Bank says Tesla could be at the forefront of an energy storage market that could triple to six billion dollars in sales by 2020.

Can you imagine trying to find the one dead battery in a closet filled with D cells?

[taildragger]

"There is some speculation that this is the product Musk was hinting at when he Tweeted late last month that the company would be unveiling “not a car”

Boat, Motorcycle or Airplane come to mine. My guess is a high end Bike, maybe boat, think disposable income. Airplanes are too touchy dealing with the FAA for Certification.

[txrefugee]

It would be great to have utility companies competing with a new energy system for residential use. The fewer homes on the grid, the better.

[JJ_Folderol]

A new way to apply for government subsidies?

[WakeUpAndVote]

[Yo-Yo]

E what?

[Grampa Dave]

Knowing how Tesla has very high prices, this battery will probably cost well over 10,000 $’s plus an installation fee to go along with the costs of solar and/or wind power for at least another $10,000 plus.

Our PG&E bills run 50 to 60$’s month.

So it is not worth the massive initial investment.

We will buy a low cost non smart tv, when our current 25 year old tv dies, and buy a LG washer when our 12 year old washer dies. That and a new Chrome home computer will probably cut our unmassive electric bill even more with a lot less investment costs and potential danger of having a massive storage battery in or outside our house.

These units might replace stolen smart phones as a target for those who don’t work for a living.

[Organic Panic]

Perpetual energy designed by liberals?

[logi_cal869]

Heh: He’s trying to find a market for short-term profit for a product that will be obsolete in a few years (or less).

Next week’s article will be a proposal in the US House to mandate batteries for homes with Smart Meters under arcane rules written by the EPA.