Tesla’s innovations in solar are not recognized by either Wall Street or even most Tesla followers as a success. The story peddled by many who don’t want Tesla to succeed (the short sellers and those about to be disrupted, but I repeat myself) is that Tesla only bought SolarCity to bail out Elon Musk’s cousin’s Peter and Lyndon Rive, who had cofounded the company.
Sunrun has acquired Vivint Solar to become the largest roof top solar company in America.
Tesla has a few new ideas for its rooftop solar systems, namely standardized, predesigned systems that allow Tesla to meet or beat any competitive offers.
Tesla has met its goal of hiring 1,450 workers at Gigafactory 2 outside Buffalo, New York two months early. Elon Musk says he will deliver a “company talk” there in April.
Greetings from Vermont on New Year’s Day 2020 (at time of writing). Looking back into my archived articles here on CleanTechnica, it appears I have not had anything published since November 20, 2018. My first article regarding our rooftop solar + Tesla Powerwall 2 system was published on April 21, 2018.
How did Tesla Energy contribute to the company’s Big Picture fiscal framework in 2019?
Reuters has reported that Walmart and Tesla have settled their lawsuit. The lawsuit Walmart filed back in July claimed that Tesla solar panels caught fire on the roof of 7 stores in the United States. On Monday, November 4th, 2019, a court filing showed that Walmart voluntarily discontinued without prejudice. In other words, Walmart dropped the lawsuit.
While Tesla may be the most recognizable brand name in the realm of electric cars, one of the much less talked about aspects of Tesla’s Master Plan is the company’s efforts on the solar front. Are Tesla’s solar panels as good a deal as their cars? Let’s find out.
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.
Tesla energy products were part of a larger conversation about Q2 financial results and the 2018 overall anticipated fiscal picture.
