Elon Musk's plan to disrupt energy storage “Mind blowing for the industry”

Elon Musk's plan to disrupt energy storage “Mind blowing for the industry”
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[@bigskygeneration4474]

We have been working on the same high voltage connection directly to the transmission system for a couple years. We just don't have nearly the same profile as Tesla 😊 There is another Aussie here in Canada that has developed the technology to tap off HVDC transmission lines.

[@jesbsnrn]

nice

[@swarsi12]

Efraud. More empty promises with no delivery

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

Direct connection can be anywhere on the transmission lines. The 1,700 transmission towers out to the Australian gold fields can have batteries at any point along the line, at each town along its length. Solar farms along its length at each town mean grid backup to everyone along the line. Each town can be part offgrid, and unload the transmission lines. Grid is protected, and backup supply.

[@stevelacroix2917]

I think decentralization is the key. There are 2 possibilities, one commercial, and one consumer. You've covered the commercial aspects, but the market for the consumer systems, decentralized into very small sub stations, or even on a single user basis. Every single person could benefit from systems designed for homes, small homes, and apartments. Lots of employment opportunities!

[@tessjuel]

Decentralized energy production and storage is the best solution from the consumers' point of view, from a social economic point of view and from an enviormental point of view. It's not very likely to happen though because it's not in the interest of the big corporations and they are the ones who call the shots. They want to control the power supply and be able to out-compete smaller operators and the more it is spread out, the harder it is for them to do so.

[@JohnMcAfee-se9ms]

​@@tessjuelIf they are given a legal monopoly, everything they do is regulated by the government in exchange. So just get a politician who says he will allow flexible pricing (this is required to incentivize Battery owners at the most important times) for energy. You can inform a current politician.

[@stevelacroix2917]

@@tessjuel So, the answer is obvious. Build out, or support small solar companies who fall outside the corporate sphere. I'm continuing to add on to my solar system and will do so until my energy bill is zero. But, I didn't ask for permission from anyone, and when we convince people that they too can sidestep the corporate control, we will achieve the independence we are looking for. Freedom is never given to you freely, you have to take it!

[@briankearn6991]

Centralized electricity production and distribution was essential in developing farming and industry. Before that, farmers and manufacturers had to develop their own power sources, windmills, with varying degrees of success. The same for homes too. Producing electricity can be dangerous and maintenance expensive. Relying on the untrained and inexperienced homeowners to install and maintain their own systems could endanger their whole neighborhood.

[@Alex-kw9kb]

To have mega-packs without the need for substations is HUGE! Most people won't see this coming. Substations need massive transformers and these are the bottle-neck. They have been for years and with a growing world-wide appetite for green energy there will be an even greater demand. Once implemented, watch the energy component of Tesla's balance sheet soar.

[@Flickerbrain]

I don't think I ever played rugby as a kid without pouring rain! I remember scoring my first try for the school diving over into a great big and deep puddle! I loved it!!

[@macmcleod1188]

I watched an old Donna Reed episode last night and it casually showed an 11-year-old delivering newspapers in heavy rain with no concern by the parents at all. Parents had higher expectations of their children's toughness back then.

[@terencecollins4092]

Hi Sam I live in Adelaide the companies are making huge money and yet all of Adelaide's power bills are ridiculously high. When wind and solar isnt generating enough is bought from interstate at a premium yes they increased to battery storage to make more money for the company it wasnt passed onto the people. I even have 11KW system that used to save me a lot almost cost neutral but now Im getting an increase bills. I love the concepts but somewhere the concepts arent making it to the users its just lining the pockets of investors

[@ajnaughtin1]

Yeah guess what? It isn't cheaper. The people making money are factories in China making these technologies. It could be cheaper in 20 years.... but that is a long time to pay high power bills. It's marginal on buying your own generator and burning diesel in Adelaide, it's a complete joke.

[@jsanders100]

Are you still getting blackouts?

[@dikkybee4003]

People who watch this channel are starting to see the truth behind so called green electricity and the cost of what Bowen said is cheap.

[@terencecollins4092]

@@jsanders100 Adelaide and SA had a remarkably mild summer this year so there were only few occasions when aircons stretched the needs that was a hot spell in autumn (March) but there were still some (3-4) blackouts in my area

[@Rohan4711]

Battery stations strength is that they have ability to instantly regulate power, both up and down. That is a useful feature to stabilize the grid in the short term, from sub second to a few hours top. The drawback is that they don't produce any power and they are really expensive. They do make sense if you have poor system stability with lots of weather dependent production and no cheaper way to get the stability you need. The trick is to never get to that position. If you don't have enough production that you can plan there will be times when the weather is unfavourable, like when Adelaide gets a heat spell and most people want to run the AC. There are essentially two outcomes, either you need to bring down consumption or you will get blackouts. There are several ways to bring down consumption, like price going up a lot or controlled rolling blackouts or deal with large consumers to stop their business for a pre-agreed sum of money. Having an unstable energy system usually comes with connections to places with more stable grids. That means you are taking advantage of their grid stability because you did not want to pay for your own. In Europe we have seen huge number of problems in the grids including blackouts since the percentage of unpredictable power generation has increased.

