If you understand &quot;off the grid&quot; to mean &quot;off the electricity grid&quot;, I love this project of a guy who salvaged the battery out of a Tesla and uses it together with a 45kW solar panel system to live independently of the grid:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.teslamotorsclub.com&#x2F;attachment.php?attachmentid=76492" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.teslamotorsclub.com&#x2F;attachment.php?attachmentid=7...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.teslamotorsclub.com&#x2F;attachment.php?attachmentid=76493" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.teslamotorsclub.com&#x2F;attachment.php?attachmentid=7...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;skie.net&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;landscaping-in-progress.jpg" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;skie.net&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;landscaping-in-progress.jpg</a><p>Theres a 100+ page thread on the project here:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.teslamotorsclub.com&#x2F;showthread.php&#x2F;34531-Plan-Off-grid-solar-with-a-Model-S-battery-pack-at-the-heart" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.teslamotorsclub.com&#x2F;showthread.php&#x2F;34531-Plan-Off...</a>