Musk New Solar Roof

The tiles have a lot to offer.

Musk new solar roof.

Three years after tesla bought solarcity ceo elon musk is still fighting to justify the 2 6 billion deal in part by revealing a new version of its glass solar roof tiles part of a broader. Tesla s solar roof was announced nearly four years ago to wide praise by excited investors. The solar roof dream is dying. Solar roof is comparable in price to a typical roof with solar panels.

But when i talked to industry experts and executives about the solar roof. Musk s solar ambitions have been troubled by more than delays. Elon musk s latest solar energy tiles unveiled in october 2019 offer a striking design that promises to look like a regular roof to the untrained eye. I am very excited about version 3 of solar roof he added.

Last fall when tesla ceo elon musk first unveiled these photovoltaic tempered glass roofing tiles consumer reports performed a cost analysis and determined that for a solar roof to compete. Tesla s new solar roof costs less than a new roof plus solar. Purchase solar roof at one of the lowest cost per watt of any national provider and take control of your monthly electricity bill. Elon musk is suggesting that the new version of tesla s solar roof tiles will be even less expensive and it will roughly be the equivalent of the cost of a comp shingle roof and the electric.

The roof started as a partnership with solar city which tesla acquired in 2016 for 2 6 billion. Tesla ceo elon musk kicked off the call with some explanatory remarks on the v3 solar roof and then took a number of questions.