ELON MUSK: Tesla is beginning solar roof orders today
Tesla
Tesla is officially accepting orders for some of its solar roof tiles Wednesday afternoon, CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter.
Tesla will begin selling one of its four solar shingle options starting Wednesday afternoon: the smooth glass tile. Musk hinted that its textured glass tile will be ready for order shortly after.
Tesla's French slate and Tuscan glass tile options, however, won't be made available until 2018.
Tesla unveiled its solar roof product last October, a month before it acquired SolarCity in a deal worth $2.1 billion. At the time, Musk said Tesla was offering four different tile aesthetics to encourage customers to ditch clunky solar panels for a beautiful roof.
"First of all, I've never seen a solar roof that I would actually want … they're weird," Musk said in November. "Every one of them that I've seen is worse than a normal roof, without exception. So unless you're going to beat a roof on aesthetics, why bother?"
The company has partnered with Panasonic to produce the shingles' solar cells at its plant in Buffalo, New York.
Musk said installations will begin in the US this year, but that deliveries and installations won't occur in the UK and Australia until next year.
Wednesday's order rollout will mark the first time customers can get a glimpse at the expected cost of Tesla's solar roof, which Musk has said will be cheaper than a normal roof, even before factoring in the value of generating electricity.
Get the latest Tesla stock price here.
Tesla solar glass roof orders open this afternoon. I think it will be great. More in about 10 hours ...
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 10, 2017
@chriscardinal Black glass smooth and textured will be first. Tuscan and French Slate in about six months.
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 10, 2017
- 2 states where home prices are falling because there are too many houses and not enough buyers
- US buys 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Russia's ally costing on average less than $20,000 each, report says
- A couple accidentally shipped their cat in an Amazon return package. It arrived safely 6 days later, hundreds of miles away.
- 9 health benefits of drinking sugarcane juice in summer
- 10 benefits of incorporating almond oil into your daily diet
- From heart health to detoxification: 10 reasons to eat beetroot
- Why did a NASA spacecraft suddenly start talking gibberish after more than 45 years of operation? What fixed it?
- ICICI Bank shares climb nearly 5% after Q4 earnings; mcap soars by ₹36,555.4 crore
- Nothing Phone (2a) blue edition launched
- JNK India IPO allotment date
- JioCinema New Plans
- Realme Narzo 70 Launched
- Apple Let Loose event
- Elon Musk Apology
- RIL cash flows
- Charlie Munger
- Feedbank IPO allotment
- Tata IPO allotment
- Most generous retirement plans
- Broadcom lays off
- Cibil Score vs Cibil Report
- Birla and Bajaj in top Richest
- Nestle Sept 2023 report
- India Equity Market