Comments by "Bo McGillacutty" (@Mrbfgray) on "Tesla Powerwall Explained! - A Battery Powered Home." video.

  1. ***** There are a lot of options on the market long before the Powerwall, but somehow Elon get's all the attention and free advertising. :-) He's a very adept self promoter.
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  2. Martin Andreas Kruse It's hard to say what all those "orders" are worth since there is no commitment being made, it's just an expression of interest really. I would expect most of them won't translate to sales but then others will make actual purchases. For most applications there are much more cost effective solutions then the Powerwall, natgas backup generators for example. It's great to see another option on the market and no doubt the price will come down, it needs to be about one third current price to be widely attractive to those who are concerned about costs. (according to those who have run the numbers, but it varies widely depending on your circumstances) And with the Giga factory the price of batteries may well drop significantly and quickly.
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  3. Mike Benner By that measure perhaps but batteries are not "there" yet in general except for special circumstances.  I do expect to one day rely on solar and batts for my home however and expect the options to get more attractive every year.
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  4. Mike Benner Yes I'm happy to see it on the market.  I hope it succeeds and rapidly falls in price.
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  5. ***** I don't think the power companies would have a chance in hell of getting away with that.  People would rightly be out in the streets protesting.  I don't see how the utilities are going to avoid an inevitable slow death spiral.
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  6. ***** Okiehoma would be on the top of the short list for that sort of thing.  Thanks for the info.
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  7. Great to see this on the market but it's a long way from cost effective at this point for the vast majority of us.  Elon admits as much but points out--"That doesn't mean people won't buy it."  Hopefully it won't take too many years before the price drops to about one third the current price, then it will be competitive.
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