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I hope they have taken the safety technology from their Tesla vehicles and put it into their Tesla Energy batteries, because the thought of a 10Kwh lithium-ion battery exploding in my garage does not sound like the kind of mess I would want to be cleaning up. I couldn't see it mentioned anywhere, but presumably these batteries will be available in Australia for the same price? We always get charged more. If I can get one for $3500 AUD, count me in!

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They certainly won't be $3,500 AUD.

3,500.00 USD = 4,447.86 AUD according to xe.com right now...

That, and the factory is in the USA. I would assume shipping something that large and heavy would add to the cost in Australia.

> That, and the factory is in the USA. I would assume shipping something that large and heavy would add to the cost in Australia.

Put it on a boat. Shouldn't cost more than shipping inside the US.

You still need to ship it inside the US to the boat dock, and then pay to put it on a boat, and then pay to ship it from the australian dock to the homeowner.

Freight costs are so cheap they're essentially negligible. There's a reason why it's cost-effective to make stuff in China, and ship it all the way across the Pacific to the US, instead of just making them in the US.

It's still $1,000 AUD above what OP was hoping for even at free shipping costs.

Yes, so the only extra part is the boat in the middle. Boats are cheap. (OK, Australian unloading costs are crazy from what I've heard, because of the unions here..)

Elon mentioned during his talk that the batteries contain all the same active thermal management and safety systems that are in the car batteries.

hahaha less than zero chance these would be in oz for that price.

Comparably the USD3500 price is pre US state sales tax. Its really $3850 (assuming 10% sales tax) after costs and converted today is AUD4891.50. Given historical price discrepancies in Australia of +40%, you are prob looking at AUD6800.

Dont count on it, we also get the product release lag for things like this too. Buying a Tesla Car here is at least double what it is in the US too.

Double? Try 10%,

Telsa Model S 70D:

USA: USD$75,000 cash price = AUD$95,153

AUS: AUD$102,400, the other AUD$13,893 you pay (in NSW) is to the state and federal governments in various taxes.

Admirably, tesla is the only premium car company that is not gouging Autralians on price.

The gouging done by BMW and Mercedes is shocking. I expect Tesla to really start to cut into their sales.

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