Zach says: The video included in this article has been taken down, however I found another video of Elon speaking at the event taken by someone in the front row. Watch it here.
"What this serves as is a great example for the rest of the world of what can be done," Musk said. "So when this is done, which will be in just a few months, it will be the largest battery installation, by an estimated power factor of three, in the world." The Powerpack opening event was powered entirely by the Powerpack system, giving attendees a taste of what was possible. "Talk is cheap, action is difficult. And the reason we worked as hard as we possibly could and got as much done as possible was to show that it's not just talk it's reality," Musk said.
"Everything you see here, this whole event, everything, is powered by those packs," he said, pointing out the window at the battery facility. "There are no generators, this is all coming from that system over there. As you guys know, a year ago the situation was pretty dire … One tweet leads to another, and then pretty soon that," he said, pointing again to the Powerpack facility. For Musk and Tesla, the Hornsdale battery facility is the first step toward revolutionizing energy across the globe.