Battery Storage Quotes

Every great device, gadget, electric car, and robot would be even greater if batteries didn't suck so badly.

In terms of the energy-banking concept, what we'd love to be able to do is to act in a way where customers could deposit excess energy when they didn't need it and withdraw it when they did need it.

If you had a really good - battery, it wouldn't matter that the sun goes down at night and the wind stops blowing sometimes. But at the moment, battery technology is nowhere near good enough to use at utility scale.

I live out of my van, which gives me a first-hand appreciation for power and lighting. A few years ago, I rebuilt the interior of my van to include solar panels and a battery that powers LEDs for lighting and allows me to charge my phone and laptop.

You can't have thousands of cars without good computers on the electric grid.

Look at countries like China, they are determined to dominate all clean technology areas, putting lots of money into wind, solar, electric vehicles and battery storage. America's political impotence, caused by their terrible partisanship, will see them left behind.

Stationary storage will be as big as the car business long term. The growth rate will probably be several times what it is for the car business.

It is important to take into account the total power cost borne by consumers after taking into account what they spend on inverters and gensets.