What Happened To Tesla's Solar Roof Tiles?

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Elon Musk unveiled prototypes of Tesla's Solar Roof tiles In October 2016. They came in four styles that looked just like normal roofing material but were essentially miniaturized versions of traditional solar panels.
The announcement helped Tesla justify its $2.6 billion acquisition of SolarCity one month later and represented Musk's vision for what the businesses could do together.
It's been almost two years since then. So where are the tiles?
"We now have several hundred homes with the Solar Roof on them, and that's going well. It takes a while to just confirm that the Solar Roof is going to last for 30 years and all the details work out," Musk said on Tesla's Q2 earnings call in August.» Subscribe to CNBC: cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC
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What Happened To Tesla's Solar Roof Tiles? | CNBC

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@L_U-K_E 5 лет назад

Elon looks so THICC in the thumbnail

@mora7477 5 лет назад

@Little Reptilian thic*

@SOMEONE-eq5bu 5 лет назад

No fat

@mora7477 5 лет назад

@@SOMEONE-eq5bu he's thic

@kiririn3103 5 лет назад

Little Reptilian somenone didn’t get the joke lmao

@joeyates6057 5 лет назад

Elon Husk*

@ride4funnomg103 5 лет назад

I can’t even afford a house. Maybe I’ll get them installed on my van, down by the river.

@savagecub 4 года назад

Adjust your belt now...........

@ambassador8524 4 года назад

ride4funn omg you can check NACA, or down payment assistance programs. If it’s confusing email me I’m a real rate broker. You won’t to pay more than your currently paying for rent.

@deficator750 3 года назад

I have a bike but in pretty sure they can install it on my helmet

@77.88. 3 года назад

Not to worry the majority of Americans can't afford to buy a house of any kind, they are left with buying a trailer or moving into a outrageously price apartment in that way the rich will become even richer and the rest? Oh well there is always the street or under the bridge, welcome to the 1% world that live in the USA as for Musk he is pure genius and is one of the few that will test, test and test till he knows for sure that his product will last many trouble free years.

@Mr_Rec 3 года назад

Don't worry solar car roof is coming next year

@soumyadeepghosh123 5 лет назад

Wanna get the answer in 2 seconds? Jump to 5:07

@myra961 5 лет назад

his face made me laugh 😂

@NameSpaceVoid 5 лет назад

Thanks for saving 5 minutes

@TheGreenguy85 5 лет назад

idiot!

@soumyadeepghosh123 5 лет назад

@@NameSpaceVoid Happy to help!

@adamf663 5 лет назад

thank you. I hate sitting through a 5-30 minute youtube video of somebody reading to me to glean information that I could have read in under 20 seconds. Considering that solar panels are barely able to recoup their initial cost over their lifetime, making face roof tiles whose function is to keep the rain and other elements out is folly.

@sminthian 4 года назад

$100,000 for a Tesla roof? My whole house is barely worth $100,000...

@savagecub 4 года назад

Alastor Yeah but at least your house has wheels on it !

@SilverWave64 4 года назад

@@savagecub God damn! 😅

@jamesmadison7551 4 года назад

wow, try moving to California where the normal price is a million.

@joshmirr7366 4 года назад

@@jamesmadison7551 thats cheap bought an appartment in hong kong for 10 million dollars.

@afrivolouspursuit3147 4 года назад

Ah yes I remember being homeless

@picobyte 5 лет назад

Every tile has two wires that need proper waterproof connections to the adjacent tiles. That's a lot of wiring. No wonder it took ten workers ten days installing that single roof.

@photonboy999 5 лет назад

A much better design will happen though. Maybe have large pre-done sections?

@bee4pcgoldrule592 5 лет назад

Yes they must all stay in series of a very long string of 20 amp groups of maybe 75 tiles each. I would stay away from this type of systems to many fail points .

@GlowingSpamraam 5 лет назад

+Pete the whole point of these is so they look good while being functional and make a return income these are fulfilled solar roofs normally are ugly as sin this one is not

@lisamischke7808 5 лет назад

Yes! , that is a big part of the value of these tiles, and why I wish I could be an early adopter!

@robotraider 5 лет назад

@@tarimali4466 I think so too. Or even meet in the middle and have much larger tiles to replace the roof.

@scottyee707 5 лет назад

he said would take years to roll out. America wasn't built in a day. If you don't think this is right direction we need to head then I question your common sense. Why would they compare installing a shingle solar panel roof to installing solar panels on top of a built roof. Obviously it takes a lot longer to install a whole new roof rather than slapping some panels on an already built roof...

@eshy-music 5 лет назад

And solar panels have been around for a long time so the whole process is much more streamlined. The whole video sounds like a reporter who simply doesn't understands how creating new revolutionary products works

@joon-young9589 5 лет назад

Pay 100k for it øk

@dlamardeyoutoube 5 лет назад

A solar roof is less efficient than traditionnal solar panel. Making the grid clean is the obvious solution

@brainmind4070 5 лет назад

Yeah, they should compare the time of installation to putting in a new roof + solar panels.

@cpufreak101 5 лет назад

I remember somebody comparing it to Union Pacific helping to build the Transcontinental Railroad. it was a massive project that took years to complete, and you can bet these companies weren't making much money while it was still under construction, but today Union Pacific is one of the world's most successful Railroads, and it forever changed and revolutionized life in the U.S. many people are saying Tesla in it's current state is just like UP when they were making the railroad.

@lk9650 2 года назад

Elon Musk fanboys: "Give him more time, he is busy with his other projects" 10 years later "Give him more time, he is busy with his other projects"

@jdubeau007 2 года назад

The prototype Elon showed the audience was a non functional prop.

@jdubeau007 2 года назад

@Andrew Howe At the time, he claim all the house around him were solar. The was right before the Solar City bail out. He hide the truth about Solar City and the tile.

@prod.bynil-oh7440 2 года назад

@@jdubeau007 He also showed up with a man in spandex to sell Robots Hes a fraud

@prod.bynil-oh7440 2 года назад

Give hin 10 years and the Bubble Pops and He goes to jail

@Penfold101 2 года назад

Just send him to Mars - we’d all be much happier.

@Kleo3392 5 лет назад

“Why would you buy anything else?” Because it’s cheaper.

@xiashafrogfat 4 года назад

Cheaper and more efficient

@iKingRPG 4 года назад

If you are already in the need of a new roof and also are willing to invest in solar, this is cheaper than buying a normal roof + solar panels separately

@3rd.world.eliteAJ 4 года назад

@@iKingRPG Solar is only an investment for "now", when everyone has solar it's going to be hard to get rid of, especially since it's made out of highly toxic materials that are hard to recycle.

