Freedom is one of the many great benefits of Tiny House Living and living in a Tiny House Community.
One such freedom is the freedom to live off grid and have your own sources for power, water, heat, etc. A typical power setup might include a wind generating turbine, a hydroelectric setup or a solar panel array.
Of course, living in a Tiny House your need for power and electricity is greatly reduced (less rooms to light, appliances or devices to power in standby mode, etc) and much more efficiently used (aka smarter) and therefore your power generation requirement is less.
However, when the sun’s not shining or the wind’s not blowing, etc, your ability to generate power is limited or removed altogether. Typically this problem is solved with a battery backup system which is charged by the sun, wind or water power generation and then in the evening you run off batteries.
And now Tesla motors has announced their new Home Battery product, coming soon, that will surely be more efficient, more powerful, slimmer design, lighter in weight and better performing that what’s currently available – all elements which impact the livability and add to the quality of life in Tiny House living. And with lithium car batteries that go 300 miles before needing to recharge, living off grid will be even easier and more common very soon…
Needless to say, this is a very exciting development. Tesla Motors is the same electric car company out of California that has produced the Tesla S which is a fully electric vehicle that some compare to gas-fuled supercars for its style, performance from 0-60 mph, etc PLUS it can go upwards of 300 miles without needing to be recharged (Tesla X the all-wheel-drive SUV version coming soon…).
Watch the video below to learn more.
Tesla Motors Announces A New Home Battery; Living Off The Grid Will Soon Be Status Quo
“Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, announced Wednesday that the company is working on a new kind of battery that would be used to power homes. Based on Tesla’s lithium-ion battery technology, the new battery is expected to help the company become a leader in the growing home energy-storage market.”
More info at: http://offgridquest.com/news/tesla-motors-announces-a-new-home-batter
Exciting developments for the Tiny House Community and off-grid living for sure! Learn more about Tiny Houses and the Tiny House Community we’re creating with the New American Dream Project here.
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– Hans Schoff
this is really cool I wonder if you can use them for R.V’s and campers too? GREAT POST!
Definitely! I’m sure they’ll be more compact, lighter weight, higher performing and longer lasting than what’s currently available. Would work great for RVs, campers and of course Tiny Houses!
This is really exciting. interesting that they are “bucking” the oil industry. Maybe that will spur further developments in this area. thanks for sharing, Hans.
Yes, if anyone can do it, perhaps Tesla Motors can do it. They have a great product that’s superior in most ways to what’s currently out there and the prices are coming down. Hard to beat!
This is WAY cool Hans….wow…this will open up so much for those living in Tiny Home Communities.
Yes, with Tiny Houses on wheels especially, it’s all about space and weight. This will make Tiny House living even easier, better!
Hi Hans,
I’m wondering if you have a blue print for your trailer? I live just north of Vancouver, so getting a trailer from Alabama may be difficult.
I really don’t have anything like that, we sketched a few things on a piece of paper and the the manufacturer built it from there. Looking at it though you can see how its built from the pictures, not too many tricks or anything that fancy really. Hope that helps!