Musk Roof Tiles

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 with.

Musk roof tiles.

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Simply put musk seemed to be saying that the new version of the tesla solar roof could be cost competitive with traditional tile roofing. 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. Each 5 cm hailstone is travelling 160 km h on impact. A tesla solar roof for a 3 000 square foot.

However a report by electrek released during the same week that cited an actual solar roof quote suggested otherwise and noted that this particular customer paid 35 square foot of solar tiles far above the promised 21 85 square foot by tesla itself. On stage musk held up different styles of roof tiles with solar cells that weren t actually functional. How much is it. In october 2016 elon musk showed off solar glass roof tiles in a demo that helped tesla convince investors to approve a 2 6 billion acquisition of solarcity.

The tiles have a lot to offer. Stronger than standard roofing tiles. Shareholders approved the more than 2 billion acquisition a few weeks later. Tesla has begun selling its eagerly anticipated solar roof tiles and elon musk said the long term goal was for every roof to be solar.