Glossary / General

gigawatt hours

11 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

Gigawatt hours is a way to measure how much energy a battery can store. It's like saying how much gas a car's tank can hold, but for electricity.

Technical Definition

Gigawatt hours (GWh) is a unit of energy equivalent to one billion watt hours. It is commonly used to measure the energy capacity of batteries, especially in electric vehicles.

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"...targeting three gigawatt hours of annual output for buses, trucks, and mini buses..."
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"We'll have twenty giga want hours of energy storage and not only for sustainable grid and the grid reliance, but also Hyperscalers."
Mercedes, Aston Martin, Ford and Tesla Bloomberg Hot Pursuit! 54:16

"delivered over 480,000 vehicles and deployed 13 and a half gigawatt [2764.5s] hours of energy storage products thank you to all of our customers employees suppliers shareholders"
Episode 570: Model Y L Announced for US Market Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast 45:53