# New Tesla battery selling like hot cakes!

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-tesla-battery-selling-like-hot-cakes/4951>\
**Category:** EV Small Talk\
**Created:** [May 9, 2015, 5:47am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-tesla-battery-selling-like-hot-cakes/4951 "2015-05-09T05:47:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![EvForum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/evforum/32/322_2.png) [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 5:47am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-tesla-battery-selling-like-hot-cakes/4951/1 "2015-05-09T05:47:03Z")

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Even the ever ambitious Elon Musk has been taken aback by demand for his new power system. It seems that consumers are even keener than business - is this the key to unlocking the future of EV travel?

[Tesla’s batteries could be bigger business than electric cars](http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/07/teslas-batteries-could-be-bigger-business-than-electric-cars-elon-musk)

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**Author:** ![Old\_Houseboater](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/old_houseboater/32/544_2.png) [@Old\_Houseboater](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Old_Houseboater)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 6:40am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-tesla-battery-selling-like-hot-cakes/4951/2 "2015-05-09T06:40:52Z")

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If fuel stays at $2.50 a gallon the demand for electric vehicles might stagnate. How ever the stationary market with SunPower needed a LONG LIFE storage unit that is AFFORDABLE. This is surely a step in the right direction

GO ELON!!!

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**Author:** ![EvForum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/evforum/32/322_2.png) [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 6:43am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-tesla-battery-selling-like-hot-cakes/4951/3 "2015-05-09T06:43:52Z")

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There is even talk that the battery side might become larger than the Tesla ev side in due course. Elon Musk likes to make money but his big buzz is creating lasting technologies that can change lives. The fact he has said he wont challenge others using Tesla patents for the good of the industry says everything.

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**Author:** ![Old\_Houseboater](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/old_houseboater/32/544_2.png) [@Old\_Houseboater](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Old_Houseboater)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 6:51am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-tesla-battery-selling-like-hot-cakes/4951/4 "2015-05-09T06:51:36Z")

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Hmmm

A billionaire with integrity. Go figure.

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**Author:** ![EvForum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/evforum/32/322_2.png) [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 7:28am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-tesla-battery-selling-like-hot-cakes/4951/5 "2015-05-09T07:28:20Z")

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I suppose there comes a point when you can “afford” to have integrity in business lol