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.

Musk new solar roof.

Solar roof is comparable in price to a typical roof with solar panels. 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 solar roof dream is dying. I am very excited about version 3 of solar roof he added.

Tesla s new solar roof costs less than a new roof plus solar. The roof started as a partnership with solar city which tesla acquired in 2016 for 2 6 billion. Elon musk announced tesla s work on the 3rd version of the solar roof in late 2018 and he spoke to progress on the product at a shareholder s meeting saying the company has approached finalizing the new version. Solar roof is comparable in price to a typical roof with solar panels.

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. 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. Tesla s solar roof was announced nearly four years ago to wide praise by excited investors. Musk s solar ambitions have been troubled by more than delays.

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 ceo elon musk kicked off the call with some explanatory remarks on the v3 solar roof and then took a number of questions.