@aronlarsson4848 3 года назад

@@3rd.world.eliteAJ That depends on the panel, as modern panels mostly consist of silicon and are highly recycleable. Older models and tech like cadmium telluride panels do have toxic materials, but for the e.g. modern polycrystalline panels the toxicity is no longer an issue.

@3rd.world.eliteAJ 3 года назад

@@aronlarsson4848 Silicon is still highly costly to recycle, which means many won't do it, it's been a problem in the tech industry for a while now with ewaste growing steadily (phones, laptops, consoles, PC parts etc. being swapped out every new generation) and only about 15-20% being recycled annually, adding solar panels to the mix on every house is troubling.

@rarihush 5 лет назад

Elon Musk has been eating tooo good...

@revenger211 5 лет назад

He was really fat

@bobinspired2087 5 лет назад

Oooo, Boi been looking THICK!!!

@jay_zk 5 лет назад

KenyOwns oh yeah he’s gotten way bigger, well wider I think

@kjeldtmc2530 5 лет назад

Probably from the psychiatric meds

@CCFerrariF1 5 лет назад

Working 120 hour weeks. I guess no time to work out. Dudes a work horse

@chipskylark5086 5 лет назад

In 30 years, this technology will be so much better and cheaper. Thanks Elon for being a pioneer in bringing solar tech to the average household.

@darindipietro9141 5 лет назад

They didn’t start out that way....

@klobiforpresident2254 5 лет назад

Yeah, I mean, thanks to him the cost in my nation has dramatically reduced despite being in an entirely different market and being driven by production of European and Chinese factories ramping up, as well as governmental subsidies. Oh, wait, that wasn't at all connected to Musk.

@nickdobbs7819 5 лет назад

All these people commenting on the man’s weight smh... show some respect to the boss of the world and allow him to eat some nice food for solving all of our problems. People forget that without Elon the mobile payment system as we know it wouldn’t have evolved when it did. If he ran for president he would win... just saying.

@grishfish 5 лет назад

The average household cannot afford a $100K roof. Did you notice they didn't mention how much electricity it produces? There's a reason.

@Huzar-zm3qz 5 лет назад

Your thanking Elon for???? What exactly?

@floridamanstories6574 3 года назад

It's where everything else is that Elon musk has promised like a self-driving cars and AI in your brain

@MossMini 3 года назад

Do you have the 10k to try out FSD?

@danhersey2531 3 года назад

@@MossMini you mean level 2 autonomy? Honda even has level 3 cars.

@supersaiyajin5944 2 года назад

@@danhersey2531 tesla has by far the most advanced self-driving ai

@supersaiyajin5944 2 года назад

Full self driving will be possible this year and "AI in ur brain" will be the following years, idk why people expect that his project will be ready at the same year he announced it.

@danhersey2531 2 года назад

@@supersaiyajin5944 nah it’s behind several companies. They’re only at Level 2 many are at level 3 and Mercedes even has a level 4 car in europe

@peter6782 4 года назад

Here we go again musk taking all the credit for this concept!!!!!!!!!!

@twoweeledsoto6072 Год назад

Here we go again, another Musk hater. 🤣Why so many haters? Envy?

@WindowsAndMacintosh 5 лет назад

If the roof cost $100,000 but the roof lasts 30 years, that's less than $278 a month. It may never pay for itself but I'd rather give an innovative company the money to do something greener and more innovative rather than give it to the hated (by me) utility companies.

5 лет назад

My electric company is a non-profit public co-op. Most of our electricity is hydro power.

@yjk92 5 лет назад

Can we stop idolizing companies and their CEOs? They are there to make money. Certainly do not give away money to them like it's good for the society.

@Svetacus 5 лет назад

He said his bill went for from $400 to $40/m in the summer. If we cut it in half for the rest of the year over 30 years that's a saving of roughly $86,000. So in reality it costs you about a $14,000 premium to go solar and look good while doing so. That's pretty reasonable for brand new tech bound to get cheaper. The real seller for this should be weather or not they can build a failsafe into the power delivery that automatically cuts off the incoming channel of the grid if it senses a power surge. Sort of like a power surge protector. If Tesla can do that, then you would theoretically be protected from an emp surge and by having a closed loop system you would be the only house on the block with power even after an EMP blast...that's pretty big in my opinion. Our national wide electrical grid is designed in such a stupid way that one EMP on one side of the country will wipe out all power and appliances across the nation. Plus you have the added the bonus of reducing your carbon footprint! :)

@AUNZAnon 5 лет назад

If you spend $100k on a roof then you're a fool.What technology do you think would have replaced it after only 10 years, if that?

@formdoggie5 5 лет назад

Why do you hate your utility company?

@masonhales 5 лет назад

This is a product that needs to last for decades. It has to be tested.

@verliebt3465 5 лет назад

It doesn't have to last that long, the technology in them that actually produces the electricity will be greatly outdated in about 10 years.

@masonhales 5 лет назад

It's a roof mate.

@tylernorby4939 5 лет назад

Verliebt I can't imagine you ever buy new things. Must be scared it will be "outdated" soon. If it's cost effective at the time of purchase then it's fine....technology isn't stopping ever. It's fine though you can live 10 years behind everyone if you please.

@markplott4820 5 лет назад

Mason - I'm fine my Mother had me TESTED.

@davidbeppler3032 5 лет назад

The roof will last longer than the house. The electricity provided will slowly diminish over the years, should last 20+ years and pay for itself.

@MartinAston00 3 года назад

You can just look at the setup and realize how many technical issues will come up... People need to research/study !!

@jamtim9449 4 года назад

0:11 Elon: Did you guys noticed? me: that you eat so well

@nachannachle2706 4 года назад

He is depressed because he is running out of ways to con more investors into his BS futuristic schemes.

@TypicalBlox 4 года назад

Nachannachle Tesla stock is at 640 mate

@ParthPatel-lc7eq 5 лет назад

By know everyone should know tesla products are usually always delayed but I'm glad they are delayed because their products are always of the best quality!

@GoldenGameDev 5 лет назад

You said literally nothing in this comment other than sweeping statements with no examples. I can literally replace the name "Tesla" in your comment with any publicly traded company and get a true statement.

