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CATL expects to sell batteries at $60 kWh or less in mid-2024, that 12 months ago it sold for $125 kWh. With further predicted price falls, this will knock $5,000 off the cost to make EVs by 2025. (cnevpost.com)

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[–] TropicalDingdong 17 points 11 months ago (4 children)

People should really be thinking about their homes as much/ if not more than EVs.

The cost to convert your home to solar +battery has dropped through the floor.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Depends where you live. IIRC California made it more difficult to have solar installed. Where I am there is a cap on the size of installation I can get, and how much I can produce.

Yes the technology is there and it’s great, but regulatory capture is still a huge problem.

[–] RubberElectrons 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Goddamn PG&E, and soCal Edison are responsible for that.

"Ooo we're in the business of making money, not paying homeowners for generating it with their own panels" bitch shut the fuck up.

[–] Anticorp 2 points 11 months ago

Corporations have been holding back progress with bought and paid for legislation for centuries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

If you're building something new, it's a no-brainer, even. You can use panels as the roofing material rather than an additional layer now. There's both fancy products like the Tesla one and more practical options.

[–] TropicalDingdong 2 points 11 months ago

If you’re building something new, it’s a no-brainer, even. You can use panels as the roofing material now. There’s both fancy products like the Tesla one and more practical options.

If you are pulling a construction loan or doing development, absolutely.

Roll it into the price of development and you can be practically fully independent of the grid out the gate.

[–] glitch1985 1 points 11 months ago

Any idea when this happened? I live in a state with cheap electric and a few years ago after doing the calculation it wasn't worth it to invest in solar. I'd love if that's changed in the past 4 years.

[–] Anticorp -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately that doesn't work for all of us. Solar isn't very viable where I live, since there's not much sunshine.

[–] Mr_Blott 4 points 11 months ago

Pointless comment tbh, you might as well have said "That doesn't work for all of us because some people sleep under a bridge"