Tesla's new Solar Roof comes with a warranty that lasts forever
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The solar tiles that make up the roof were designed to be extremely durable - they're made of glass, after all.
A new solar roof will also be expensive up front compared to a conventional roof, but Tesla says that it will last for 30 years, the length of a standard US mortgage, or longer.
Much longer.
Tesla has an enormous amount of confidence in its tiles. So much to that the company is offering what it calls an "Infinite Tile Warranty."
"Made with tempered glass, Solar Roof tiles are more than three times stronger than standard roofing tiles," Tesla says on the solar roof site. "That's why we offer the best warranty in the industry - the lifetime of your house, or infinity, whichever comes first."
CEO Elon Musk put it more bluntly: it's "infinity or when your house falls down."
To prove the toughness of its solar tiles, Tesla fired baseball-size hailstones at its tiles and traditional roof tiles - at 110 mph.
The old-school tiles didn't make it. The Tesla tiles, according to Musk, laughed off the impact.
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