The pioneer of electric cars, Tesla revealed a battery for homes, the founder of the company, the US Elon Musk said that will help change “the energy infrastructure throughout the world.”
The Tesla powerwall can store energy from solar panels, mains at night, when it is more economically and provide a safe backup in case of a power outage.
In theory, the device, that would fit on the wall of a parking lot inside a house, could make households with fully independent solar energy from traditional power grid.
“The goal is to complete the transformation of the entire energy infrastructure in the world to achieve sustainable ‘zero carbon’ “Musk said briefly to reporters, before revealing on Thursday” powerwall “in a warehouse on the outskirts of Los Angeles.
Examples of the device” sleak ” Available in various colors, were aligned on one side of the aisle. “It looks like a beautiful sculpture on the wall,” Musk said.
All the energy for the show, eagerly awaited by hundreds of media and representatives of the technological world, came from the new battery, connected to solar panels ceiling, explained founder of Tesla.
Initially the device, which will cost $ 3,500, will go on sale in the US later this year, but the goal is to sell in international markets at some point 2016.
Germany is seen as a key market for the product, which is 15.24 cm thick, 1.22 meters high and 91 cm wide, because it is among the largest recipients of solar energy in the world , desatacó Musk.
could also be a big “boom” for the less developed regions where electricity is unreliable, despite the abundant solar energy.
Musk compared the potential of this situation with the way cellular technology has expanded.
“It’s analogous to the way he jumped into cell phones fixed,” he said. “This is going to be really great for the poorest communities in the world.”
“This allows you to be completely network disconnected” he said.
Musk emphasized that get economies He advanced as the United States of unsustainable fossil fuels is a key goal. “I think that collectively we should do something about that (…) we have this useful fusion reactor in the sky, called Sun”.
The “powerwall” comes in weekly cycles of 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) and models of daily cycles of 7 kWh, both guaranteed for 10 years and enough to supply most homes during peak hours energy consumption in the afternoon.
Musk avoided answering the question of whether Tesla Energy would be a bigger business that Tesla Motors, for which it is best known.
Last year, Tesla announced the construction in Nevada of the largest plant with lithium ions in the world, a “mega fab” of $ 5,000 million in alliance with Japanese electronics giant Panasonic.
Tesla start operations, while its Japanese partner will cell batteries designed for the plant and invest in equipment and machinery, according to a joint statement when they announced the “mega fab”.
Although Tesla produces relatively few vehicles, has become the star of this market by the high demand and its reputation for high quality.
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