@BrandenMcNabb 5 лет назад

"their products are always of the best quality" LMFAO! Have you seen the panel gaps in the Model S, 3, or X? Have you read any automotive magazine articles reviewing Teslas? Quality is poor. It is Tesla's only downfall.

@Cerberus984 5 лет назад

+Parth Patel Solar roofs are inefficient as the variable angle of different roofs alter the potential power. Just going from a 10 degree roof pitch angle to a 30 degree roof pitch angle is a 6% difference in potential power. While that may not seem like much you must also factor in solar roofing tiles thermally bridges heat toward the house. Where a railed PV system attached to the roof can alter the angle and have an air gap minimizing thermal bridging while giving cooling capability to the backside of the solar cells.

@Rajesh_Singh301 5 лет назад

Haramzadey, Tesla products are so-so. Nothing great as far as quality is concerned. Open up tesla car and take a peep inside. You'll know, haramzadey.

@TahirAli-ri3hn 5 лет назад

@@GoldenGameDev haha true

@UserInterface00 5 лет назад

What do you expect? Oh it's CNBC putting out another negative video on TESLA and Elon Musk once again.

@bailey2624 5 лет назад

thats because liberals hate money and people that have jobs

@yosup7400 5 лет назад

It's also because Musk has gone out of his way to mock and insult the journalistic class. They dig into him at any chance they get.

@said8784 5 лет назад

"Liberals" are the ones who buy Musk's products.

@FlipperWolf 5 лет назад

How is it negative? The video is mostly positive, they're just stating facts.

@dillonharr7628 5 лет назад

JustDestiny Anyone who buys a Tesla is definitely not independent, It wouldn't be my first choice in vehicles as a libertarian. You can't even wipe your A$$ without permission from Tesla, the NDA is crazy. You can't take it to a Non Tesla mechanic to be worked on, they push software updates to your car anytime they want, and you have to pay for features that are already installed in your car, LOL

@kitemanmusic 4 года назад

Look at all the tree shadows on the roof installations. Also panels really need to face South to be really efficient.

@delwynfernandes6560 3 года назад

Yes, and the roof tiles have to be in place

@jaroessa294 4 года назад

Bottom line...."I don't think this will EVER pay for itself" (3:25) and..."We're not there yet" (5:07)

@LuciusC 4 года назад

They weren't ready for mass market. They're available now, and much much cheaper. Still better to just use the standard panels, if you can stand the look of them. This is only economical if you need to replace the roof anyway. Regular panels are always going to be cheaper to make if not.

@danescag4754 3 года назад

"400 to 40" ... lets say 250/month savings = 3k/yr * 30 = 90k. Id say where he lives he'd probably pay 25k to 35k for a shingle roof. Im going to give the lifespan advantage to Tesla @ 35 years, so 0 - 100 + 3 * 35 = 5. This is assuming that Musk will push for quality. Whereas out 30k and shorter lifespan ( I'm assuming). Now, where I live, he's right, it be hard for it to ever pay for itself. There are alot of caveats one could consider and change the way you look at it. So yes, it should, at least break even for this guy. You could argue, that he actually made 30k off his 100k investment. Just dont know if a 1% return is that great. But also, tax incentives, can he make a 50 year tile? resale maybe?, caveats. Id like to also say that these may look awful. What i mean is how it actually looks in person. Never judge by a picture or video.

@hillton2180 3 года назад

If you building new house you will need roof tiles then why not solar roof that way you spend little more but you get reward too.

@MarcStollmeyer 5 лет назад

$100k over 30 years is $278/month. The owner admitted to a $360+/month savings in his electricity bill. Sounds like it is paying for itself.

@maxlu2456 5 лет назад

No. You aren't accounting for inflation, solar degredation and the change of Tesla wall battery that over time. Not to mention 100k invested has potential to become millions in 30 years. The math isn't that simple. The problem with everyone thinking this is a good idea with it's current price tag hasn't really thought it through. I actually wanted to put these on my house, so I did the math. It's not worth it right now.

@gracialonignasiver6302 5 лет назад

Would take nearly 21-23 years to pay for itself. Weigh that against actually investing that 100k over the course of 23 years and it doesn't add up. I'd rather pay my normal energy bill and invest that 100k now.

@mryellow6918 5 лет назад

The whole point in Elon is to use renewable energy energy.

@maxlu2456 5 лет назад

@@mryellow6918 that's not smart at all. If that was the whole point then they should've invested in solar farms. This is honestly a gimmick. The conversion rating for these tiles are more expensive and wasteful then solar panels. If that was really the goal

@semahj 5 лет назад

Max Lu the goal is to make it like a normal roof. Also to get the cost down once production ramps up

@Willskull 5 лет назад

It's hard to make money doing the right choices for human progress

@cpufreak101 5 лет назад

perfect example of this from the past, Transcontinental railroad. imagine if they only focused on how much profit it'd make while under construction. it would have never been finished and we'd probably be stuck in a world where we never advanced far past the Telegraph, with the east and west coasts being completely cut off from each other

@Willskull 5 лет назад

Right... because we see so many examples of billionaires using their economical influence for the good of mankind both politically (Zuckerberg scandal) and environmentally (billionaire industries don't let us stop with carbon addiction thus letting people die from climate change related problems)

@Willskull 5 лет назад

In other words, it IS hard precisely because you would be essentially fighting alone to profit from this alternative industry

@OnlyOxs 5 лет назад

very true

@Ruskilaxi 5 лет назад

Willskull Exactly!

@brett_kendrick82 4 года назад

That's great low bills but you spent 100k on a roof 😂

@davidtuer5825 3 года назад

Well, you've now got a capital asset worth $100000 more than it was before. It's similar to putting in a swimming pool, except the pool cost money continuously but it enhances the value of your house, even if it's hardly ever used. Personally, I can't believe anyone would prefer the eyesore of standard solar panels (with a limited life too) to the "tile" panel. edit:- typo

@Mike-kr5dn 3 года назад

@@davidtuer5825 Depends on the roof. I have a indoor pool that has nice black roof where the panels fit very nicely.

@davidtuer5825 3 года назад

@@Mike-kr5dn Well you know there isn't one answer for all questions. But this thread is about photo voltaic cells not water heating panels.

@Mike-kr5dn 3 года назад

@@davidtuer5825 ???? I am talking about PV also. I meant I got a house that has redish black roof where the panels would not look nice so I put them on top of the pool as the roof there is black.

@DeusExAstra 2 года назад

Well, what happened was that Elon lied about the solar tiles in order to get the acquisition of SolarCity approved. There were so many shenanigans with SolarCity and SpaceX that it's hard to keep track of all of it.

