You guys do realize that most of the technology you buy is already made in China so its not like buying "American" is going to be some magical guarantee of quality. You'll find that a lot of the tech companies already have their products manufactured entirely overseas where the price is then marked up several hundred percent and sold to western consumers.
Regarding costs: I didn't factor in every possible cost but I still find it hard to believe that these high powered lithium batteries will work out to be cheaper than AGM batteries at this stage -- even factoring in things like shipping and installation costs (though I may be wrong about this, I think that this battery is likely to be like the Apple of PC components.)
By the way: If anyone is interested in suppliers have a look at companies like Guangzhou Henda Power Ltd and Guangzhou ESG New Energy Technology Co. They sell cheap AGM batteries like the ones I've mentioned. And you may even bump into one of SolarCity's suppliers if you do enough research ;)
Anyway, thanks for the downvotes for not band wagoning but none of you have any clue what you're doing.
Regarding costs: I didn't factor in every possible cost but I still find it hard to believe that these high powered lithium batteries will work out to be cheaper than AGM batteries at this stage -- even factoring in things like shipping and installation costs (though I may be wrong about this, I think that this battery is likely to be like the Apple of PC components.)
By the way: If anyone is interested in suppliers have a look at companies like Guangzhou Henda Power Ltd and Guangzhou ESG New Energy Technology Co. They sell cheap AGM batteries like the ones I've mentioned. And you may even bump into one of SolarCity's suppliers if you do enough research ;)
Anyway, thanks for the downvotes for not band wagoning but none of you have any clue what you're doing.