Table of Contents:

• tesla-megapack-tracker
• project structure
• good information sources
• for profit usage
• want to contribute?
• changelog
• inspiration

tesla-megapack-tracker

• project tries to track all tesla megapack (>10MWh) installations and other big batteries where government data sources are available (>10MWh or 10MW)
• the site is hosted via github pages and this is the link:
  • 🟢 👉 https://lorenz-g.github.io/tesla-megapack-tracker/ 👈 🟢

project structure

for now:

• raw data (tesla and other manufacturers) are in projects.csv file
• the generated website is in the docs folder (it is called docs because of github pages)
• To generate the website, install the dependencies with pip install -r requirements.txt and run python generate/website.py. It is recommended to setup a python virtualenv for the project beforehand (can use pip install pip-tools and pip-compile requirements.in to create an up to date version of requirements)
  • all python code lives in the generate folder
• To develop it is handy to use a tool like watchexec to listen to file changes and then rebuild the site. Some handy commands are in the ./Makefile
• to edit the CSV files, it is best to use Libre Office
• the external government data is the misc folder
• the blog entries are written in Markdown and in the misc

eventually:

• every battery installation has a toml file located in the battery-projects
• in case there are multiple stages to a project, they will be in that file
• the naming of the toml file is date_id_project-name, e.g. 2020-01-01_4_first-megapack-project

for the cars vs stationary:

• raw data is in the cars-vs-stationary.csv file
• using the vehicle production numbers (from the tesla quarterly press releases)
• estimating the avg model 3/y battery with 60kWh and the model s/x with 90kwh
  • in the future could also add a new column use a more precise estimate per quarter, but fine for now.

good information sources

This has grown, so you can find it here now: Big Battery Info Sources

for profit usage

• if you are a corporate and can use some the data here please do. You can also sell it on (but please respect the MIT license to give credit where it's due)
• and if you have used it, please consider contributing some info/insights back to the project via pull requests. Thanks 👏

want to contribute?

• battery projects
  • just add them to the projects.csv file and submit a PR (Pull Request)
• feature / website improvements
  • there is a TODO file. You can just grab sth there.
• new government integration
  • they are the best to keep data up to date. Feel free to add one.
• blog post
  • just write / amend one and submit a PR.

changelog

• you can find the changelog file here: ./misc/2021-08-30-changelog.md
• not everything is documented here. The git commit history should be more complete.

inspiration

There are many other great trackers about various tesla stats, such as:

• Tesla Carriers tracker https://fmossott.github.io/TeslaCarriersMap/
• Norway car registration tracker https://elbilstatistikk.no/
• Model 3 VIN tracker (not active anymore) https://www.model3vins.com/
• Power tracker of big batteries in Australia: http://nemlog.com.au/show/unit/yesterday/?k1=VBBG1,VBBL1
• EU EVs tracker https://eu-evs.com/
• https://map.evuniverse.io/#mapstart map of EV the ev industry