If you haven’t already heard, Tesla has sold out of its PowerWall home battery system. Well now there looks like there’ll be other options on the horizon, including the new Mercedes-Benz Home Battery System ($TBA). The new batteries are expected to go on sale in September and will feature a 2.5kWh battery. The battery can be run in modules of up to eight batteries resulting in a maximum output of 20kWh. Daimler has started taking sign-ups from those who are interested in the new system, but only time will tell if theirs is as popular as Tesla’s offerings.
Last Friday Elon Musk dropped in on the set of Desperate Housewives and delivered his future vision of solar power. He announced two new products. The Powerwall 2 ($5500) and the Tesla Solar Roof ($TBD). When the presentation first started, the first thing you noticed was the odd setting. A suburban street with a huge […]