Elon Musk, CEO of the company, said in a recent earnings call: "We will soon launch Tesla home batteries, which will be used in people's homes or businesses, "The design phase of the product is over.
JB Straubelstated, chief technology officer, said the new battery could be launched in the next month or two, without further details of the design, added that the idea was "fantastic" and "I'm very excited about it ".
The idea was also mentioned last year when Musk said he had some plans that would be placed in people's homes, not in their cars.
"We are trying to figure out what a cool fixed [battery pack] is," Musk said . ".
"Some people will be like model packs: something flat, 5 inch from the wall, the wall-
Installation, with a beautiful cover, an integrated double
Directional inverter, plug and play.
The announcement comes as the sales outlook for automakers is bleak and the latest figures are lower than expected.
Tesla shipped only 9,834 Model S in the fourth quarter, down from the company's expected delivery of 11,200.
Overall, Tesla assembled nearly 12,000 cars this quarter.
After the news, the company's share price fell.
Tesla announced $0 at 6% on Thursday.
Loss per share, expected profit of $0.
32 per share in the fourth quarter.
Earlier in December, Musk announced a trade plan to attract Chinese car buyers to boost sales.
In this project, if they take their old car with them, they will give a discount of $100,000 for Tesla cars.