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The Tesla website says the $3500 battery is 10 kWh. Anyway, the prices will undoubtedly come down over time. Competition from China, etc.
by blisterpeanuts 11y ago
The Tesla website says the $3500 battery is 10 kWh.
Anyway, the prices will undoubtedly come down over time. Competition from China, etc.
- dragontamer 11y agokWh is energy storage. I'm talking about kW: kilowatts. Tesla's batteries can only output 2kW. This means that the PowerWall can't even supply a typical 3-ton air conditioner (which uses up 3500Watts of power). Lets just look at your typical appliances: your air conditioning is on (3.5kW starting, 2kW running), your refrigerator turns on (1200W starting, 200W running), and then the Sump Pump started to go (2kW starting, 1500W continuous). Just preventing your food from spoiling and your basement from flooding is going to require TWO powerwalls before the inefficiencies of an inverter. I'm not even talking about capacity (kWh). I'm simply talking about the amount of power the Tesla batteries are rated for. 2kW (3.3kW peak) -------- > Anyway, the prices will undoubtedly come down over time. Competition from China, etc. On the contrary. It looks like Tesla is trying to loss-lead on batteries to help scale up their Gigafactory. Tesla is assuming the cost will come down already, and is burning cash until it happens.