Where on earth is that? The average household electrical consumption in the US is 11,000 kWh per year. A single refrigerator will typically use 2-3 kWh a day. The blower for a central furnace will average 3 kWh per day over the course of the year.

Unless you’re running entirely on gas/propane powered appliances, have…

How expensive do you think electricity is? Even for PG&E, which isn’t cheap, the peak vs. nonpeak rates vary by only 3.7 cents per kWh. If you were an average household and used about 11 MWh of electricity per year, the most you could possibly save would be $407 a year doing this - and that assumes all your…

The only stat and figures I needed are ones that Tesla themselves have talked about - target costs per kWh and degradation rates of their batteries.

Anyone betting on their home battery having any significant impact on the solar industry is blind to facts.

BTW, most of Musk’s companies are losing money.

The average household uses about 30 kWh per day. 85 kWh won’t even cover 3 days of average use. But if you wanted 3 days’ worth of capacity, you would need much more than 85 kWh because production isn’t steady - A day like today I’m lucky to get 10 kWh of production. A day like yesterday I could pull 90 kWh. And then…

It isn’t projected to be anywhere near affordable. Think about paying double to triple the cost of a grid-tied solar system with net metering, and you’re in the right ballpark.

Check out Ambri if you’re interested in batteries that solve the cycle issue. Tesla isn’t doing it. But even Ambri would be expensive.

Tesla’s home batteries are going to have a negligible impact on the clean energy industry, mark my words.

The vast majority of solar installations in this country are grid-tied, and for good reason: The amount of batteries you need to go off-grid is staggering. I’m below average electrical use in my area, and I still…

This thing is a horrible, garbled mess from nose to tail...

I’m not defending his anti-GM stance, but while the US doesn’t have the lowest taxes, our effective tax rate on corporations is, in fact, below the OECD average. What we have is a complex tax structure on corporations - we have one of the highest statutory rates around, but the code is filled with special breaks and…

Exactly. The Big 3 are late to this game - Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes, BMW, etc - they’ve been pulling this for decades...

Cars are much more expensive in China than in the US.

Yeah, but you still have to arrive an hour before the flight to check in.

#couldswimtherefaster

And it turns out someone is taking this approach - Boeing and Lockheed today announced a new booster to take on SpaceX, and they’re focusing on recycling the engine end only (the most expensive bits) - with it set to parachute back down and be intercepted midair by a helicopter, just like in these old videos..

Yeah, but asking $3k isn't asking for much more than $2k. You generally get plenty of offers, even if most are in the $2k range.

The 2002 wasn't recalled for that, just like my old 97 wasn't - and it had a stance identical to this car from day 1 - the rear just has a smaller gap than the front - you can see it even in Ford's promotional literature and associated shots. There's no way you can say this car has broken springs based on what we see…

I'm a little shocked he can't move it.

I sold my 97 Taurus 5 years ago (so the same age at the time that this one is now) with more miles on it without any trouble. I didn't ask $3k, but got $2k out of it and sold it in less than 24 hours with multiple offers on it.

What makes you say that? This generation of Taurus (and the one prior to it) sat lower in the rear than in the front, with noticeably less gap between the fender and the tire than in the front.

Yep - I’ve seen it inside the OEMS and outside, both. And at many other companies, too. Precious few companies reward people for “taking one for the team”.

It pretty much has to come down fast - the rockets are very powerful (see how fast it accelerates upwards, and when it comes down, there is much less mass in the booster, so it has higher acceleration rates). If you try to bring it in slowly, you’ll end up burning a lot more fuel, and you don’t have much to begin with…

Brilliant... if it weren’t for the fact that most of the materials used in rocket construction aren’t magnetic.