Tesla Powerwall Makes its Debut in South Africa

Tesla Motors has begun selling its Powerwall in South Africa at price of thousands of Rands for growing in the region

The installation of the first Tesla Powerwall has taken place in Johannesburg, South Africa, stated authorized reseller Dako Power. The electric vehicle maker planned to use and gather data based on its initial unit’s ability to promote the rechargeable lithium ion battery when it’s introduced at The Solar Show Africa in March, said Peter Dalgish, Managing Director at Dako Power.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is being hailed for using power in the future as it stores for household consumption, load shedding and back up electricity. The 7KWH daily cycle Powerwall technology offered in South Africa market, stores and harnesses power generated by solar panels during the night and day use and during blackouts.

Tesla has revealed that the lithium ion Power wall which succeeds in operating at an efficiency rate of 92%, can supply 3.3 kilowatt of continuous electricity equivalent to its peak production. It states in an ordinary home lights per room consume 0.1 kilowatt per hour of power per hour while 1.6 kilowatt per hour is consumed per day.

Peter stated: a fully operating system consists of solar panels totaling at a dozen as well as a five kilowatt per hour inverter, converting direct electricity from solar panels into alternating power for taxes, installation and residential use in the area of R200,000. This amount depends on the ZAR/ USD exchange rate.

Another South African reseller Rubicon has offered different Tesla Powerwall packages for at a least price of R116 000 to R272 000 , excluding installation and VAT, business tech reported.

According to Peter, the largest benefit of Powerwall usage in comparison to the remaining affordable devices is warranties. The extension of the guarantee offered by the automaker for its battery system can done be from one decade to 2 decades whereas a two and a half decade extended warranty has come with a SolaEdge inverter.

The warranties offered for other devices are typically ranging between half a decade to decade. Although the California based company has only started to ship the Powerwall, Elon stated in a product’s second version  “which will see further step changes in capabilities” would be offered in August or July in 2016.

Peter stated the upgrade’s news has not had an impact on the interest in the battery system’s model. In other news, uberizgmo has reported that an up dation has been done by the American automaker to its referral scheme and everyone who refers to anyone who procures a new Tesla Model S will be provided an opportunity to visit the Head office of SpaceX established in Los Angeles.

The fact that the head office of SpaceX isn’t accessible for the public has made this incentive more special. 5 referrers  will be awarded with a visit for 4 to the head office of the Space company.