Nearly one year ago, Greens MP Greg Barber installed 5kW of solar alongside Melbourne’s first 6.4kWh Tesla Powerwall home battery. Here’s a look at how it has performed.
Melbourne's first Tesla Powerwall home battery system – one year on
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Australian battery price war resumes, with Powerwall 2 delivery just 'weeks away'
With the first shipment of Tesla’s Powerwall 2 battery systems set to hit Australian shores, prices of home energy storage continue to tumble, shifting the target market from early adopters, to the “early majority”.
Graph of the Day – Tesla Powerwall 2 way ahead of competition on price
Today’s graph shows both versions of the Powerwall 2 are well ahead of the closest competition on price, beating its closest rivals by one third.
Tesla Powerwall 2 battery storage opens for orders in Australia
Tesla’s 14kWh Powerwall 2 batteries open for order in Australia, with installations set to begin in Feb 2017 – just as 100s of thousands of solar households lose their premium FiT.
Tesla solar roof cheaper than regular roof, says Musk – electricity "just a bonus"
Elon Musk says Tesla’s solar tiles could cost less than – and last twice as long as – a regular “dumb roof.”
Rivals fear Tesla may become the Apple of battery storage
Redflow CEO says Tesla’s launch of Powerwall 2 battery with a built-in inverter takes a leaf from the Apple playbook of vertical integration – and could polarise the industry.
What the "Tesla effect" means for Australian battery storage prices
The first version of Tesla’s Powerwall battery storage device had a big impact on prices in Australia. The second version, unveiled last week, is expected to do it all over again.
Powerwall 2: Tesla doubles up on battery storage and slashes costs
At double the capacity and almost half the cost/kWh, Tesla’s Powerwall 2 illustrates the break-neck speed at which battery storage is evolving.
A Tesla as the family car? Nothing ludicrous about it
Can an all electric vehicle be used as the family run-about? We tested the theory using a Tesla Model S, pretended the price tag was more like a Model 3, and came to these conclusions…
Tesla chauffeur service set to expand with new high profile investor
Sydney Tesla chauffeur service to add more EVs, expand to Melbourne after tech guru Simon Hackett buys 10% stake.
