http://ecomento.com/2015/07/15/tesla-cto-battery-possibilities-beyond-cars/ Tesla CTO talks battery possibilities beyond cars July 15, 2015
[image] (Straubel) Tesla is betting heavily that cheap lithium-ion batteries will be the wave of the future. It’s constructing the world’s largest lithium-ion cell factory in Nevada, and plans to not only build 500,000 electric cars a year by 2020, but also sell stationary battery packs for energy storage. At a solar conference in San Francisco Monday, Tesla CTO JB Straubel implied that could be just the beginning. He discussed a future in which all vehicles (other than planes and rockets) are battery powered, and solar panels teamed with battery packs provide most of the electricity, according to Fortune. The cost of lithium-ion cells has dropped in recent years, but not enough to make electric cars cost competitive with internal combustion. Yet Straubel said the market is perched on a “cliff,” and that battery prices will soon tumble much faster than anyone has predicted, eventually making it cheaper to drive on electricity than fossil fuels. That will happen sometime over the next 10 years, Straubel said, and will be matched by a similar rise to prominence for energy storage. Tesla launched a line of battery packs for homes, businesses, and utilities in April, in what Straubel described as a natural progression for the company. He said Tesla has roughly 60,000 electric cars on the road, with a combined battery capacity of 5 gigawatt hours. He claims that’s already more capacity than has been produced so far by the energy-storage industry, Straubel said Tesla’s current car production already accounts for about 10 percent of the global lithium-ion cell market. That translates to about 3 to 4 gigawatt hours per year, but by the end of the decade Straubel expects the company to be buying closer to 35 gigawatt hours per year. [© ecomento.com] http://www.techtimes.com/articles/69117/20150715/tesla-triples-land-grab-nearly-2-000-acres-power-battery.htm Tesla Triples Land Grab By Nearly 2,000 Acres, Could Power Battery Factory With Solar Panels By Mark Lelinwalla, Tech Times | July 15, 2015 [image / James Glover | Reuters | Wall Street Journal http://images.techtimes.com/data/images/full/110505/tesla-battery-factory.png?w=600 The Silicon Valley electric car maker bought extra land in April and May to build and store more stationary batteries in its sprawling Reno, Nevada space. This is in addition to the designated land for its planned $5 billion gigafactory. ] Tesla needs more supply to keep up with its demand. That means adding to its sprawling land. The tech giant tripled its land holdings in Nevada during recent months, expanding its factory by nearly 2,000 additional acres to build more batteries and store more backup batteries for their electric cars, according to the Wall Street Journal. A Tesla spokesperson even told the Journal that a majority of the purchased land could be powered via solar panels. Tesla's new chunks of land are in addition to the area designated for its $5 billion gigafactory. [image] (Musk) / Kevork Djansezian | Getty Images News This comes after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the demand for the Silicon Valley electric car maker's stationary storage batteries was so high that the company might need to expand upon its already-massive planned space for the gigafactory. That gigafactory only has its skeleton steel structure and roof erected thus far. The Journal additionally reports that the massive factory will take up 10 million square feet and produce up to 50 gigawatt-hours of battery packs annually, making that single Reno, Nevada plant able to produce more batteries than all of the world's current factories combined. The battery factory and the additional purchased land could be worth up to $1.3 billion and employ approximately 6,500 people when its construction is finished. With Tesla drivers passing the one billion-mile mark last month, extra land spells more batteries to power electric cars and more electric miles, nondependent on gas. [tweet https://twitter.com/TeslaMotors/status/616657350863265793 1 billion electric Tesla miles saved the world the equivalent of pumping gas for 10 years nonstop. — Tesla Motors (@TeslaMotors) July 2, 2015 ] [© techtimes.com] http://www.slashgear.com/tesla-outlines-roadmap-model-x-3-new-roadster-17393419/ Tesla outlines roadmap: Model X, 3, & new Roadster Chris Davies - Jul 17, 2015 ... http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/What-s-holding-back-Tesla-s-self-driving-car-6391158.php What’s stalling Tesla’s self-driving car? L.A.’s I-405 freeway July 17, 2015 By David R. 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