@barnabyaprobert5159 5 лет назад

Brilliant idea and beautiful. One needs to remember that when cars were first introduced they were toys for rich men.

@MikhaelAhava 5 лет назад

Barnaby ap Robert the same goes for brick phones and TVs. Now, nearly everyone has a smartphone or at least an older feature phone.

@lukla8558 5 лет назад

www.creaton.de/news/detailseite/ausbau-der-kooperation-autarq-vertreibt-glattziegel-domino-von-creaton-mit-solarmodul/

@zuki1336 5 лет назад

.. and I just learn this today in my us history class so...I feel smart when u say this

@nnggghhaa3709 5 лет назад

a then the nazis made vw so anyone could afford one.

@polabora 5 лет назад

And they were electric mostly, then Rockefeller made pressure on Ford to develope oil engines. But for most of civil users 30km distance, would be enough range for dialy use, which was reachable for electics even in 30's. Think how healthier enviorment would be if only not someones greed.

@artfx9 5 лет назад

The guy is testing something completwly new, but people want it to be available on mass right now. Sigh

@Sugarsail1 5 лет назад

Nothing new about flexible solar panels on roofs, they've been putting them on boats for decades. I had one on my own in the 1990s and that was old tech even then...it's the economics, it's too expensive and electricity on the grid only costs 12.5 cents /KW-h, which is why they can't survive without subsidies. Real good ideas don't need subsidized, people just do them.

@unacceptableone 5 лет назад

95%ers

@MarkH10 5 лет назад

People want him to have integrity and keep his word. Listen to what he sets as his commitment.

@MarkH10 5 лет назад

@@Sugarsail1 18 foot rolls retail on Amazon for $175.

@itrthho 5 лет назад

Musk said it was possible and was going to be mass produced. TSLA accepted cash deposits. The SEC needs to sit him down and remind him of the difference between "forward looking statements" and "false and misleading statements".

@rafaelm9630 5 лет назад

I remember when computers were as tall as a building. Progress requires great minds and persistence.

@tompain2751 5 лет назад

The problem is how long will Tesla's investors be willing to believe that the tech is "coming soon".Elon Musk is somewhat a con artist.This is by necessity.To keep investment $$ flowing,he keeps claiming to be almost there!

@mdelvalle2456 5 лет назад

I doubt you remember that. You may have read about it, but you dont remember.

@heheheha9094 5 лет назад

@@mdelvalle2456 i remember when we coexisted with mammoths. facts

@eon001 5 лет назад

@@mdelvalle2456 I remember when DVD players were $2000+. Now you can;t give them away. Tech not only improves, it get's much more affordable.

@mdelvalle2456 5 лет назад

@@eon001 I agree that it gets much more affordable, but also there was never a DVD for $2,000.

@garciavashchino1 5 лет назад

Maybe larger segments that can be placed like a puzzle... oh wait I'm sure they thought of that already, I got nothing.

@bailey2624 5 лет назад

no worries prices will drop. why dont you report on how Nvidia wants to charge $1200+ for new graphics cards these people are the real scammers

@MikhaelAhava 5 лет назад

Rick Bailey lol, at least you can have AMD/ATI, and Intel is trying to get in the game. Nvidia has and will still probably have competition.

@abram730 5 лет назад

DIY your own 2080 GPU using transistors and wire. It will take 18.6 billion transistors, a few billion miles of wire, and a few terra watts of electricity. Should be doable for under just under 1 trillion, only take a few thousand years to assemble, and only cost a few billion a year to run. How many thousands of miles of wire on that 2080 chip? Do you even know what a transistor is? The bigger the chip, the less you get from manufacturing defects on the die. Those same cards sell for $6,000 for workstations, and Dell sells Nvidia server cards for $18,560 each. The reality is that Microsoft is writing their API's for AMD and changing them invalidating architectures that Nvidia spent billions to develop, yet the API's still work on 2012 AMD GPUs. Civil conspiracy between AMD and Microsoft is adding a lot to the cost of Nvidia GPU's in the form of wasted R&D to pay off. The Vulcan API supports RTX, but not DirectX. Still waiting on Microsoft to release DXR, and hoping they don't change it again to break compatibility with 2000 series cards, like they did with Volta.

@thedevilsadvocate5210 5 лет назад

Abram Carroll Do you work for Nvidia?

@bigzerofps 5 лет назад

Supply and demand. Crypto miners are buying them up. So why charge $500 when you know people will still fight over it for $1200?

@unanonymous4655 5 лет назад

@@thedevilsadvocate5210 "Anyone that disagrees with me is a shill"

@utleychase7 5 лет назад

Remember that Solar City doesn’t just make tiles. They are a multi-million dollar company and are the #1 distributors in solar panels. The tiles are just part of the product

@boggless2771 5 лет назад

Solar city isn't a company anymore. It's Tesla.

@knifeyonline 5 лет назад

^that is incorrect, it is still a company. It is a subsidiary of Tesla Inc.

@utleychase7 5 лет назад

no its still a sub company of Tesla.

@photonboy999 5 лет назад

Spectrum, Did you miss the part where they said Tesla bought them and that the ability to make the TILES was supposed to justify the expenditure? So first they are part of Tesla, and secondly Tesla may not justify what they paid if they can't get the roofing costs down in a reasonable time as other companies are working on the same idea.

@utleychase7 5 лет назад

youre telling me things i already know and is irrelevant to what my actual comment is

@peteplayz-norskgaming5723 5 лет назад

0:08 Elon: “The house you see around you are solar panels did you notice? Elon: *wants audience to say no* Audience: Yeah!

@iKingRPG 4 года назад

Lol

@JeffreyOsb 5 лет назад

I'd be down for this, it can be a selling point for when/if you DO sell your home, the problem is I live near Seattle and sunshine isn't really a thing around here.

@harmhoeks5996 5 лет назад

Decent analysis. What's the cost of a similar sized roof? How is the heat generation? Wish them the best! Maybe in 10 years every new build home will have a solar roof

@tompetty6681 5 лет назад

It's already happening in Cali... www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/business/energy-environment/california-solar-power.html

@Phantoma3 5 лет назад

Harm Hoeks Average cost of a slate roof in homes like in the video is around $25k

@VincePhoenix 5 лет назад

Is there is a problem with heat generation ?

