AP. Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is never short of bold ideas, is determined to transform the electricity market.
The executive director of automotive electric vehicle Tesla Motors expects to connect millions of batteries with solar panels in homes and businesses for the world-and can be disconnected from the power plants that can beneficiarse-. On Thursday night, before a devoted audience and party atmosphere, Musk stated how it intends to achieve.
Musk I took the stage at the design studio of Tesla, near the Los Angeles International Airport, lively by enthusiastic fans with glasses in hand, at an appropriate stage for a bold dreamer known for outlandish projects to pursue.
Colonize Mars is one of the objectives of Musk at SpaceX, a company of special ships who also heads .
Now it has set another ambitious mission. “Our goal here is to fundamentally change the way the world consumes energy,” Musk told reporters gathered in Hawthorne, Calif.
Although Tesla will build the battery called “powerwall” will be other the companies that marketed. The list of partners includes SolarCity, a firm of installing solar panels founded by cousins Musk, Lyndon and Peter Rive. Musk is the chairman and largest shareholder of SolarCity.
As with electric cars Tesla, with a starting price of around $ 70,000, the batteries are probably too expensive. The recommended price is between US $ 3,000 and US $ 3,500, depending on the desired capability. The installation would apart. That could slow initial adoption, especially for a product that could be of limited use.
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