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> Oh, and also batteries such as the tesla power wall can only be charged and discharged about 1000 times before they have lost a lot of capacity. Powerwall's
by ziga 1y ago
> Oh, and also batteries such as the tesla power wall can only be charged and discharged about 1000 times before they have lost a lot of capacity.
Powerwall's cycle life is much better than 1000. The Powerwall warranty guarantees 70% capacity after 10 years of daily cycles (i.e. 3650 cycles). This means they expect the capacity to be substantially above 70%.
We posted an analysis of Powerwall capacity retention:
https://www.netzero.energy/content/2025-02/powerwall-analysis https://www.netzero.energy/content/2025-02/powerwall-analysi...
- bigiain 1y ago> The Powerwall warranty guarantees 70% capacity after 10 years of daily cycles (i.e. 3650 cycles). This means they expect ... to have pulled some corporate restructure which leaves a bankrupt legal entity responsible for the warranty claims before they start costing any real money.