@marc0523 5 лет назад

Phantoma3 Another person commented that total cost for the roof after you factor in electricity cost is ~$14k. That means that this actually makes sense as you get the roof replacement included as well. I will still be going with traditional solar myself. :)

@guidedbygreen1480 5 лет назад

@@marc0523 be sure to get iq8 when it comes out.. it will have grid agnostic capabilities. So you can receive power directly from your panels (you don't need batteries) even if the grid goes down

@seana9925 5 лет назад

CNBS is becoming a joke. One Tesla hit piece after another.

@noshiko5398 5 лет назад

maybe because tesla is trash that routinely overpromises and underdelivers🤷🏾‍♂️ nah it must have been CNBC's fault that the Model 3 is $51,000 and still isn't being produced at full capacity lol

@davidbeppler3032 5 лет назад

Noshi Ko hasn't happened yet. The Model 3 is the fastest selling car in History. Also at $47,000 it is less expensive at the millionth mile than a free ICE vehicle. ;)

@benjamin7114 5 лет назад

Poor fanboy triggered over facts ... boo hoo

@noshiko5398 5 лет назад

David Beppler Whether or not the Model 3 sells well is completely irrelevant and doesn't negate anything I said. And I hope you're joking about the 1m-mile thing lol

@mystirboy 5 лет назад

In an age where "clicks" matter than content it'd be way easier for them to gather viewership from Tesla's and by extenion Elon's passionate followers.

@ronsroom 5 лет назад

Wow, a special appearance by Captain Obvious (a.k.a. Managing Director Obvious) at 2:17

@Shay45 4 года назад

I like that they are waiting and doing tests before it is officially out.

@PoofyKittyPants 5 лет назад

Why would he mass produce them when HE JUST SAID IN YOUR INTERVIEW that he wasn't done with testing yet. Sick hit piece tho.

@hellsg3 5 лет назад

He shouldn't take pre-orders on something that isn't ready for the market. That's Telsa's problem.

@PoofyKittyPants 5 лет назад

@@hellsg3 he is taking pre orders from early adopters just like every early access piece of software or hardware on kickstarter. It accelerates development, gages interest and assists in trouble shooting/bug hunting.

@drefrazier8973 5 лет назад

One day, elon musk will strangely disappear to never be heard from again. He’s trying to change the world and there’s some very powerful people that don’t want that change to happen.

@irwinreyes100 5 лет назад

That is very true.

@geancarlossolisalvares7498 5 лет назад

Like the original tesla......

@franksignature5671 5 лет назад

Not really, have you actually followed the guy because he only follows the money.

@GarryReyom 5 лет назад

The SEC is trying to do that right now with their dumb witch hunt

@KeKe-dw9gf 5 лет назад

Ok xDD too much movies?

@kevinbowen4407 5 лет назад

He has the munchies from smoking all that weed with Joe Rogan.

@stormshadow7210 5 лет назад

1:38 I would like to see that integrity test again with a solid base and not the foam base. Look at the bounce back!

@julienbongars4287 5 лет назад

I have faith in what Elon Musk is doing. He's chosen to do the responsible thing and complete the testing before rushing an unfinished product to market. The main thing is that there is a working prototype. This isn't Theranos.

@jamess3417 5 лет назад

HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAA

@issaciams 5 лет назад

Who is that?

@ishpeeedy 5 лет назад

What/Who is Tharanos?

@julienbongars4287 5 лет назад

@@ishpeeedy sorry Theranos. The company that produced the portable blood testing kit whose CEO was Elizabeth Holmes. That was a huge scam...

@Blox117 5 лет назад

you sound like a shill for elon "have faith"

@bacaca 5 лет назад

That's how any thing new starts, Dah.

@fettmaneiii4439 5 лет назад

yyyup. thats why this CNBC "piece" is trash.

@mipmip5759 4 года назад

lol must be the kind of person who believes WeWork is a tech company.

@itsasetup8652 5 лет назад

What happened is I got an estimate for it $60k for my 1300sq ft rambler. The $/kW payback wasn’t there.

@samanthapeters8314 5 лет назад

In the thumbnail Elon looks cuddly. Elon can I have a hug? 🤗🐨

@Potatoverynice 5 лет назад

I'm pretty sure it's not about price, but the appearance of a massive thick blue block of glass and wires, stapled to the roof. That is the reason for more expensive tile like solar panels.

@Potatoverynice 5 лет назад

Mr407Mike exactly, my point.

@comment.highlighted 5 лет назад

D@mned if you do and d@mned if you don’t. Rush production to get it out and quality suffers. Take the needed QA time and people complain it’s taking too long. Stop it people 🙃

@alexteng7510 5 лет назад

Comment Highlighted Musk sets his deadlines. Don’t make them if you don’t plan on meeting them. Still testing to see the durability yet supposedly a finished product. Was just an excuse to keep his SolarCity shares from going to $0, at the expense of Tesla investors of course.

@comment.highlighted 5 лет назад

Alex Teng Yeah... because all “New Technology” companies meet their deadlines, right? 🤔

@hugolopez6644 5 лет назад

just do it, don't sell people dreams you can't fulfill. one thing is to promote a new Idea, and a totally different one is to take money and companies and do nothing with it. he isn't solving world problems, he is simply selling ideas, I'll support ideas but why should anyone give out their money for literally nothing? 🤔

@comment.highlighted 5 лет назад

🤣 I love Elon Musk. The world needs more people like him. He creates products that people want so “Badly” that they get mad if they can’t get it right away. F@ckin Genius!

@hugolopez6644 5 лет назад

Comment Highlighted sounds like an innovator to me, nothing impressive really. many have been doing the same thing before him and there will be more after. one would have to be very stupid to want a roof " so badly" when there are many cheaper, faster, and more convenient options out there.

@cyanist2232 5 лет назад

Thank you for the updatessss of old tech today

@cupcakepower6479 5 лет назад

Just wonder whether those tiles are recyclable. One of the cons of solar panels is its toxicity, they’re hard to recycle.

@drmachinewerke1 4 года назад

Just burn them

@assidikrere2008 4 года назад

@@drmachinewerke1 toxic for the air :(

@iKingRPG 4 года назад

Hopefully it will get easier, right now they don't need to be recycled yet

@christofelmalik4240 4 года назад

@@assidikrere2008 burn it in mars, mars need more air pollution

@lakshmikalyani5836 4 года назад

Better then nuclear power

@freedomchannel3656 5 лет назад

Funny I just seen tesla installing its solar roof on a home in the la cresta hill side of petaluma California last week.