[@vincentsmith9562]

Thank you ALP in South Australia Never would have been agreed to if State LNP were in

[@Guvament_bs]

Yep the alp's big batteries can power the state for 8 minutes. Well done. If it's cloudy for a week. What then? NSW and Victoria coal to the rescue.

[@zoransarin5411]

@@Guvament_bsa comment from someone with no clue how the combination of wind, solar and batteries can do exactly what a coal fired power station can. Only greener and cheaper

[@Guvament_bs]

​@@zoransarin5411south Australia has the most expensive electricity in Australia. Pure coincidence?

[@zoransarin5411]

@@Guvament_bs Could it be private ownership that is to blame? How about setting the grid up for gas peaker plants and making the spot price go through the roof during times of high demand and low supply? There is a vast difference between the cost to generate electricity and the price you are charged and I think you know that.

[@reverendbarker650]

actually the last liberal govt was pretty good on renewables, but yes, in general they have been awful.

[@memrjohnno]

Many other Aussie states followed suit after Adelaide I believe.

[@Karl-Benny]

Spot on it what Liberal Party said was comparable to building big Pineapple or Big Banana

[@hardi.howdy.983]

Yes, if Elon *disrupts* energy storage, that would be “Mind blowing”! Insane!!

[@badskpr]

I wonder what happens JCB electric construction equipment?

[@JohnJohnson-rl7fq]

You cannot really disrupt something like battery storage for the grid because it is in its infancy. Or maybe, it is disrupting chemical storage of fossil hydrocarbons. It has been a long day with too much heat

[@sparkysho-ze7nm]

Click click

[@zes3813]

wrgg

[@stefan2796]

I feel another game changer is in the making...

[@antonnym214]

Thank you, Sam! You do such a good job keeping us informed. This is my go-to channel for this kind of news. Well done!

[@paulmcgraw9284]

Happy Father’s Day, Sam..glad you’re taking your boys to soccer. Enjoy your time with them. Before you know it, they’ll be graduating from college! Take care and God bless!😊

[@paulgoffin8054]

If you really want to see some extremely impressive storage tech, go look at Just Have a Think's latest video. Storing heat to replace coal boilers in thermal power stations. Utilises all the existing grid connections, can provide GigaWatts for several hours. That could get Australia through the average of one Dunkelflaute day per year easily by repurposing your dirty coal stations. And could really boost China with all those coal stations they're building that will otherwise become stranded assets.

[@neildolan7177]

Fact check, South Australia generates more than 70% of its electricity from renewable sources. By 2025/2026, this is projected to reach 85%, with a target of 100% net renewable energy by 2027.

[@spinnymathingy3149]

That’s not how you can do the maths.

[@bop-ya-good]

That's incomplete facts, selected ones. Battery is not even close to supply base load and sa won't work without outside of state power gas etc

[@dikkybee4003]

And they have the most expensive electricity in Australia.

[@TricoliciSerghei]

@@dikkybee4003 For now right?

[@neilkent8296]

65 millon people in uk

[@kensmith5694]

It has been known for a long time that Vienna topology converters can be controlled in a manner that prevents phase imbalance and circulating currents in 3 phase system. This sort of stuff is finally making it onto the grid. We should, however, expect to be surprised by some new ideas that may well outrun Tesla. Energy is ripe for disruption.

[@GODIGAMER-vs8gx]

Just increased my holdings in Cyberopolis. Feeling confident about this one!

[@stevewest131]

Power a city from batteries.... cancel rugby because of rain... two things I didn't think possible

[@AnalystPrime]

We have powered cities with them for a long time: No thermal power plant would work if they did not incorporate flywheels in their design and pumped hydro is about a century old tech.

[@iandavies4853]

You are in for some future shock.

[@GrigoriZhukov]

I can imagine that much rain. But that much is a bit much.

[@bunsw2070]

@@AnalystPrime "No thermal power plant would work if they did not incorporate flywheels in their design" What? You have no idea what you're talking about.

