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on Tuesday October 18 2016, @06:21AM
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The USA Today and Reuters report that Tesla Motors and Panasonic announced their intention to open a factory in Buffalo, New York. Photovoltaic cells, and modules containing them, would be made there. Production might begin in 2017.
The two firms signed a non-binding letter of intent to make the cells for Tesla's stationary power storage units, the Powerwall and Powerpack.
The companies are already collaborating in the production of storage cells for rechargeable batteries.
previously:
- Tesla Soars on Financials and Ratings
- Elon Musk's Tesla Offers to Buy Elon Musk's SolarCity, Shares Tumble
- Tesla and SolarCity Reach Agreement to Combine
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(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 19 2016, @12:25AM
If you check actual climate data you will find that Buffalo has a very high percent of sunshine in the summer (limited cloud cover). Some years back, a downtown park with a nice lake was chosen for the finals of a solar-powered boat competition (college students) for just this reason--very high probability of sunny days.
Most of the winter snow that makes the national news is not actually in metro Buffalo -- there is a line of hills south of the city that catch most of the lake effect storms off Lake Erie...and have some nice skiing. Of course every now and then the winter wind is from the SW along the lake and the metro area gets whomped -- all part of the fun of living here. If you don't like the winter weather, wait 20 minutes.