https://twitter.com/TexasMonthly/status/1432054220195237901?s=19
Can't wait for the power to turn off because there's a full moon in view of my Tesla AutoPower contraption
and when the tens of thousands of miles of vacuum tubes buried under Houston idea fails, he'll put reserve battery packs in cybertrucks and just park them outside people's houses
I mean, there is the old saying "it's hard to beat the bandwidth of a ute full of hard drives going 100kph down a freeway". I wonder if the same applies to power. Probably not.
It would take 118 Toyota Highluxes full of Tesla batteries per hour to match a typical high voltage transmission line.
(Math: 13,800 volts * 1144 amps = 15,787 kW in a transmission line. Highlux capacity of 1400lbs / 55lbs battery = 25 batteries, * 5.3kWh per = 134 kWh. Divide 15787 kw / 134 kWh = 118 per-hours.)
Tesla wants to sell electricity in a state where they're technically not even allowed to sell cars lmao great plan
Just keep the stock price high. Just keep announcing new shit every few months. It can never go bust. Looking forward to Tesla restaurants and Tesla clothing next year.
Introducing the Tesla Chicken Sandwich!
[stupid fake Elon accent] "we fry it with a Tesla Coil!"
Wait, is the keyword here "retailer"? Are they essentially a middle man between the consumers and power companies?
Edit: like this isn't even his usual make up lies about "innovation". He's getting positive press by announcing he's going to make money while providing nothing of value.
Fuuuuuuukkk..
Not going to enjoy reading about the next cold weather catastrophe in Texes next year AND Musk.
A power company where its convenient, tech where it's convenient, what's next? Real estate. Leon's gonna "solve" the housing crisis.
"Right, so, not every American can afford a house, right? So, imagine this - Tesla buys houses, and you, the consumer, can rent them from us! It's this totally novice idea - imagine, you wouldn't be a home owner, you'd be a home...RENTER!" - Melon Husk
cue tech magazines applauding his innovation as if this concept hasn't existed for centuries
Technically, you're not even renting the house, you're renting the battery and staying as a guest at Elon's house. That way, you're not getting evicted, he's just telling you it's time to go.
I legitimately found out about this through this website and a news article from America. I then had to search for it on the ABC news site.
It got no airtime at all in Victoria, let alone anywhere else.
Me 6 months ago: Man, Texas's power grid is absolutely fucked. How could it get any worse?
Texas state legislators are literally flinging money at every crappy nat. gas startup in the state, on the condition the money recirculates to the local GOP officials.
Elon's just getting in on the hustle. You won't notice a difference once TeslaPower owns a bunch of the fly by night operations we call utilities, unless you've got stock.
