Tesla Solar Roof Announcement

Elon musk has unveiled a redesign of tesla s solar roof tiles dubbed solar glass roof the new roof design will cost around 42 500 for a 2 000 square foot roof with 10kw of solar capacity.

Tesla solar roof announcement.

Solar roof is comparable in price to a typical roof with solar panels. Tesla does not suggest ordering an all solar roof. Questions about tesla s low cost solar announcement tesla s new solar roof strategy is a bold pivot but a lack of detail about the equipment used and potential additional installation costs. They do not degrade over time like asphalt or concrete.

Purchase solar roof at one of the lowest cost per watt of any national provider and take control of your monthly electricity bill. Solar tiles cost 42 per square foot while non solar costs 11 per square foot. Installations of solar roof will begin in the u s. It has also built vehicle to grid.

In response to musk s announcement one twitter user asked if the solar roofs would be solely manufactured in tesla s new york gigafactory. Solar roof is comparable in price to a typical roof with solar panels. Tesla has been selling its powerwall since 2015 and has also been dabbling in solar panels with its solar roof tiles which currently aren t available in the uk. Initially yes but then will make sense to localize.

To begin in 2018. Availability customers may place an order for solar roof today on the tesla website. The announcement also serves to continue to keep the pipe dream of the solar roof tiles alive a product which nearly two and a half years after its unveiling still shows no sign of mass. This summer and we expect installations outside the u s.