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Ask Jigar: Is a $20,000 used EV the cheapest home battery you can buy?

Ask Jigar: Is a $20,000 used EV the cheapest home battery you can buy?20 aug9 min

<p>A used EV costs $200 a kilowatt hour. A Powerwall costs $900. </p><p>In this episode:</p><ul><li>Unsubsidized rooftop solar at $2,100 a kilowatt, and why Australia does it for half that</li><li>470,000 megawatts of data center requests on a grid with a 91,000 megawatt peak: &quot;It&#39;s crazy town&quot;</li><li>Why buying a $20,000 used EV means &quot;you&#39;re getting the car for free just by buying the battery&quot;</li><li>Everything else on the grid just makes steam. Solar doesn&#39;t.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Send in your question, and if Jigar answers it on the show, you get an Energy Empire hat: <a href="https://octopusenergy.com/ask-jigar">https://octopusenergy.com/ask-jigar</a></p>