![]() On average, a roof is replaced every 20 to 25 years, but you don’t start replacing all roofs immediately, but eventually, if you were to fast forward to 15 years from now, it will be unusual to have a roof that doesn’t have solar.”īeyond the tiles, Tesla’s solar operation has had big success recently. “The thing to consider the timescale to be probably on the order of 40 for 50 years. “I think eventually almost all houses will have a solar roof,” Musk said during a May TED conference in Vancouver. With the Powerpack already available and Model 3 shipments starting last month, the tile was the last missing piece of his vision. The tiles would provide energy to the Powerpack, which would provide a steady stream of power to the car and house at all times of the day. When he first announced the tiles in October, he laid out a vision of a future house with a Tesla Model 3 in the garage, a Powerpack lithium-ion battery on the wall, and a roof made of solar tiles. Musk is one of the first to have the tiles up and running. Tesla has priced it at an average of $21.85 per square foot, bringing it down to below the cost of a normal roof. The solar roof is offered at a competitive price point. International orders are expected to start shipping next year. The company is expected to start taking orders for the remaining Tuscan and slate styles in November, with deliveries starting next year. Unfortunately, those who didn’t order immediately have a long wait on their hands: the tiles sold out until next year in just 16 days. orders expected to start shipping this year. Tesla started taking pre-orders for the textured black and smooth grey tile styles back in May, with U.S. “We have installed and working the Solar Roof tiles,” Musk told investors during the conference call. ![]() Straubel, the company’s chief technology officer, have installed solar roof tiles on their houses. The Tesla CEO made the announcement during Wednesday’s second quarter 2017 earnings call, where he revealed that both himself and Jeffrey B. ![]()
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