[@mrsrhardy]

SA can buffer Adelaide power users now for 20 minutes and by 2030 for maybe an hour and its paying for itself by moving cheap solar to evening, peak demand! But its not baseload and its minuites, whereas baseload is day in day out 24/7 needed for Industry and manufacturing! (steel and concrete are the big two)

[@nick0047]

All good to say that in Adelaide we run on renewables but remember I’m only getting 5cents for my green rooftop solar to the grid, when I draw it costs me 42 cents so in the end from a cost perspective I lose and the electric companies win. I’ve supported the grid like many others in SA for many years but when will it become a fairer option. Surely the excess power I make is as valuable as the one I draw back.🎉

[@incognitotorpedo42]

No, your excess power is worth very little because it comes in the middle of the day when all the solar panels are producing power full tilt, and residential demand is not high. Price is determined by supply in demand. Supply is high, demand isn't high, so that power is worth little if anything. Later in the evening, when the sun is setting and everyone is getting home from work and cooking dinner, THEN that power would be worth a lot more. You should get a battery so you don't need to buy expensive power from your utility.

[@nick0047]

@@incognitotorpedo42 No you’re wrong , the power paid to the resident is always fixed it isn’t variable and the system is ripping residents off. The power companies make the profits never the consumer. Go do your research

[@nick0047]

@@incognitotorpedo42 Look at the other reviews they say the same thing the savings go to the power companies and not the consumer. Just looked at new rates suddenly a supply charge shows up, wasn’t on my current plan so ,could it be the end of the 300 we are about to get from the feds. We still lose.

[@jsanders100]

@@nick0047you have options most of us don’t have. You can buy a battery as a sensible price and store your cheap sun power.

[@nick0047]

@@jsanders100 already have and it’s on vpp. Thanks .

[@grasstreefarmer]

No, Adelaide is not "the only city in the world to run only on renewables". Adelaide city council purchases "green power" for its council owned buildings and facilities. It doesn't mean the whole city is run on renewable power. It just means the council pays a bit more for electricity and its usage is allocated or offset to renewable sources. I can do the same thing but it doesn't change where my power comes from. The power lines still come from the giant gas fired power plants as well as the solar farm and wind farms. The councils usage is also a tiny fraction of the total power a city uses. If the city had been completely powered by renewables and the battery system it would have been a real disaster when the battery caught fire in 2022 wouldn't it. The battery systems are just buffers for the normal grid system so they don't have to spool generation up and down so fast, which can lead to blackouts.

[@mrsrhardy]

smoke and mirrors ~ the bullshit spin of government knows no bounds! Even if SA got rid of all power generation from coal and gas, they are connected to the grid and we in QLD will be sending them it from our coal and gas plants! Love lies, always a layer away from the real truth! If we flipped the switch, the SA batts would last them 20-30 minuites if they only supplied homes and not industry! Its a marketing joke

[@deathbysalt2382]

👆 Sam, first time I see your videos. You really need to check facts before you dish them out as true.

[@pontiuspirate1925]

⁠@@deathbysalt2382 You won’t get an answer mate. I’ve tried many times to get a response. He just dishes out numbers and faulty data like confetti at a wedding.

[@Mixos_place]

@@deathbysalt2382 Thats never stopped him, lots of lemmings in here hang off every word he says is true.

[@nufgorf]

2022 battery fire was in a different state to Adelaide - what a surprise, anti-renewable guy fails basic geography.

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

Big batteries can be the evolution that maintains grid cashflows and transitions away from CO2 emissions. Renewables on the city rooftops is vast acres, millions, and millions of m2 and no more expensive grid power bills. Big batteries can be recycled into car batteries that can selfplug-in to the grid. Most vehicles are parked 23hrs every day. Battery capacity can be returned to the grid, and the UTILIZATION FACTOR maximised. 😊😊😊😊😊

[@markmiller8903]

There is nothing wrong with C02

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

@markmiller8903 Hahaha, Hahaha. You make me laugh 😃 Coal fired energy was brilliant new technology and petroleum technology. The newest technology will be extremely economical. Big grid and big petroleum and fossil fuel energy and automotive manufacturers know that Elon has opened up the new technology. Remember Kodak film and landline telephone and horse and cart and gas lighting and kerosene lighting and .... It is an economic change. The real question it how messed up it will be from vested interests. Grid owners turn 5cents kWh electricity into 50cents kWh Electricity. $billions in cashflow just in Australia. Political bs to keep the cash flow and less maintenance investment, just run it into the ground and squeeze as must profit as possible. Not even our politicians will speak up. The $maths is right, but the right new technology is still evolving. I am an old construction contractor Civil Engineer, with grandchildren. I see the bs.

[@nufgorf]

@@markmiller8903 Nothing wrong with water - you can still drown, and drinking too much too fast can kill you. CO2 is toxic above 3% but is needed for life at lower levels. So go back to primary school ( I know they were the best 10 years of your life ) and learn the basics.

