I have not seen this mentioned on TMC yet so want to start a new topic about it. Yesterday in the earnings call Elon said this, quote:
"What we're going to do -- we're going to unveil some of the Tesla home battery or consumer battery that will be for use in people's houses or businesses, fairly soon. We have the design, Ben, and it should start going into production probably in about six months or so. We're trying to figure out a date to have the product unveiling, but it's probably in the next month or two. And it's really great. I am really excited about it."
I'm pretty excited about this as well. From when I first started paying close attention to Tesla in mid-2013, I have felt that Tesla is an energy storage and management company whose first products are EVs but who would soon move into other products, like what Elon talked about yesterday. Tesla has been making battery storage systems for use with their Superchargers and at the Fremont factory, and also a limited production commercial product for SolarCity to use in conjunction with PV systems (but that got stalled because California utilities did their best to block approvals).
So this is a new storage product for home and commercial use. Exciting indeed? Will it primarily be designed for peak shaving, or for emergency backup storage, or both? Will it be able to be connected to any new or existing PV system or only with SolarCity installs?
"What we're going to do -- we're going to unveil some of the Tesla home battery or consumer battery that will be for use in people's houses or businesses, fairly soon. We have the design, Ben, and it should start going into production probably in about six months or so. We're trying to figure out a date to have the product unveiling, but it's probably in the next month or two. And it's really great. I am really excited about it."
I'm pretty excited about this as well. From when I first started paying close attention to Tesla in mid-2013, I have felt that Tesla is an energy storage and management company whose first products are EVs but who would soon move into other products, like what Elon talked about yesterday. Tesla has been making battery storage systems for use with their Superchargers and at the Fremont factory, and also a limited production commercial product for SolarCity to use in conjunction with PV systems (but that got stalled because California utilities did their best to block approvals).
So this is a new storage product for home and commercial use. Exciting indeed? Will it primarily be designed for peak shaving, or for emergency backup storage, or both? Will it be able to be connected to any new or existing PV system or only with SolarCity installs?