Another Tesla Solar Roof Tile customer has taken to the interwebs to show off his new system, and it gives us a view of what an installed retrofit system looks like. To date, installations of the sexy new Tesla Solar Roof Tiles have only trickled out, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk said at the Model Y unveiling last week that, “this is definitely going to be the year of the Solar Roof and Powerwall.”
With electric car purchases still driven in large part by environmental concern and leadership, it will not surprise many of you to learn that many electric car drivers also have solar panels on their homes.
WARNING: This article is centered around faux distortions of positive Tesla news, like you might see from Seeking Alpha or Wall Street analysts. The point is to add context and perspective (after the faux distortions) to the kinds of reactions you might see on larger media sites like CNBC and Business Insider.
Rich Blair of Venice, Florida signed up for a Tesla rooftop solar and Powerwall system a year ago. Since then, 6 of his neighbors have also gotten rooftop solar systems from Tesla. Blair says after he went to his local Tesla store, the process was simple and seamless.
Another article attempts to discredit Tesla, this time targeting its financial practices.
A man from Oliver in Canada is living the future today, powering his new Tesla Model 3 with a rooftop solar installation on his home.
The top 20 articles of the past week on CleanTechnica included a Tesla solar + Powerwall experience, reflections on the scary & concerning aftermath of California wildfires from the sky, yet another jarring wake-up call on global scorching and potential climate collapse, climate action via Tesla consumerism, the ongoing jockeying for a Tesla gigafactory in the various corners and centers of Europe, a raffle to win a Tesla while supporting climate action, and much more.
We went “live” with our solar installation on April 9, 2018. To recap, we’ve got 8.125 kW of generation capacity from our roof-mounted array of 25 panels, each capable of 320 watt gross output with a Powerwall 2 and a 240V Tesla car charging station.
Buying a Tesla is the most important thing you can do for the environment because it will help to dramatically lower the cost of batteries, making a 100% renewable grid affordable. Elon Musk recently said (and he is right!), “I think it’s probably fair to say that Tesla (our customers) has advanced sustainable energy by at least five years, conservatively, and maybe closer to 10, and then if we continue to make progress, we might advance it by 20 years. This could be all the difference in the world.”
A local news affiliate went inside Tesla’s 1.2 million square foot Gigafactory 2 in upstate New York for a firsthand look at what the company is doing inside its less celebrated solar Gigafactory.
