Congressman Massie's homebrew powerwall built from a wrecked Model S

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It does my heart a least a little bit of good to know that somebody has at least enough of a background to do this and is still on the floor of the house.

(I don’t know if he is R or D… I don’t care either)

Sadly him being one of the more technically qualified congresspeople (degrees from MIT, etc.) is a scary prospect, considering his political values and the implications that can be had on technology policy. It’s easy for people here to live in a vacuum and say “I don’t care about if he’s R or D”.

This is the same guy who voted against lowering prescription drug prices (to name one out of a hundred examples) and who just recently justified voting against the anti-lynching act because he doesn’t believe in “hate crimes” as a legal concept. Just because he’s technically impressive doesn’t mean he’s moral or upstanding, unfortunately.

I think this is VERY cool. I was never a fan of Tesla's 'solution' for EVs, I think it is fitting that this one was repurposed into something more useful. I hope the bidirectional EVs like the new F150 become the mainstream option

This is super cool.

I thought house sized solar panels were at best 300w. 17kw of solar array seems like a lot - I'd love to see how much space that takes up.

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