...Powerwall.
At, of all places, Home Depot.
I must not get out much. I signed up with Tesla 5 years ago to be notified when the TPW would be available here in the States. Never received any notifications. Is Tesla actually selling these here now?
I played dumb (not a lot of effort for me) with the Tesla PW sales person at this ridiculously gigantic Kiosk. Asked her what was this about, what does it do, why should I buy it, how will it help me, how will it help the universe, etc. After asking me the square footage of my home and did we "run our air conditioner in the summer often" (just a point of reference, in the Mojave summer, temps may not go Below 90°F for a week) , she began her presentation which included Solar Panel additions.
I asked was this a Solar City deal? That I spoke with Solar City yeas ago. Her response, to my surprise was, "No, this is Tesla Energy". I decided not to pursue the whole Solar City thing with her. At that point I did say "..but I already have Solar". Interestingly her response was "That's great, the Powerwall will work well with your Solar. Do you also own an Electric Vehicle?" I'm thinking to myself; oooh, shes good. After responding in the affirmative, she asked was my EV a Tesla.
My immediate response was "why? Would I get some kinda' discount?" Not really, she replied, but was wondering if I was referred by a Tesla owner as there are some spiffs owners get for all referrals. She then walks me through the Kiosk screen based simple wizard - which seems to be the same on the TPW website linked above - , and I wind up needing at least 4 x 13.5 kWh TPW's totaling $24,300 (not including Installation) in order have a "100% self-powered home". BTW, the spiff is if a customer refers another customer, they get a Red cladded TPW, and not the commoner white TPW.
Basically the kW capacity of the Bolt + 10.5kW solar didn't seem to jive with respect to "peak power" needs during Summer days around here when we may burn through 100kWh/day.
Or, can't I just find a junked Bolt for $10K (or heck, just buy a pre-owned one), yank the battery, jerri-rig it, and do the same thing? If I come home in the evening, and I'm at 5% SoC of a 60kW Bolt Battery, and I want a full charge by morning using my L2 charger, will 4 TPW's charge the Bolt AND run the air conditioner all night?
Keep in mind that on a perfect summer day, our panels generate 77kWh max. Does this not add up? Even if I had more TPW's, I don't think the existing panels couldn't charge all of the TPW's and provide power to the home -- I would need to take the panels off the wall, and drive them down to the local Tesla Supercharger station to get 100% SoC.
Bottom line is the grid-tie system has the bill already 'zero'ed out'. Lastly, She told me someone would call me, at some unspecified time in the future to set an appointment to review things...after I gave her a $500 Reservation fee.
At, of all places, Home Depot.
I must not get out much. I signed up with Tesla 5 years ago to be notified when the TPW would be available here in the States. Never received any notifications. Is Tesla actually selling these here now?
I played dumb (not a lot of effort for me) with the Tesla PW sales person at this ridiculously gigantic Kiosk. Asked her what was this about, what does it do, why should I buy it, how will it help me, how will it help the universe, etc. After asking me the square footage of my home and did we "run our air conditioner in the summer often" (just a point of reference, in the Mojave summer, temps may not go Below 90°F for a week) , she began her presentation which included Solar Panel additions.
I asked was this a Solar City deal? That I spoke with Solar City yeas ago. Her response, to my surprise was, "No, this is Tesla Energy". I decided not to pursue the whole Solar City thing with her. At that point I did say "..but I already have Solar". Interestingly her response was "That's great, the Powerwall will work well with your Solar. Do you also own an Electric Vehicle?" I'm thinking to myself; oooh, shes good. After responding in the affirmative, she asked was my EV a Tesla.
My immediate response was "why? Would I get some kinda' discount?" Not really, she replied, but was wondering if I was referred by a Tesla owner as there are some spiffs owners get for all referrals. She then walks me through the Kiosk screen based simple wizard - which seems to be the same on the TPW website linked above - , and I wind up needing at least 4 x 13.5 kWh TPW's totaling $24,300 (not including Installation) in order have a "100% self-powered home". BTW, the spiff is if a customer refers another customer, they get a Red cladded TPW, and not the commoner white TPW.
Basically the kW capacity of the Bolt + 10.5kW solar didn't seem to jive with respect to "peak power" needs during Summer days around here when we may burn through 100kWh/day.
Or, can't I just find a junked Bolt for $10K (or heck, just buy a pre-owned one), yank the battery, jerri-rig it, and do the same thing? If I come home in the evening, and I'm at 5% SoC of a 60kW Bolt Battery, and I want a full charge by morning using my L2 charger, will 4 TPW's charge the Bolt AND run the air conditioner all night?
Keep in mind that on a perfect summer day, our panels generate 77kWh max. Does this not add up? Even if I had more TPW's, I don't think the existing panels couldn't charge all of the TPW's and provide power to the home -- I would need to take the panels off the wall, and drive them down to the local Tesla Supercharger station to get 100% SoC.
Bottom line is the grid-tie system has the bill already 'zero'ed out'. Lastly, She told me someone would call me, at some unspecified time in the future to set an appointment to review things...after I gave her a $500 Reservation fee.