05-11-2017, 12:09 PM
I think it is really interesting the way Musk has approached business. Here we have a roof made of a mixture of solar panels and dumb panels that can power a house. People keep thinking Tesla is all over the place in what it does, but really it all comes back to the batteries. The solar panels, like the car, are vehicles to sell batteries. The Power Wall in the case of the solar roof is used for storage of that power harnessed by the panels.
Price wise it is expensive. They pitch it as the same price, but they use the yearly savings over time when saying it is basically the same as a conventional roof. Upfront it is going to be more expensive, but honestly that is understandable. The roof itself is nice looking and they do offer a very attractive "life time" warranty for the panels. The obvious question of how durable are they is answered with a video of an ice ball being shot at a panel at 100mph and doing no noticeable damage, compared to it shattering other conventional roofing materials.
If I was building a house, I think I'd consider doing this because in the long run it could be a nice savings. The other advantage is you are "off the grid" in a sense that if the neighborhood goes down you are still up and running no problem. I am kind of excited where some of these things in general are heading.
Here is an article on it
https://electrek.co/2017/05/10/tesla-solar-roof-tiles-price-warranty/
Price wise it is expensive. They pitch it as the same price, but they use the yearly savings over time when saying it is basically the same as a conventional roof. Upfront it is going to be more expensive, but honestly that is understandable. The roof itself is nice looking and they do offer a very attractive "life time" warranty for the panels. The obvious question of how durable are they is answered with a video of an ice ball being shot at a panel at 100mph and doing no noticeable damage, compared to it shattering other conventional roofing materials.
If I was building a house, I think I'd consider doing this because in the long run it could be a nice savings. The other advantage is you are "off the grid" in a sense that if the neighborhood goes down you are still up and running no problem. I am kind of excited where some of these things in general are heading.
Here is an article on it
https://electrek.co/2017/05/10/tesla-solar-roof-tiles-price-warranty/