[@DanielEarlester]

The grid's frequency has to be 50Hz, which is a problem if you remove the gas turbines that generate electricity at exactly 50Hz, such as home inverters that use the grid to match the 50Hz no longer can. This is a technical problem

[@neildolan7177]

Peaker plants are not going bankrupt, they are being phased out. We need all homes to have their own batteries to reduce the size of the battery storage facilities.

[@rtz549]

Can use the car as vehicle to grid?

[@neildolan7177]

@rtz549 Yes, but only when the car is at home. Better to have purpose built storage that is always their so the grid will be stable. If you have home solar, you can also charge the batteries during a black out & run off grid.

[@simonpannett8810]

Fast connection to High Power lines would be a game changer!!! More balanced local grids are also an answer!!

[@h-e-acc]

At the same time, I really think Tesla needs to start getting into compact fusion and looking to sell for commercial use. Recently the output from NIF fusion ignition has steadily been reproduced with AI assistance. Tesla seriously needs to start to corner the market on fusion and compact fusion, further democratizing energy production that is clean and safe. I seriously think Tesla with Elon Musk will be the dominant player in the overall car market and energy supplier market. Mark my words. But he needs to make up and collaborate with OpenAI and Apple, and Google. And this is not even including the maximum potential of SpaceX and Neuralink (with advanced healthcare youth/longevity technologies)

[@johnhedge1429]

V2G would go a long way

[@JoeyBlogs007]

Musk has big ideas and some could well come to fruition.

[@Karl-Benny]

Show me one that Has not

[@cg5648]

@@Karl-BennyTesla semi, Tesla solar, FSD,

[@Supraboyes]

@@Karl-Benny hyper loop. lol

[@jovanleon7]

​@@cg5648 what are you on about?? Semi is out and is ramping up production, fsd is 85%, Tesla solar is massively successful.

[@jovanleon7]

​@@Supraboyes Elon never said he's making hyperloop 😂

[@keith8346]

Here is an Idea for a HOME BOT. Instead of legs and trying to get a bot to move things or people around a home. How about a ceiling Track system that the bot can move along. Have it were it can go from the Bedroom, to the kitchen and bathroom and all the exterior doors. Properly bolted to ceiling joists this thing could be strong enough to lift a car and move it around a home with a delectate touch.

[@vasavakrishn-vh1bw]

Cyberopolis's team is top-notch. Expecting big developments soon!

[@josegonzalez-wi4uy]

thanks like your info what we need i think is v2g and v2h

[@sparkysho-ze7nm]

Gotta inverter Ana sup panel an meter base

[@roger_is_red]

Love these renewable energy stories!!

[@pontiuspirate1925]

And that’s what a lot of them are. Just stories. Take China as an example, their media churns out hundreds of stories of alternative energy sites being built, solar, wind, etc, and they are doing that. But they don’t tell you that China has 3100 coal fired power stations with 60 new ones coming online in 2024 and more will be commissioned in 2025/2026. China is also buying more Australian thermal coal than previously as well. It’s a farce.

[@hanswitvliet8188]

Nice those new products, but how about ramping up the current ones? There’s a backlog of over two years for current megapacks. The powerwalls are simply not available and way too expensive. Thirdly, no Tesla can do vehicle to grid.

[@kazedcat]

The production staff are not the same as the design staff. Design engineers need to be doing something while the production engineers are sorting out production issues.

[@iandavies4853]

Plenty of market participants, why don’t they ramp production? CATL make own version - maybe just for local market? China dominates the market for cells, esp for LFP. I’ve read China has over capacity in cell production. Tesla Mega-Pactory is remarkably low investment, small footprint, high profit. We are missing something.…

[@kazedcat]

@@iandavies4853 The bottleneck is the sales. It is very hard to convince utilities that they need big batteries. Increasing production before sales is bad financially. Regulations are also an issue. Some regulations prevent batteries from being used to their full potential so their market value is depressed making it more difficult to convince utilities that they need big batteries.

[@hanswitvliet8188]

@@iandavies4853it is it not just a bunch of cells glued together, but the software controlling them. So, yes, a battery for simply storing solar or wind generated electricity do have several other suppliers. However, the ability to hook them in a smart way onto the grid is something else.

[@Charvak-Atheist]

Why don't they use Sodium Ion battery, for Stationary storage ?

[@kazedcat]

Because LFP is cheaper.

[@iandavies4853]

Not ready yet - not yet cheaper. If lithium prices skyrocket again, then try sodium.

