Elon Musk almost caught fire when he heard how much electricity costs in Australia [VIDEO]

Elon Musk recently visited Australia as Tesla launches a massive supply of power across the continent. When he heard in a TV interview that some Australians could not pay their electricity bills, he almost screamed.

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Energy prices in Australia surprise Musk
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In connection with the liberalization of the energy price market and the burden of the Australians with subsidies for renewable energy sources, the price of electricity has increased from several tens to several hundred percent. There are no specific sums on the agenda, but Musk is clearly amazed at the "luxury" of electricity (video in English):

Video (c) 60 minutes / channel 9

At the end, she gritted her teeth and could hardly hold back her tears. He only declares, "Let's work harder!"

What are the electricity bills in Australia?

After a quick web browsing, we found that currently the average bill for a normal family is between 350 and 600 zł per month. Over the past three years, prices have risen from several dozen to one hundred percent.

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Tesla wants to launch the world's largest lithium-ion battery plant in Australia. The batteries will be charged with energy from the wind farm and then supply electricity to the grid as demand increases. The capacity of the entire system must be at least 100 megawatts (MW). The installation should be ready by December 2017.

Elon Musk almost caught fire when he heard how much electricity costs in Australia [VIDEO]