According to the manufacturer, the average Japanese household can be supplied with electricity from a fully charged Nissan Leaf for a period of a couple of days.
One of the founders of Tesla Motors Elon Musk last quarterly conference that the manufacturer of sports is going to bring electric cars to market in the next two months battery packs for electric power supply of residential houses and commercial buildings. They can be charged from a regular mains power or solar panels, and at peak periods or in the most expensive watches for consumers to give energy consumers. Structurally, they will be something like the regular battery pack electric Tesla, consisting of a set of lithium-ion cells. In the rectangular case thickness not exceeding 125 mm settle down cooling system, inverter and control electronics. The battery pack will be very easy to operate as promised Elon Musk.
Yesterday, he said that the announcement of a significant family of products Tesla, not a car, held on 30 April this year. Apparently, we are just talking about the sources of supply for household power based on lithium-ion batteries. The company made a big bet on a giant factory for the production of the corresponding elements, which Tesla is building together with Panasonic. After reaching full production capacity, the company will have to double the global volume of output lithium-ion batteries, and the cost of battery packs for electric vehicles will decrease by 30%.