[@AORD72]

What sodium ion batteries? Where are they? Sound like you are watching too many of Sans nonsense videos

[@petehoney1]

this is a huge future benefit to the planet .. and logically gives better advantages to the planet than luxury expensive electric cars .. all that needs to be done is get the price right down which competition will do by the planets great manufacturers .. eg BYD etc all countries govt s etc need to understand and consider these mega batteries in their future electrical infrastructure planning .. especially NZ

[@chrisdsouza8685]

It seems obvious to me that Tesla needs to be broken into multiple organisations. 1. Automobiles 2. Charging 3. RoboTaxi 4. Artificial intelligence 5. Power supply

[@thebetterfutureproject]

Reverse that psychology. Tesla is building on these startups. Braking Tesla would be a mistake. The whole World is transitioning faster to EVs thanks to Tesla.

[@chrisdsouza8685]

@@thebetterfutureproject There's a differernce between braking (breaking up) and forking into multiple companies. Having different companies will avoid Elon's fits of madness where he fires entire teams, such as charging.

[@zoransarin5411]

Why? As a shareholder I invested because of EVs. I now greatly benefit from EVs and storage and autonomy and robotics. Any shareholder would prefer it stays under one roof

[@chrisdsouza8685]

@@zoransarin5411 As a shareholder you should understand that splitting up the company functionally gives you an equivalent stake in the new companies.

[@Fred-Jai]

Yet remains the most expensive average price for power of any capital city in Australia...Adelaide: 32.31c/kWh. Although South Australia doesn't have any coal fired power stations it does import over 20% from other states.

[@glennjgroves]

When I first heard Musk said he was about to announce something mind blowing I immediately went “yeah, right” and assumed he was exaggerating. When O heard the actual details I stopped thinking he was exaggerating.

[@janetrussell3288]

Agree if you aren't reading Renew Economy you should be. They are far and away the best way of understanding both that the grid in Australia is really complex and where the issues are. If Australians spent just one hour a week reading their articles or listening to their podcasts our politicians would not be able to present policies that make no sense in the Australian grid and would be able to present better policy because people would know basic stuff like the solar duck curve. Because if you understand the duck curve you know what kind of things we need more of and what's a bad fit.

[@janetrussell3288]

And the Electric Viking is the best I've found for explaining the differences of EV battery tech and what that means for charging and battery safety and longevity and EV design for efficiency and performance in layman's terms.

[@fractalelf7760]

Love hearing about it, wish we’d see the stock react on it.

[@Fred-Jai]

As of 2021/2022, Australia's Energy generation mix... Coal: 52.9%, Natural Gas:18.8%, Solar: 10.5%, Wind: 9.3%, Hydro: 5.6%, Oil: 1.8%, Bioenergy and Waste: 1.3%. So 73.5 % of power generation as of 2022 is fossil fuel based.(This may have improved quite a bit in 2024) I believe that Tasmania and ACT are at 100% renewables, South Australia by 2027, currently at 99%. Interesting South Australia has highest power prices. 🤔

[@Ganyachavhan6093]

If you're looking for a solid x100, Cyberopolis should be on your radar.

[@xxJudgmentalxx]

How often do these batteries need to be replaced? What's the footprint of having batteries, solar panels, wind turbines and dams vs a typical power plant? I have a feeling this would not be possible in most places simply because of the amount of space it would take to be 100% renewable. I haven't even mentioned disposal, which is impossible for some things like wind turbine blades.

[@cycleforlife360]

Hi Sam, looking from bottom up from house to street to community level, roof top solar with battery storage could mean a whole street of houses or block of apartment or a whole mall or factory could go off grid. This opportunity if the government allow will liberate ordinary people from the large utilities company. When implementing solar plus storage at small community scale we don't need expensive grid, step up and step down inverters, transformers and high voltage switch gear.

[@colinsuter6888]

Many years ago, when I was a child, I recall reading a Sci-Fi story in which every home, every place of work etc had robots or robotic machines. Then, on a particular day, a signal went out to all robots to kill humans. Automobiles ran over their drivers, Robot Housemaids killed their mistresses and school teachers (who were all robots) slaughtered their pupils. Only a Lucky Few Humans escaped. Can’t remember who wrote the story, but, the idea still sends a chill through me. Anyone else remember it? I think it was a British Writer…

[@222aint]

Similar story is “Cell “ by Stephen King

[@firestarryss5767]

Cyberopolis's low presale price is a steal. Time to load up!

[@myparadiseonbantayanisland9030]

How about the Australian company Redflow that has zinc bromide flow batteries that can drain down to 0 without any issues and store energy for years without degradation and unlimited recharging and all materials is environmentally friendly and abundent and is price compeditive???

[@mikezooper]

Love your authentic raw style.

