Musk's enthusiasm for the Ukrainian war seems to be on par with Putin's. A new batch of material aid was sent to Ukraine today including more satellite dishes and Tesla Powerwalls and even more rewards for Ukrainian employees to return home to fight for the country.
After the outbreak of the Ukraine war, Elon Musk responded to the request of the Vice President of Ukraine by sending a batch of Starlink satellite antennas to Ukraine to prevent the country being cut off. Now the second batch of supplies has arrived in Hong Kong. In addition to more Starlink antennas, there are also some new things.
Musk’s second wave of gifts includes car cigarette lighter adapters, solar power generation and power storage packs, as well as an extremely expensive Tesla Powerwall, which Musk sent as part of a complete Tesla smart home.
Tesla Powerwall is a smart power storage device. Each unit can store 13.5 kWh of electricity and a maximum of ten units can be connected in series. With the addition of a solar power generation device, even in an area where the power supply is not good, it can generate electricity and store it during the day and supply it to households or other equipment.
"Thank you to all the Berlin factory and German service center teams for preparing all relevant equipment and supporting measures within 3 days." Tesla's letter to employees said that the volunteer team not only prepared the equipment, including transformers and required cables, but it was dispatched by the factory in Berlin and sent to Ukraine as soon as possible, also coming with certified installation services.
In addition, Tesla decided to issue additional war bonuses. No matter where Tesla works, Ukrainian employees who want to return to their homeland to defend their hometown will be unconditionally paid at least 3 months of full salary.
Tesla has previously opened all super charging stations in Ukraine for free use and neighboring Poland and Slovakia also joined the scope of free charging, so that about 5,000 Tesla owners in Ukraine can take refuge or go to places they want to go without worry. Due to the start of Tesla’s overcharge agreement in Europe, non-Tesla electric car owners can also use this service.
Musk’s active support for Ukraine reminds people of the early days of SpaceX when Russian aerospace scientists mocked him by saying, if a rocket could return to the ground, just launch it with a trampoline. When SpaceX successfully recovered a rocket many years later, Musk did not forget to respond, asking Russian scientists to see his trampoline results.
Musk even intends to let SpaceX take over the operation of the International Space Station, which is currently dominated by Russia. It seems that this full-scale confrontation still has a long way to go.
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