Tesla has launched a new feature for PowerWall that will keep the lights on even when things go to heck. Called "Storm Watch," it will check forecasts and fully charge up to provide backup power to your house when nasty weather is coming. The feature...
Tesla’s Powerwall can store energy ahead of storms
Tesla has launched a new feature for PowerWall that will keep the lights on even when things go to heck. Called "Storm Watch," it will check forecasts and fully charge up to provide backup power to your house when nasty weather is coming. The feature...
Tesla's experiments with smart power grids are headed further North. Canada's Nova Scotia Power recently finished setting up a pilot project that will use a combination of Tesla's Powerwall 2 home batteries and utility-grade Powerpack batteries to...
Tesla isn't done bolstering Australia's power grid just because its giant battery farm is up and running. South Australia premier Jay Weatherill has unveiled a partnership that will provide 5kW solar panels and Tesla Powerwall 2 batteries to "at lea...
It's no secret that Tesla wants to open Gigafactories around the world to keep up with demand for electric cars and storage batteries, but how many of those will open in the US? Now we know: Elon Musk has confirmed that "2 or 3" additional factories...
Tesla's been busy with more than the Model 3 in recent months. In August, founder and CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla would join with his other company, SolarCity, in a $2.6 billion merger. Musk said at the time that the melded company would serve...
We knew that Elon Musk was working on a roof made of solar panels, and now we know when we'll see them: October 28th, according to a tweet from the real life Tony Stark. Assuming San Francisco's trademark fog doesn't make a surprise appearance too, t...