Tesla has hit the German carmakers hard.
Now the US group is also targeting the German electricity market.
It could be uncomfortable for the German energy giants.
Munich - only produce e-cars?
That is out of the question for Tesla boss Elon Musk.
With a new project, the car manufacturer is now venturing into the German green electricity business.
Tesla has introduced an electricity tariff with the British start-up Octopus Energy.
Interested parties can now obtain offers.
Octopus Energy boss Andrew Mack has already made a clear announcement: “We will show the regulators what is already possible.
So that something finally moves on the German electricity market. ”This is reported by
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Tesla: This is how much the carmaker's green electricity costs
The focus of the Tesla electricity should be on a clean and digitized energy system.
But what does the whole thing look like in terms of price?
With Tesla and Octopus, the customer receives green electricity at the purchase price.
Then there is the basic fee of the network operator and a monthly flat rate of three euros.
This means that the new provider can definitely keep up with the previous electricity providers on the market in terms of price.
Tesla electricity has been available in Baden-Württemberg since the end of March.
Since mid-July in Bavaria, starting today (October 18), green electricity should be available for all of Germany.
But there is one catch: The Tesla Octupus offer has so far only been reserved for owners of a solar system and a so-called Tesla Powerwall.
This allows the electricity to be temporarily stored in your own home.
Tesla and Ocopus-Energy have planned this for the future
Tesla and Octopus-Energy want to merge the aforementioned power walls in the medium term to form so-called virtual power plants.
Tesla can then feed part of the stored electricity into the public grid when the electricity on the balancing energy market becomes scarce.
In addition, the two companies have planned flexible real-time electricity tariffs, some of which fluctuate hourly and thus adapt to the current market.
