Tesla Solar Roof Announcement Oct 2016

Powerwall 2 and solar roof launch october 28 2016 join the world s transition to sustainable energy.

Tesla solar roof announcement oct 2016.

The solar roof would be a building s actual roof as opposed to the current practice of mounting solar panels on top of an existing roof. Solar roof october 2016. Nothing changes the original post s conclusion that the flashy oct 2016 pr announcement of the tiles on the set of desperate housewiveswas a sham announcing a nonexistent product designed to induce tesla shareholders to vote to allow tesla to take over solar city a publicly traded solar company. In october 2016 elon musk showed off solar glass roof tiles in a demo that helped tesla convince investors to approve a 2 6 billion acquisition of solarcity.

To this day tesla is not making or. Powerwall 2 is a battery for homes and small businesses that stores the sun s energy and delivers clean reliable electricity when the sun isn t shining. There have been a few solar roof tile installs and changes in the story from tesla since the aug 2018 post so it s time for an update. Months after proposing what he referred to as a blindingly obvious and no brainer acquisition this event helped get tesla shareholders behind musk s.

Elon musk elonmusk september 22 2016 musk had previously.