[@simonbrown4142]

BYD cars clogging ports. In Thailand thousands of cars that have no sales point

[@freeheeler09]

We actually need an affordable alternative to Tesla big batteries! Here in California, our electricity monopolies are corrupt, price gouging cartels. The stranglehold of the predatory cartels comes from their monopoly over electricity production and distribution. Big batteries attached to extremely expensive to maintain electrical distribution grids will just strengthen the cartel. PG&E, SDGE and Edison actually killed off the home solar panel retrofit installation industry in California because they didn’t want the competition. Now, people in most of the world can buy a 30 kWh battery with an entire, attached car, an entire car, for less than the price of a Tesla Powerwall! Powerwalls cost over $1,000 per kWh installed. We need big, heavy, ugly, safe and long lasting home storage batteries for less than $100 per kWh. That’s weaken two demons, Musk and the price gouging electricity cartels!

[@Robshamsterteam]

Bro there are cheap batteries sun gold I think is 5 kwh for 1000 dollars

[@ryanhardy6578]

LFP and solid state are very safe and fire proof.. LFP under 70$ a kWh i believe

[@RobertMartin-s2v]

That must be cell level…. I think if that number was for pack the word curtailment would not be in any renewable developers vocabulary

[@carusmike]

Great news. Great to see next generation technologies coming to the market. Perfect examples of why clever people hold back from being early adopters. Despite being pushed by governments. We need a lot more localised and domestic generation fof national security. They are getting there.

[@dmitryplatonov]

Yeah, right after robitaxis, humans on Mars, Semis and hyperloop.

[@nyanbrox5418]

The sub stations are the reason modern electrical systems are so clunky, they also take up basically all the transformers Amusingly, they are also a limitation in AI, which draws more and more power from the grid Substations and our outdated electrical systems have been the biggest critique of plans for electrification, if the new powerwall actually addresses that issue, that would be the last major hurdle in the face of green electrification

[@nyanbrox5418]

Edit, from the looks of things, the batteries do not need an inverter for themselves directly, but the grid will still need them, meaning it is a major bottleneck, but it will be twice as easy/cost-effective to add these megapacks to the grid, so you can save the inverters for residential and commercial applications and power stations

[@jjamespacbell]

They cancel boys Rugby for rain. When I was a boy (1950s and 60s) we played in rain snow and ice. I bet the NewZealanders play in weather.

[@petterbirgersson4489]

My boomer-o-meter got switched to overload.

[@kensmith5694]

Yes, I remember that era too. We had to walk to school every day regardless of the weather and it was up hill in both directions.

[@weinisable]

As for direct battery connection,…iwill bet it wont reduce the cost of storage or electricty prices !

[@junkerzn7312]

Well, it's not that big a leap actually. It just means that the megapack would build-in a high-voltage transformer. What they are really doing is bypassing the utility's control over premises transformers. Not a bad business plan, actually.

[@jeffjwatts]

The experts I've read say you can't have more than 20%, not 10%. And it's you can't have more than 20% on an independent grid without having power storage. That's the caveat. So, nobody credible think's it's impossible, you just have to add power storage to deal with the intermittency/

[@rais1953]

The South Australian big battery shows that an entrepreneur doesn't have to be likeable to provide good results for his customers. Musk got this battery right.

[@shaneomack5018]

This gets me thinking.. if the pos Elon wants the face of Tesla A) I’d buy a vehicle 2) the share price would do a lot better

[@bhagirathkumhar7903]

The more I learn about Cyberopolis, the more I believe in its vision.

[@glike2]

Why not connect solar in series to get an HVDC direct connection?

[@ironeagle22a]

Got to recognize NIO with the swap stations was a battery storage while also doing swaps. Double income

[@iandavies4853]

Nope. Too much wasted investment, electric & coolant junctions, dirt & screws.

[@advancedbodydesign]

DIY is key 🔑 Super Value + Independent Pro to connect

[@danielstapler4315]

Musk said they bet the company on the Model S and they bet the company of the Model 3 and they weren't going to bet the company again ... but that was a while ago so it doesn't really count, I guess.

[@TurreTuntematon]

For your info, whole Iceland runs on 100% renewable energy.

[@philiptaylor7902]

Good luck to Tesla on this one, the way I see it there’s a reason why these substations and transformers are physically so big, integrating them into a battery pack is going to be a stretch.

[@gillyrcgilmore3742]

What is your view on Malcolm bendall's plasmoid generator?

[@waywardgeologist2520]

5:44 probably silicon carbide devices

[@rafa374]

ONLY TWO TESLA VIDEOS TODAY? Shouldn't it be at least three?

[@MrPropanePete]

Yes, he’s slipping. And only one “revolutionary new technology” announcement so far today. He’ll still find time though to give BYD a plug.

