It comes with a lifetime of the house warranty and 30-year power generation guaranteed. The company says that the “typical homeowner can expect to pay $21.85 per square foot for a Solar Roof”. Tesla started taking orders with a $1,000 deposit for the first versions of its solar roof tiles in May and the product was sold out “well into 2018” within the first few weeks. “We are building pilot Solar Roof products at our Fremont facility now and plan to start production at our Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo, New York before the end of the year.”ĬEO Elon Musk said those pictures were not taken for promotional purpose, but just by the installers and that he had the tiles also installed on his house as well as CTO JB Straubel’s house. Hopefully, it will be sooner for Tesla’s solar roof customers, but we wouldn’t bet on it since things seem to be lagging behind at Giga factory 2 in Buffalo, where they will be mass producing the solar tiles.Įarlier this year, they said that they started production at their pilot facility in Fremont and aimed to move the production to Buffalo “soon after”, but they now say that they aim to start production in Buffalo “before the end of the year”. They are taking a similar approach as with Model 3, which is now only being delivered to employees and the first customer deliveries are not expected until October. By pairing either Solar Roof or our existing retrofit solar panels with a Tesla Powerwall 2, our customers can enjoy sustainable energy independence.” “The first Solar Roof installations have been completed recently at the homes of our employees, who we chose to be our first customers to help perfect all aspects of Solar Roof customer experience. The company wrote in their shareholders letter sent out today: With the release of its second quarter 2017 after market close today, Tesla confirmed that they finally started installing their solar roof tiles in homes – though those homes are owned by their executives and employees.
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