Solar shingles designed to replace a traditional roof and generate electricity at the same time musk claimed at the time that tesla s shingles.
Quote for elon musk and solar powered roof.
On stage musk held up different styles of roof tiles with solar cells that weren t actually functional.
Solar roof is comparable in price to a typical roof with solar panels.
Chief executive officer elon musk unveiled solar roof shingles as part of his push to buy solarcity the automaker says it finally has a version of the tiles.
Shareholders approved the more than 2 billion acquisition a few weeks later.
Almost three years after tesla inc.
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.
Musk told his cousin lyndon rive to look into solar on their way to burning man in 2004.
Rive then co founded solarcity the residential solar installer and financier because we have to change.
A few weeks ago elon musk unveiled a new product.
The tiles have a lot to offer.
Purchase solar roof at one of the lowest cost per watt of any national provider and take control of your monthly electricity bill.
Solar power is a gigawatt per square km musk posted.
At the autonomy investor day in april 2019 elon musk said that we re now on version three of the solar tile roof and we expect to spool up production of the solar tile roof significantly later this year.
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.