[@hardi.howdy.983]

Yes, not enough pumping 😁

[@daveret1144]

If you don't like the Tesla videos no one forces you to watch them!

[@MrPropanePete]

@@daveret1144 No, I don't have to watch them, you're right. But anyway, I do watch about a third of Sam's videos and I do that because they're entertaining. And it's doubly entertaining just how muddled up Sam often gets with his statistics. I assume you know there is a small production team behind Sam. Video and audio is simple (fixed position) but Sam would need an extra couple of people to assist with research, editing and script writing (he follows a screen prompter) to enable videos to be produced every 3 or 4 hours.

[@howhigh0521]

ayeee i love rugby. cant wait to get back on the pitch

[@mrsrhardy]

UHV - Ultra High Voltage is a system of effectively delivering DC power across long distances and its been adopted and used in China. I think Changji-Guquan Power Line 1100 kV is currently the longest and highest voltage direct current transmission line of China is the highest voltage level project, largest transmission capacity and longest transmission distance in the world!

[@Himanshuprajapati2452]

Cyberopolis's use case is exactly what the crypto world needs.

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

The Australian electricity grid is 1 million km. To 20 million buildings. $ 1 million per km the nuclear promoters say for new grid. So, nuclear at the existing fossil fueled generation plant is the only economic way. $millions saved on new grid construction. So, nuclear promoters are saying that the grids value is $1 TRILLION. If 100% electric then $TRILLIONS and $TRILLIONS more needs to be spent on the national grid capacity.

[@iandavies4853]

You are confused. Chemicals or endogenous? High voltage multi-GW lines no doubt cost $1 million per km - same issue for solar feeder regions, for Snowy 2.0. Plus the transformers at each end.

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

@iandavies4853 you are ignorant. Distribution lines are energised. Suburban streets are in constant use. Increasing capacity in overloaded conductors would be late night shift work. I've been there and done that. It was expensive as all hell. Bigger switch yards' capacity and transformer capacity are not cheap. Today's grid is fragile because it is so expensive to build and was built to minimum engineering economic standards. The grid was built over 100 years. These little wire into your home is nothing. Except when you are a farmer that wants town electricity, and you get your quote for supply. Suburban buildings cannot start construction until supply is available. I have worked on 2 substations in new buildings.

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

@iandavies4853 $ 1 million is a dirt cheap estimate.

[@Dr_MoosaMD]

If all the AI projects fail the energy business alone should be enough for a decent rate of return on the stock at current levels.

[@Luisjusthere]

For those who’ve watched I, Robot with will smith it’s kinda becoming closer to that, I’m not saying the robot rebellion but I do mean the aspects we see in that movie which by the way was set in the year 2035 so not far away at all!

[@dominicwild3189]

Wishing SA good luck, after all, it lost Holden, a major industry. True, one day SA had power from RE for seven hours, how about the other 17 hours??

[@afm4711]

No, he did not start this. Large scale batteries have been around for a long time. They just did not have a vaporware salesman hyping them.

[@nguyep4]

At what scale? Mass scaling is hyping? Hate on anything Elon aren't you. Here is the secret EV has been done since 1900s. Elon is hyping EV too.

[@nguyep4]

At what scale? Mass scale, reliability, great software integration, etc is hyping? You are just hating. You know what else has been done? Cellular phone, Apple pulled a wool over your eyes too. Lol

[@juanantoniopulido1645]

It makes much more sense to use batteries for the grid that for transport. You don't have to carry dead weight.

[@zoransarin5411]

So keep burning oil is your solution for transport?

[@juanantoniopulido1645]

There is no alternative

[@zoransarin5411]

@@juanantoniopulido1645 Lmao. I will call that statement for what it is, a childish statement worth of a 5 year old. Remind me what the best selling car in the world was in 2023? It was an EV. Remind me what car company is valued more than every other car company put together? It is Tesla. A company that only makes EVs and not a single ICE car. No alternative? Do mummy and daddy know you are chatting on adult sites?

[@metricstormtrooper]

It was a state, not a city that used the tesla battery, adelaide is not the only city in the world that runs off renewable energy,

[@salczar]

Coal, Gas, and Nuclear are doomed! 😃

[@frankhage1734]

Cryptocurrency mining and trading will soon dominate our energy "needs". These legacy plants will operate as long as mining and profits exceed energy costs.

[@iandavies4853]

@@frankhage1734next is 100MW+ Nvidia training clusters, wherever there’s spare electricity.

[@zoransarin5411]

@@frankhage1734they will operate either until their useful life comes to an end, or a cheaper alternative becomes available. You have to remember that like any asset, they have a design life. In the case of gas, coal and nuclear plants it is around 60-70 years. Like a car at the end of its useful life, maintenance becomes costly and financially unviable.

