America’s leading solar developer, SolarCity, has this week announced its expansion into the state of Utah, and is now hiring in sales, operations, and corporate positions. According to figures published by GTM Research earlier this year, SolarCity is responsible for 14% of non-residential solar installations, and 35% of residential installations, … [continued]
The solar photovoltaic modules used by SolarCity in its residential and commercial installations have useful lives of 35 years or longer, going by new data and information recently presented by the company. The new findings are the result of independent, third-party, accelerated stress testing of SolarCity’s solar photovoltaic (PV) modules … [continued]
(Full Disclosure: I own stock in both TSLA and SCTY, because I think they have strong long-term competitive advantages and are leaders in bringing us into a cleaner, safer future. I do not intend to influence stock prices with this article or any others, and I do not anticipate that … [continued]
Originally published on Gas2. Wall Street has not been kind to the idea of Tesla Motors buying SolarCity in a deal that would involve no cash but would pay the solar panel company with $2.8 billion in Tesla stock. Some analysts have even used words like “deranged” when referring to … [continued]
SolarCity, one of the United States’ largest solar developers, has published a report exploring the impact of installing 8 million solar panels across America. SolarCity released its first corporate sustainability report this week, measuring the impact the company has had on the environment, job creation, economic development, and society. Closing … [continued]
Originally published on TeslaMondo. Everything below is a direct quote from Musk during the SolarCity acquisition press conference. TeslaMondo just finagled the questions to make the whole thing more readable and conversational. Will Tesla ever do vehicle-to-grid? We’ve debated this since the early days of the Roadster. The early proto-Roasters would do … [continued]
Wondering what the top 20 CleanTechnica stories of the week were (purely in terms of pageviews)? I thought so. Here you go: Wowza, Tesla Offers To Buy SolarCity!! (Live Blog & Stock Price Rollercoaster) Specs For 2017 BMW i3 Revealed, With Some Surprises (via BMW i3 blogspot) Tesla Model S 60 Buyers … [continued]
After first publishing about Tesla’s offer to buy SolarCity, I thought it would be interesting to see what our cleantech-loving readers thought of the acquisition proposal — beyond the dozens of people who carried on the discussions in comments under that article and our next two on the topic. I’m … [continued]
Originally published on TeslaMondo. It will take a while for investors, journalists and stock analysts to see it that way. But this isn’t the first time Tesla overestimated the public’s vision. You might remember the double-unveiling of the dual motor powertrain and Autopilot. O the letdown. The stock tanked because everyone had expected something really big. Nobody could … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. What was the cause of the Tesla stock price plunge following the announcement of the (possible) SolarCity deal? Conventional wisdom says that it’s the result of the deal being a “bad one.” But what are the other interpretations? What about the notable fact that Tesla … [continued]