@4TheRecord 5 лет назад

SHUSH!! Don't tell them!

@tnk4me4 5 лет назад

Why can't you just let them have this? Can't you see they're trying so hard to spread their FUD and here you go raining on their parade with your facts and personal anecdotes. The effort they put into researching their non-research is tremendous and worthy of a Koch participation journalism award. Dont ruin this for them.

@freedomchannel3656 5 лет назад

@@tnk4me4 lol funny.. ok they get there fud.. just this once

@robinyilmaz1155 5 лет назад

Anecdotal evidence doesn't help much. For example, I watch a video about how bad smoking is, and then I comment "funny, my dad has been smoking his entire life and he's now 80 years old"

@bishbashbosh390 5 лет назад

@@robinyilmaz1155 He gave you the location. It's a verifiable fact. Whilst production is still low it does exist and is being sold to consumers. Once Tesla are happy that the product is meeting their standards, mass production will start. It's just a shame that the big media firms seem to do no research these days before writing an article; whilst also wondering why their market share is decreasing

@tristramgardner8975 5 лет назад

A fantastic source of energy, worth investing the time, and well done to the people who are effectively donating to help the development.

@angelicpowers3526 5 лет назад

Why did elon not try to invent a flexible base for solar so it could be made into sheets/Rols and have a harder cover to go on top of it?

@Nobodyrocked 3 года назад

3:28 I thought he was standing on the solar panel for a second.

@counterculturecocks 5 лет назад

Dude states at 3:26 that at the cost of ~100k "I don't think this will ever pay for itself, honestly." Then, at 3:57 says his power bill went from ~400-450 a month to only $40. That's ~360-410 in savings a month. 100,000/360=~278 months to pay for itself OR just over 23 years. It might not be the number/time frame the guy was looking for, but surely it isn't outside his realm of understanding to see that if his own numbers hold true, it will ABSOLUTELY pay for itself...

@ashto868 5 лет назад

100k set up will save more cuz of inflation and rising electric bill rates in the future.

@salia2897 5 лет назад

You also have to consider that you can invest these 100k. He has these 100k now, but the electrical bills have only to be payed in the future. So you have to consider what an average investment would bring you over 23 years. Also, this is what he safes in summer, not in winter. So he might safe much less. Also, the efficiency of these tiles probably goes down after a while. And it is not clear that energy costs will go up in the futur, especially not all energy cost. When a large fraction of electrical power comes from renewable energy, it might actually be quite cheap when conditions are good.

@MJorgy5 5 лет назад

That's if you calculate his 'savings' (over the life of the investment) using his most expensive month electrically as your constant.

@counterculturecocks 5 лет назад

I agree 100%. Admittedly, (obviously), I sacrificed any specifics. I figured such was appropriate, considering the vast lack of specificity within this clip/style of 'journalism'.

@midnightfuture 5 лет назад

He's in California, so seasonal solar energy variability is relatively minimal. That said, your point about the opportunity cost of investing that $100k over 23 years is spot on. Taking the lower bound of today's Fed interest rate of 2%, compounded annually, with the initial deposit of $100k and no further deposits-essentially the most favorable set of comparables for the solar roof investment, because it's super-easy to get better interest rates than that!-after 23 years it's grown to $157,689.93. (At 5%, it's over $307k). So, @Assimil8, the guy knows what he's talking about.

@junito1008 5 лет назад

3:04 Nice Home !!

@saraho9568 5 лет назад

I think my neighbor has a test model. Very cool!! Everything new is crazy expensive but I hope this doesn't discourage innovation.

@beinghuman8935 5 лет назад

New technology is good if its cost effective

@sur_face 5 лет назад

Anything about Tesla Model 3 gets a 5-Star safty rating in all catagories and sup-catagories?

@romanmartinez3701 5 лет назад

You guys can't focus on the oil co.panoes I stead of tesla which is helping everyone?

@tiagorosario2251 5 лет назад

Exactly, well said

@HoutarouOrekiOsu 5 лет назад

What?? This video doesn't say anything bad about Tesla. What's your problem?

@goneinaflash2429 5 лет назад

Was hoping someone else said this before I had to. But let's think, which story will make it to the lime light? Including the word tesla or anything about corruption in big oil

@mdsupreme1776 5 лет назад

Dont trust fake news. Its all propaganda

@Jordan-ym5gf 5 лет назад

The only people Tesla is worried about helping is Tesla.

@rianaboshoff7206 5 лет назад

For a small house, one solar panel with a sink roof can give power (not including the stove) for quite a few days. It turns out that sink roofs keep the heat for longer than tiled roofs. In our neigborhood some people with tiled roofs have a solar panel too. The Eskom load-shedding which led to more frequent power cuts lead us to compare our solar power with other people's solar power in our neighborhood.

@ShadowPilot 5 лет назад

I love the 'We're gonna get to the bottom of this' soundtrack.

@eugenes9751 5 лет назад

The thing necessary for this to work, which is a clear but very tough surface material is always going to significantly lower the efficiency of the panels below because it will block a good portion of the light. To get the same power he's getting from his roof would have been a 10-15k roof mounted system.

@brainmind4070 5 лет назад

Eugene S Why should it have to be any tougher than regular solar panels? I think it's the aesthetic considerations that will make it less efficient. Texturing and coloring the protective coating scatters and absorbs light.

@eugenes9751 5 лет назад

@@brainmind4070 because solar panels are wired in series. If a single shingle gets cracked, it'll cause something like a 90% efficiency loss in that line because the broken panel becomes a resistor. Large panels are much better at reducing this issue. Remember, these are glass, not tile. How many times have you seen a home with a glass tile roof? Tile cracks, glass shatters.

@brainmind4070 5 лет назад

Eugene S Yeah, but even "large panels" have cells that are wired together, kind of like tiles on a roof. I don't see how this issue is more easily mitigated in "large panels". If you care to explain, I'm not an electrical engineer, but I took a couple EE classes in college, so I basically understand the terminology. It seems to me any solar panel on top of a residential building would have to be equally tough.

@eugenes9751 5 лет назад

+Brain Mind, yes, i agree, they have to be equally tough. Solar city is made of glass, typical panels use polycarbonate covers. When a solar panel goes out, you replace it, relatively easy, to replace individual tiles requires digging up every tile above it, much harder. Since you're an engineer, this is effectively the same as an LED panel going out, when a single diode goes out, it causes the entire series to use more power, which eventually leads to a cascade failure because the other lines use more current, which then causes the parallel series to use more power, and eventually everything fails relatively quickly. So the main point is that panels use plastic covers instead of glass, and these tiles use glass (which shatters)....

