Integrating solar cells into roofing material wasn t in any way a new idea but tesla s solar roof tiles innovated by making the solar cells undetectable from a street view while still capturing.
Tesla solar roof patent.
Tesla is poised to expand its solar roof product into international markets.
The california based company has submitted a solar roof patent with the european patent office.
Now tesla has filed for a patent called inter tile support for solar roof tile which describes a way to create a joint between the tiles.
In the patent application s description tesla noted that integrated photovoltaic bipv roofing systems such as the solar roof tiles are becoming more popular in the residential solar market.