Did Elon Musk announce his whole house battery and I missed it?

[Champion Jack]

… Wasn't it supposed to happen today?

[bananas]

1. Tesla to livestream tonight’s big announcement: 8 p.m. Pacific.

http://www.technobuffalo.com/2015/04/30/tesla-to-livestream-tonights-big-announcement/

Tesla to livestream tonight’s big announcement

By Jacob Kleinman | April 30, 2015

Tesla is set to announce a totally new product on Thursday night, and you’ll be able to watch the announcement online. The company said this morning that it plans to livestream the event, which kicks off at 8 p.m. Pacific.

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http://www.teslamotors.com/livestream

[Champion Jack]

2. Thanks!

[bananas]

3. Tritter update: the stream goes live around 8:45pm

I started a GD thread earlier: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6600046

[joshcryer]

4. Elon Musk just killed nuclear power.

And coal.

In one fell swoop.

[Champion Jack]

5. Works for me,

[OKIsItJustMe]

6. No, he didn’t

I wouldn’t mind if he had, but…

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/537056/why-tesla-wants-to-sell-a-battery-for-your-home/

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A number of solar companies now offer batteries to accompany their solar panels (see “Solar Power, and Somewhere to Store It”). Although just a tenth of a percent of U.S. homes now get power from rooftop solar panels combined with energy storage, such systems could account for 3 percent of homes by 2018, according to Greentech Media Research.

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