@S650Pony 5 лет назад

The roof needs more time, there is plenty of time for more efficient production and more testing. Tesla already offers great tradtitional solar panels at 1/5 of the solar roof price. This is another way to support Tesla while the roof gains more traction.

@bassisku 5 лет назад

If the company stands for renewable resources? Do you not see the reason people would prefer solar over coal?

@FookYoushit 5 лет назад

Solar panels already excists! Why not use the technology we already have, and try to make it even more efficient? It is exactly like throwing away nuclear technology and say "hey, lets give coal burning more time for efficient production and testing"

@S650Pony 5 лет назад

I believe I said efficient production, Elon has been well known for improving the efficacy of production within his companies which in turn allows for lower selling prices.

@S650Pony 5 лет назад

That is what I am saying, we should support the successful and efficient forms of solar panels that Tesla already offers, which will in turn allow them to also work on the solar roof, since the solar roof would make more sense in the future when homes will be pre-built with integrated solar technology.

@mattlane2282 5 лет назад

You do know that installation is dead yes? you can not keep adding generation locations to the grid

@datawasatreacherousandroid6509 4 года назад

Elon: I'm suing whoever uploaded that thumbnail

@Chris-jw8vm 5 лет назад

Guy said he thought he'd never make the money back but later admitted to saving about 5k every year. If it does have a 30 year time span then that's a plus 50% return on investment as they said it cost about 100k Not sure why he said that, perhaps he doubts the 30 year lifespan estimate.

@pippaknuckle 5 лет назад

If he spent the $100k on conventional solar panels he would be making money not just saving money. Assuming you can sell your excess power to the grid as we can in Australia.

@juanpaulr 4 года назад

It'll take over 20 years before be sees the return on his investment. That's if he paid cash. Now if he financed the panels then it will take maybe over 25 years. Depending on monthly payment.

@juanpaulr 4 года назад

@@pippaknuckle We do sell to the grid that's why the bill is lower. The company credits us.

@enderiskender2977 4 года назад

Don't get me wrong but that's probably why he can afford it while many others can't he accounts for inflation, degredation, maintenance and it's summer bill which probably includes ac with good long sunny days...

@MichaelJayValueInvesting 5 лет назад

Tesla, where planned = completed.

@98vwgolf 5 лет назад

tesla, scamming investors one dollar at at time.

@SuperDave-vj9en 5 лет назад

The dope smoking Muskie boy, is a swindling snake oil salesman. Plus, the ones who ordered his overpriced battery car, why are they left holding the bag?

@DougHNuts-ee3vn 5 лет назад

WOW, the butt-hurt short sellers is intense these days...ha ha ha...losers.

@TheSambo195 5 лет назад

Hey its Michael XD

@thomasschonberger8672 5 лет назад

Just a lot of Elon time around here. I will wait.

@rev.andyh.1082 5 лет назад

One year to a human is like 7 years to a dog. And “one year” to Elon Musk is 7 years for everyone else.

@youngsamuel1 4 года назад

You actually think he comes up with this stuff?

@cbDragoness 4 года назад

@@youngsamuel1 it's the optimistic timelines he comes up with.

@stevenroberts7435 4 года назад

Doctor Angelicus The Dumb Ox put a stick up his ass then we can call him a ever lasting lollipop 🍭

@goldberg1174 4 года назад

C J you. not we.

@curiousSloth92 3 года назад

Of course. He travels close to the speed of light! 🚀

@Prairielander 5 лет назад

I like the idea but where I live in Canada my roof is covered in snow right now. Also I believe the panels would need to tilt more in winter due to me being farther north. I think wind power would also be more cost effective.

@mjh5437 3 года назад

I love the concept,I hope this comes good.

@tobblesmash6193 5 лет назад

I like how much is on Elon’s plate, it’s ridiculous how much he’s doing, mostly by himself, he’s against the oil giants and is slowing getting on top, he deserves time.

@deebee8935 5 лет назад

Tobblesmash Yes his plate has been full..Looks like he put on 75lbs.

@tobblesmash6193 5 лет назад

Nobody Knows being a failure? You realise how big a hit tesla is yes? You can’t have everything you do immediately explode with success, especially when you’re going against an entire market of fossil fuel addiction, it’s not a failure if it’s a setback.

@Alex632 5 лет назад

News flash, he ain't doing anything. Tesla, SpaceX & Solar City has its own management in charge of everything.

@nat0106951 5 лет назад

@Nobody Knows he delivered something. what are you talking about blind hater. spacex landing rockets... tesla electric cars are now on the streets and even in 3rd world countries.....

@genli5603 5 лет назад

He’s not “against” anything. People are shoveling money at him to try to get on at the ground floor of the next big thing, but it’s overwhelmingly puffery. His cars are affordable because of taxes paid by other people and avoiding gas taxes. He hasn’t actually delivered on anything else.

@alivewithpassion 5 лет назад

Life must be good for Elon, he’s gained like 30lbs. Good for him, enjoy the fruits of your labor!👍🏼

@OneDerscoreOneder 5 лет назад

@andriod8014 4 года назад

OneDerscore One these Tesla fans can't tell the difference between 2016 and 2019, lol. Elon lost pounds*

@Tanoforfucksake 5 лет назад

So how efficient are the panels?

@philmiyagi522 4 года назад

Can u stand directly on it to do repairs?

@Monochromicornicopia 5 лет назад

Musk transforming into Santa somebody warn Tim Allen

@chrisho1499 5 лет назад

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast

@christopherk2841 5 лет назад

Buy*

@chrisho1499 5 лет назад

from Elon perspective please

@commercio3564 5 лет назад

A good reference to pre-ordering new tech/ games these days.

@JD-yx7be 5 лет назад

"Fact: the back bear is the best bear" the office

@jakethesnake121394 5 лет назад

That’s how America was built buddy

@leselhbr8853 5 лет назад

Went out side of the window keep it up 👍👍👍🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

@bobsmith-ov3kn 3 года назад

I like how almost half of the guy's roof is covered in shade from the trees.

@rainman2690 4 года назад

So a simple roof took two weeks to install. Surely it's better to have a regular roof and cheap easily installed solar panels

@ritwikreddy5670 4 года назад

These are for people in the bay area who care more about having a new toy than money.

@oneeco 5 лет назад

Bro, the amount of energy you would save.

