Tesla Town: Australia build a smart city with Powerwall battery in every home

Domestic battery Tesla Powerwall become a mandatory attribute of every home in the ecovillage, powered solely by renewable energy sources.




Less than six months after Australia became the first battery supply for the house Tesla Powerwall, in one of the suburbs of Melbourne, it was decided to build a completely new neighborhood -. The world's first Tesla Town

According to the designers, the area will consist of a private house, on the roofs of which will be installed solar panels, and in homes - the same battery Tesla Powerwall as standard

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While we are talking about 60 of these cottages, which will sell this week. More on the new eco-villages can be found on the project website.

The area will occupy an area of ​​16, 46 ha and will be called YarraBend (Yarra Bend) - in honor of the Yarra River, 300 meters of the coast which is adjacent to the Tesla Town. All in all, the "green" town is about 2,500 dwellings - both private homes as well as townhouses and apartments for 3 or 5 bedrooms. Prices will also be different - from 1, 48 to 2, $ 1 million

. The project is being developed by Glenvill, who see it as "the world's first neighborhood Tesla» because of the installed in the homes of 7-kilowatt lithium-ion batteries Powerwall. It is expected that they will be fed from the solar panels on the roofs. However, the size and power of these panels is not disclosed.



It also provides points of chargers for electric vehicles, the residents will be available to high-speed internet service "technical concierge" and YarraBend application through which you can get a lot of useful information - from the schedules of public transport movement to the menu of the restaurants to deliver food to the house and announcements social events.