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Musk Is in South Australia to Check on Big Battery

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Six months after wagering he can build the world’s biggest battery, entrepreneur Elon Musk is back Down Under to defy his doubters.

The boss of Tesla Inc. descended on South Australia on Friday to unveil progress on a giant battery seen critical to averting crippling power shortages Bloomberg Terminalin the state. Musk has promised to have the battery packs in place at a huge wind farm by Dec. 1 -- the start of the southern hemisphere summer -- to help South Australia avoid a repeat of a state-wide blackoutBloomberg Terminal last year.