@GloomGaiGar 5 лет назад

is severely offset by the amount of organs you'd have to sell to be able to afford one

@Daniel-de6gz 5 лет назад

GloomGaiGar 😂😂

@asambi69 5 лет назад

Do the math based on the guys bills, he would have to be saving well over 100 years to get his investment back. Also solar degrades over time, so they will less efficient in 10 years than they are now.

@MilesFromExtraordinary 5 лет назад

@@asambi69 Did you listen to the guy? He said his electric bill was 400/month, now 40/month. $360/month savings over 30 years is $129,600. Meaning the product pays for itself well before the 30 replacement time.

@asambi69 5 лет назад

Listen again my friend he said Over SUMMER he saved $360. Not A MONTH.

@-majoma7888 5 лет назад

What happens when you have different cuts of tile when coming to gables, dorma's and valley's ?

@spencerwilton5831 5 лет назад

One presumes the non solar tiles (which look identical) can be cut to size. I'm pretty sure they thought of this.

@RedBlack1707 5 лет назад

My friends got them, they ❤️ them. Yeah, it took a while. Florida.

@CaptainQwazCaz 5 лет назад

*Needs to last decades* *Takes decades to make*

@FenomeSean 5 лет назад

Why do they have to be so small? Why does it have to mimic traditional shingles at all? Why not make the whole roof glass or the panels much larger to avoid miniaturization costs?

@friedduc 5 лет назад

I'm not an experienced house builder so take this with a grain of salt. My guess is that if a shingle or tile is damaged you'd only have to get a small part replaced/repaired which would be a small fraction of getting your entire roof replaced. If the whole thing had to be replaced, you wouldn't have a roof while they change it out and you have to replace them every 20 years or so.

@keirfarnum6811 4 года назад

Duc Good point!

@FMercuryEA 4 года назад

Tell them again. All those dry joints with so much work per watt and again not flexible. Can't move it from point A to B at will, stringent roofing designs and all.

@ge99ne 4 года назад

They are mimicking traditional shingles because there is a significant contingent that will not install due to the appearance. There are HOAs that try to restrict installation based on appearance.

@jasonclegg1999 5 лет назад

4:08 notice how the Tesla solar glass is horizontal VS the other two -_-

@randomuser5443 4 года назад

Rigged like an election

@uttisiseppe769 4 года назад

Sun : hey human do you want some electricity? Human : HeY lEt'S UsE NukE

@SuperJohn12354 5 лет назад

I had this idea 15 years ago, my idea was that every houses roof in Australia would be a solar panel and that the whole grid would be connected , the theory being that the suns always shinnying somewhere in Australia.

@kitemanmusic 4 года назад

Except at night!

@McL0VINNN 4 года назад

Elon's plan: 1. Get thicc. 2. Feature in hip hop videos.

@brickboss423 4 года назад

Where can we order samples? Is this ready to be in Florida.

@LifeStyleMemories 5 лет назад

Solar Panels can also be installed as Canopy Style Ground Mounted. Have a Look at an installation video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jZu8gRmPeQ0.html

@LilMau 5 лет назад

On these days he was Elon Mcdonalds Must

@oppaichan2423 5 лет назад

but his trees are blocking the sunlight

@bee4pcgoldrule592 5 лет назад

Yes its very important to not have shade and even more important to tilt south for the most intense sunlight.

@mattlane2282 5 лет назад

ya that 100 grand you would think every panel is solar it aint...

@LucaPed94 5 лет назад

the suns rays do not stay in one spot all day ......

@mattlane2282 5 лет назад

@@LucaPed94 okay solar roadways ROFL waste

@AaronHahnStudios 5 лет назад

Trees give oxygen, think about it.

@Lalremruatacln 4 года назад

What happen to tesla solar roof Me. Sees thumbnail, he probably ate it🤣🤣

@sherifahmed7441 4 года назад

This is the funniest comment I have seen so far😂😂😂

@johnathanchappell8732 4 года назад

Why only 12? What about siding as panels as well.

@b4ds33d 5 лет назад

Clearly from the thumbnail, Elon ate it.

@g-stackpaidinusa8870 5 лет назад

China: No problem we have ready for you no problem 😂

@MrCyberife 5 лет назад

Sad, but true ! Trump is killing American innovation !

@wholeNwon 5 лет назад

@@MrCyberife Trump can't spell "innovation".

@youngsamuel1 4 года назад

@@MrCyberife I thought it was from americans playing video games, stuffing their face, and watching sports while waiting for their next tv show

@MrCyberife 4 года назад

Yeah, you are probably correct. The rest of the world does not play video games, or over eat, or watch sports. 😁

@wholeNwon 4 года назад

@@MrCyberife He has a warped definition of "American". He's a very stupid guy.

@christophresmerowski1824 4 года назад

"WE ARE NOT THERE YET"......5:08

@edsautohelpmore1204 5 лет назад

More cost-effective would be nice as a middle-class family we just cannot afford those expenses but would definitely love to have solar and the options for it

@Christoph1990 5 лет назад

So what is the energy that it puts out? Do the tiles provide more, the same or less electricity as traditional solar panels?

@christophercervantes5346 5 лет назад

It's basically an iPhone. It's something practical made to look stylish at a high price. Prices will drop as it becomes more popular though

@Christoph1990 5 лет назад

MegaProjectpat since the tiles are static it’s only fair to compare them agains regular static panels. So where do you get your numbers from? Are there official test of the output?

@TheMostNinjaMike 5 лет назад

Less. Much less. And you have to pay for all the areas of the roof that can't generate electricity too. Also more electrically dangerous and won't take advantage of developments in module label electronics. The roof tiles are basically old crappy solar tech shrunk down and made to look great.

@pbohearn 5 лет назад

Tesla took over my contract with Solar City and have refused to correct an initial design/installation error after months of good faith efforts on my part to get agreement and getting permit from the city to move panels rather than their providing more. They told me they would move panels to south Facing roof, now demand $6000 to do so. This is about 10 panels per their study. Sleazy!!

@tomr6955 5 лет назад

@David Brackin I think you missed the part where he said "Tesla took over my contract"

@tomr6955 5 лет назад

@David Brackin No I am not defending Tesla. And I agree that it's all a joke

@Frost517 5 лет назад

What happened is they aren’t selling or making them and the upstate NY factory sits mostly empty.

@TheJatinSaxena 5 лет назад

That is a very good idea , problem with tesla is they are not good at mass manufacturing , they should partner with companies who have experience in mass production