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Battery Day is Coming...

svetz

Works in theory! Practice? That's something else
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If you haven't heard of Battery Day, then you're probably a normal person.
No guarantees though. If you know all about battery day, you should
think about getting out more. I'm going to go ?.

Battery day is 9/22 and its the hype around Musk's upcoming event
where he's said, "Battery Day, people. Wait until Battery Day. It's gonna
blow your mind. It blows my mind, and I know it!
"

Something with the Maxwell technology they bought? Their new solvent?
Power and life cycles on par with solid state battery tech? Million mile battery?

If you have a million mile battery and a few million cars on the road, then
why not apply for a license to be a grid operator like Tesla did? Will
every tesla car plugged in be a part of the VPP? Charge up during the
day with cheap solar power and sell it at night when it's expensive?
That is Tesla owners get paid to have their cars parked and plugged
in with a bonus for solar roofs? Or just a $36k discount for people to
buy a Tesla if you sign onto using the car as mobile storage? Current
Tesla owners could get new more powerful batteries for free by signing
up to join the VPP?

It's certainly one way to bypass the old fossils running the national power grid.
Is is coming a new humor theme?
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(image is a link to a speculative video)​
 
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It is for me!

So if the FERC made a renewable energy plant increase their costs so coal plants can remain competitive, what the heck are they going to do with this?

We sure do live in interesting times. I sure hope teaching kids how to adopt to change is on curriculum.
 
I suspect most people will be able to afford batteries in the near future. The trade war probably isn't helping matters unless US gets off it's ass and makes cheap reliable batteries.
 
Storage. It’s the Achilles’ heel of solar. If our boy Elon solves one of two, or both, of the major issues, cost and capacity, then Tesla better up manufacturing capabilty because demand will be monstrous.
 
From I've read, storage costs are already at the tipping point... we live in exciting times!
 
You can tune in to watch a live stream of the Battery Day event on Tesla's own website. It'll begin directly after the 2020 shareholders meeting which starts at ~4:30 p.m. ET. Tesla will live-stream both events, so if you're interested in the business side of things, you can tune in to that as well. But the real news will come from the Battery Day presentation.
 
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