[@MikeNowak-l4h]

Why is it that my energy costs keep going up? This technology hasn't helped the average person survive...

[@zoransarin5411]

Likely because in their wisdom, governments around the world sold their electricity infrastructure to the private sector. So they get to profit from the cheaper sources of electricity and not you or we the people.

[@samijokinen9246]

So, they pack high voltage transformer in the same kind of white sheetmetal box as batteries and call that a day.

[@kirangirija7567]

Sodium Sulphur batteries that work at Room temperature Is most affordable and scalable Battery for Grid Level storage to make it affordable

[@zoransarin5411]

Where have these batteries been installed?

[@leethaiann3362]

Fake it until you make it $$$$$$$

[@OzzieBird]

I'd love a wind/solar combo for my home. I live in a rural area on a half acre and both the wind day and night and the solar during the day would be awesome if affordable.

[@tireddad6541]

I believe it is available, and a good combo of wind and solar. You need battery also. Maybe battery prices will come down

[@viskovandermerwe3947]

We need to get the Tesla cars to be the top seller that it was. We need to find out why people aren't buying them. We also need to find out where we will get all that copper we need from, despite all the copper we can get by recycling old infrastructure. We need to let Musk redesign nuclear energy supply.

[@mikebreeden6071]

I hope they get away from lithium for grid scale batteries. Bad for the environment and I don't want to see lithium getting into the water table. That could be really bad.

[@fryske.tynster]

This is were energy web plays a big role people dont understand

[@bkparque]

I wonder how much tesla engineers put in emp protection for solar flares and such. Mars being important im sure they thought to include protection.

[@botz77]

Pretty sure Elon is just doing Max Shreck's evil plan from Batman Returns.🤔

[@Sacto1654]

I still think battery storage using lithium-ion battery packs is *WAY* too expensive. Because battery storage from renewables doesn't need quick response, you could get by using other mediums of power storage like compressed liquefied air or molten salts. It's really cracking the relatively high cost of battery storage that can go anywhere that will make renewables totally viable.

[@Karl-Benny]

Cant be to Expensive when they make Money and pay for them selves in a couple off years

[@mattcooper1159]

True. Battery storage is always only useful for short duration to minimize the impact of excessive peak demand costs from other sources that will charge more during the highest portion of the peak’s interval.

[@Bryan-fb8dh]

Ever Looked at equipment cost for a businesses?. If any of it is unique to one business the cost become insane. Economics of scale. Batteries are everywhere and recyclable. Easy entry easy set up and competitive pricing.

[@iandavies4853]

You got it backwards. Batteries are phenomenal for grid support FCAS / frequency control. Really appropriate for 2-hour arbitrage daily or twice daily. Cost is falling still from $60 / KWh to towards maybe $20/kWh at cell level by early 2030’s. Demand is huge. Alternatives aren’t proven, are falling over.

[@mkuc6951]

Hold your horses. Musk is known for getting excited. Not saying the dude isn't a full power individual, but he did say we'd be on mars by 2030 and all the underground tunnels would be complete under LA in a few years.

[@dikkybee4003]

Which will get here first, roadster, new battery tech that keep gets talked about when stocks drop or some other BS. Time will tell.

[@nzoomed]

I was a bit concerned when he was talking about hydrogen the other day, whats this talk over the model H, by 2026? Seriously, i thought he was an opponent to hydrogen?

[@coryshook7648]

Google says Adelaide has 1.3 million people.

[@RanjitSingh-ob3xz]

Presale investments have been my go-to, and Cyberopolis is my latest pick. Early birds catch the worm!

[@trevorevans7101]

There’ll be heaps of power generated from Jack’s body in his next rugby match-harness some of that!

[@frankcoffey]

Betting the company on a pet project doesn’t sound like good leadership. Strart up CEO is not the same leader you need when you have millions of customers.

[@williamwoo866]

Elon love the fact that so many people trust in him based on the votes he recieved. This will go a long way for Elon to do his best to help Tesla grow and investors happy

[@joeking433]

You never know about Elon, he changes from day to day depending on what drug he's on a the time.

[@zes3813]

nah, how about get some VtoL first, like almost all the BYD EVs

[@JamesJones-ql3kr]

I see a future when I can go on line and rent a robot to go out to the beach and pick up trash. Pay by the hour. I want one to be dropped off at my house to cut the grass, dig a trench, take the garbage cans way up to the end of the drive for pick-up. I recently watched 5 city employees standing in the hot sun while they took turns digging a trench next to the roadway, a robot could do that. Even something as simple as going for a walk in our sketchy neighborhood, my wife could do with along side a robot that would record anyone hassling her, take photos, call the cops. There's a million things robots could do.