{"id":59585,"date":"2015-06-15T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=59585"},"modified":"2015-06-13T20:20:01","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T19:20:01","slug":"elon-musk-weve-dramatically-increased-the-power-capability-of-the-tesla-powerwall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/06\/elon-musk-weve-dramatically-increased-the-power-capability-of-the-tesla-powerwall\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk: \u2018We\u2019ve Dramatically Increased the Power Capability\u2019 of the Tesla Powerwall"},"content":{"rendered":"

12 Jun 2015 – <\/em>Its only been a month since Elon Musk<\/a> unveiled a game-changing suite of batteries<\/a> for businesses, homes and utilities to help wean the world off fossil fuels<\/a>. And now, the Tesla CEO is already upping the ante with the Powerwall, a home battery that charges using electricity generated from solar power<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Tesla\u2019s Powerwall is a rechargeable lithium-ion battery made to store energy at the residential level. Photo Credit: Tesla Energy<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve dramatically increased the power capability of the Powerwall,\u201d Musk said at Tesla\u2019s annual stockholders\u2019 meeting<\/a> in Mountain View, California this week. \u201cIt basically more than doubled the power output of the power pack, and the price is going to stay the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Computer World<\/a>, prices for the products will stay at $3,000 for the seven kilowatt-hour (kWh) daily cycle version and $3,500 for the 10 kWh backup UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) version. The batteries will go from having a two kilowatt (kW) steady power output and a 3.3 kW peak output to a 5\u00a0kW steady output and 7\u00a0kW peak output.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe daily cycler is sort of more about economics or getting off the grid completely, whereas the backup UPS is just there to ensure your house has power if there\u2019s ever a power outage,\u201d Musk explained.<\/p>\n

Solar panel owners and future solar panel owners will receive \u201cpriority\u201d treatment for delivery of the new Powerwall batteries, Computer World reported. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t have to be SolarCity,\u201d Musk said of his sister company, of which he\u2019s a chairman. \u201cSolarCity is, of course, preferred, if you like the best.\u201d As we previously reported<\/a>, the solar installer is the first in line to incorporate Tesla\u2019s new batteries.<\/p>\n

The reason behind the upgrade came after the products received some criticism when\u00a0they were first released. According to Edie.net<\/a>, potential buyers alleged that the 2 kWh output wouldn\u2019t be enough to power a standard house. Additionally, Forbes<\/a><\/em> staff writer Christopher Helman also crunched the numbers and found that the 15 cents per kWh of solar power (generated by SolarCity\u2019s panels) plus the 15 cents to cycle a kWh from the Powerwall add up to 30 cents per kWh of\u00a0electricity, a \u201cbonkers\u201d amount considering that the national average<\/a> for utility-provided electricity is 12.5 cents per kWh, Helman pointed out.<\/p>\n

However, as Musk said at the shareholders\u2019 meeting, \u201cWe actually took some of the negative feedback to heart, and I\u2019m happy to announce we\u2019ve dramatically increased the power capability of the Powerwall.\u201d The added power capacity should power an entire house, provided the occupants aren\u2019t running energy-hungry air condition units, Musk said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch Musk (who starts speaking at 13:30) at the Tesla shareholders\u2019 meeting in the video below:<\/p>\n

httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q60FOIV6Ew8<\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 ecowatch.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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