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The new Tesla battery is important because it is significantly cheaper than other batteries, and can be mass produced.
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False - this may have been true a couple years ago but you can store energy cheaper than this now. Their numbers are at industry standard and they are just one of many not exactly breaking new ground here.
Why Tesla faces problems with repackaging electric car batteries for homes - The Globe and Mail
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It's general goal is to speed up the transition to home made solar and wind power, and to power your house at night from stored solar power instead of relying on GRID power which is generated by coal in many locations around the world.
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False - the only real people it helps is the people that own their cars. Cost of power to charge the cars battery is higher at peak times etc. The battery pack helps keep this cost low.
Also helps you charge your car should your power go out etc. Basically it helps them solve some issues with ownership of their cars. Selling/Marketing it to everyone helps increase their production volume.
It also helps reduce the demand on the grid for when more people start charging their cars, much like the issue in the summer when everyone turns on their AC if enough people plug their cars in this demand will have its own down sides that the batteries help reduce.
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This is also before other competitors have entered the market, which they will. And, Tesla as open-sourced the technology too, just like they did with their cars, so anyone can make batteries like the Tesla battery without being sued for it.
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False - Tesla is not open source if I'm wrong send me a link that shows me the exact battery layout of their secret formula used. You wont be able to as this is the most highly protected secret.
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Each Tesla battery is also connected to the Internet, and knows the energy costs of your utility company. That means it can charge itself when your rates are the lowest, then let you use that energy instead of the utility company when the rates are the highest. You can even sell your unused energy back to the utility company and make a profit.
There are plenty of problems in the world, and plenty of innovation that can help put a dent in those problems.
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True - Even with all the somewhat false statements above; just having the marketing/brand/etc.. power that Tesla brings to the table may help increase the number of people considering EV's now that they see a solution to some ownership problems. This can also be said for bringing more people around to the idea of solar power. And TBH the more money Telsa makes the more it can put back into the company, R&D, new car models, increas production and possibly lower their price points. They do after all make a nice EV that is usable as a daily driver for most, but most can not afford it.