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There is lot of potential out there for retrofitting used Car battery to wall mounts. That is the approach, I would be more interested. Has Tesla reused any of
by sremani 11y ago
There is lot of potential out there for retrofitting used Car battery to wall mounts. That is the approach, I would be more interested. Has Tesla reused any of its roadster batteries that have gone stale in wall mounts? Does Tesla as a company has a plan for having old roadster batteries along with Model S etc. to convert into home batteries in the future ?
- greglindahl 11y ago80% of the power-wall business is expected to be industrial installations, not home installations. Big installations like that are a much better home for "tired" batteries - a homeowner cares about their 7kWh, a business with a 500 kWh install might not mind if 1/3 of it was used batteries with 1/2 max capacity. And yes, Tesla's been talking about that for more than a decade.
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- stevehawk 11y agoGE and others have been doing this for nearly a decade with Prius and other batteries.
- ju-st 11y agoRecently I heard that BMW (I think) has a project to use old car batteries for energy storage... but the problem is they basically don't have any used LiIon batteries. This recycling approach will only get interesting in 5-10 years.