From my cold dead hands

Ya don’t say ...

UPS only keep your computer running for a few minutes or a few hours depending on how powerful the computer is.

What’s the target market for the “high capacity” product...?

Tesla currently makes all their batteries in Japan. With gigafactory it will be made in the USA. Plus Tesla puts a firewall in the battery enclosures for extra safety.

It won't be Chinese made. It'll be made here in the US.

And since I already need new batteries anyway... which cost $175 each (I need at least four, preferably six), we’re looking at $1200 worth of regular lead-acid batteries at 80 lbs each (or 480 lbs) compared to the $3000 Tesla battery at 220 lbs. So yeah it’s slightly more than 2x the price, BUT, to get the equivalent…

Ahhhhhh yeahhh... Wouldn't be complete without that same damned comment. Yes- because we all know that drilling for oil, refining, and even the production of lead acid batteries is so clean...

I too was thinking this would suit the rv market perfectly.

I think the idea is that if you’re completely off-grid, you use multiple of these in a modular fashion to supply your high power needs.

The Gigafactory is quite close the the largest lithium mine in North America (second largest deposits in the world are in Nevada), it is being built to be energy neutral with lots of solar and wind, and is a fairly short train or truck ride to one of the largest ports in the world for export and import of other…

Guess they were just waiting for Abbott to give up. Their first market is one where the Government was trying to hold back investment in solar and wind (might still be), something tells me they’re counting on a complete policy reversal to boost their rollout.

Soooo.....Powerful enough to power a house you say...?

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It would be over fast. I can think of worse ways to die.

Or anyone’s bod. I mean, I consider myself a vengeful, evil son-of-a-bitch but damn—I don’t think I’d want to see anyone dropped into that thing. That is terrifying.

Serious question: was that just dumb luck or did the craziness have anything to do with NASCAR and NBC forcing them to run a race in its entirety that ended with a frightening crash at 2:30 A.M.? It seems like a bad idea to make people drive 200 mph 4 hours after the typical human’s normal bedtime.

Agreed. When I first saw his post-race interview, the cynical sports fan in me initially assumed he was just doing the usual “hope everyone is ok, lucky no one is hurt, etc.” thing. However, after remembering about his dad’s accident at this track and hearing this, it’s pretty clear he’s a good guy that was sincerely…