Tesla reveals a battery aimed to "help change the entire energy infrastructure of the world"."

[EmperorScorpious]

[quote]Tesla, the electric car pioneer, has unveiled a "home battery" which the US company's founder Elon Musk said would help change the "entire energy infrastructure of the world".

The Tesla Powerwall [B]can store power from solar panels, from the electricity grid at night when it is typically cheaper, and provide a secure back-up in the case of a power outage.[/B]

In theory, the device, which typically would fit on the wall of a garage or inside a house, [B]could make solar-powered homes completely independent of the traditional energy grid.[/B]

"The goal is complete transformation of the entire energy infrastructure of the world, to [B]completely sustainable zero carbon[/B]," Musk told reporters shortly before unveiling the Powerwall at an event outside Los Angeles.

Examples of the device were lined up along one side of a hall. "It looks like a beautiful sculpture on the wall," said Musk.

All the power for the evening demonstration, attended by several hundred media as well as technology world participants, came from his new batteries, hooked up to solar panels on the roof, he said.

Initially the device, [B]which will cost $3,500, will go on sale in the US later this year.[/B] But the aim is to roll it out internationally some time next year.

[img]http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2015/5/1/094482d6e5574cbd8aff59d36d93dc2e_18.jpg[/img][/quote]

[url]http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/electric-car-pioneer-tesla-unveils-home-battery-150501180146733.html[/url]

[woolio1]

$3500? That's... Surprisingly affordable, actually. I'm about to drop a third of that on a new computer, and I spent almost $3000 on a new laptop last year.

This could actually work out...

[EmperorScorpious]

[QUOTE=woolio1;47642338]$3500? That's... Surprisingly affordable, actually. I'm about to drop a third of that on a new computer, and I spent almost $3000 on a new laptop last year.

This could actually work out...[/QUOTE]

Would still have to spend money to get solar panels or some other natural energy production.

[OvB]

A thread already exists for this [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1463126[/url]

[Paul-Simon]

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;47642348]Would still have to spend money to get solar panels or some other natural energy production.[/QUOTE]

Not really, like the article says it's also a nice solution for backup power in case of power outages.
Where I live, we have power outages all the time when the weather gets bad, and something like this would be very nice.