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Tesla's Solar Roof, cheaper than a new roof with solar panels


Tesla's Solar Roof, cheaper than a new roof with solar panels

In a tweet published last Thursday, Elon Musk announced the launch of the third version of its "solar roof", which is composed of tiles resembling traditional tiles installed on homes, and in which small photovoltaic blocks are inserted.

Launched three years ago, Tesla's solar tiles have undergone several improvements as customers returned to install test versions (1 and 2). During the announcement of the company's financial results on October 23, Elon Musk told investors that the new iteration of the solar tiles was ready for the "  big game  ".

The Tesla Solar Roof V3 is more competitive

According to Tesla, with this third version, to install a solar roof would now cost less than the installation of a new conventional roof on which solar panels would be placed.

To illustrate this announcement, the Tesla website now offers a price estimation tool for the Solar Roof, costing about $ 34,000 for a standard 2,000 sq. Ft. Roof, once the federal financial incentives for the United States. A figure to compare with the $ 42,500 that would cost the installation of a new roof of equivalent size with photovoltaic panels on it.

Elon Musk points out, however, that the solar roof "  has no financial meaning for a dwelling with a relatively new or recent roof ". In a message posted on October 25, he added that the operation becomes really interesting only if the roof of the house must be replaced within 5 years. If not, he recommends the installation of panels on the existing roof.

 Interested customers also have the opportunity to request a personalized price to take into account any local incentives, always in the United States. The marketing of solar tiles in Europe is not planned before 2020, at best ...

Soon 1000 installations per week in the USA?

According to Elon Musk, the production of solar tiles is expected to increase in the coming months to reach "  1,000 installations every week  " in the United States. This would be a major acceleration since only a few hundred solar roofs were laid during the first two years (October 2016 to September 2018) of marketing, as revealed by the US media CNBC.

Beyond solar tiles, Tesla also makes R & D investments in the installation process itself to reduce installation time. Here too, the goal is to ensure that the installation of a solar roof becomes faster than that of a conventional roof with additional photovoltaic panels. Knowing that Tesla tiles have a 25-year warranty and a wind resistance of 130 km / h.

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