Call To Action: Time For A Tesla Vehicle-To-Grid Option!
Tesla started working to improve energy storage years ago in order to deal with the foreseeable rise in intermittent renewable energy production.
Tesla started working to improve energy storage years ago in order to deal with the foreseeable rise in intermittent renewable energy production.
Tesla’s Solar Roof is potentially one of the most disruptive products in the portfolio, but presents a massive challenge to roll out at scale. Produced at Tesla’s Solar Gigafactory in Buffalo, New York, Tesla struggled to refine the design of the tiles not only for mass production, but for rapid, efficient, and long-lasting installations. Roof tiles are no joke and must produce power and protect the home if they are to succeed.
It’s super easy for customers in one of the sunniest places in the world, Southern California, to add solar and storage to their home. Adding batteries to a home is a lot like adding a generator to your home as a backup power source, but the real secret in the sauce is pairing batteries with rooftop solar. In this configuration, the rooftop solar will continuously recharge the home battery, allowing the system to provide power to a home for much longer.
Our local utility notified us that a power outage with an 8-hour outage window spanning from 9am to 5pm was scheduled for June 3rd. For most people, in a non-pandemic world, that would not be a problem. People are normally at work during the day, so the outage passes by unnoticed.
On the Tesla earnings call last Wednesday, July 22, Elon mentioned the renewable energy stack for the home. Tesla was focused on the big three: collection (solar), storage (Li-on batteries), and consumption (transport). These are indeed three defining parts of the renewable energy cycle for private persons.
Tesla has been given the green light to generate electricity in the UK. It’s been granted an electricity generation license and Ofgem, an energy regulator, has published a press release stating…
Tesla energy storage is in high demand, growing faster than Tesla can keep up. Meanwhile, solar demand is down, but much if not all of that relates to the coronavirus shutdown.
Tesla has updated its Powerwall app to allow direct control of how much stored energy is devoted to charging a car and how much is reserved go power a home.
The Tesla virtual power plant in South Australia is only 2% complete but already it has proven its worth many times over while lowering utility bills for many customers.
Van life is one of those trendy hashtags that’s easily overlooked these days, but a #vanlife lived outdoors, on the trails, and “away from it all” may be just what the social distancing doctor ordered — and if you’re going to do it, you might as well do it in style. Is a Ram ProMaster + Tesla battery pack the winning formula to living your best life?