Tesla’s Solar Roof is incredibly sleek… and incredibly expensive

Beyond selling cars, it's no secret which Tesla's overarching aim is to change how the world uses and generates electricity. Hardly a well-kept secret, Elon Musk explained as much throughout the second iteration of Tesla's master program. “The point of all this,” Musk composed back in 2016,”was, and remains, accelerating the advent of sustainable energy, so that we can imagine far into the future and life is still good.” “By definition,” Musk proceeded to describe,”we must at some point achieve a sustainable energy economy or we will run out of fossil fuels to burn and civilization will collapse. “In light of that, it wasn't all that surprising if Tesla in 2016 bought SolarCity for almost $2.7 million. One year later, Tesla opened up orders for wood tiles created to convert sunlight to electricity. Now without doubt, the solar roof tiles Tesla sells seem amazingly slick and are essentially identical from a regular roof. Cost wise, however, Tesla's solar roof tiles make much to be desired.Tackling this issue, Electrek relays some interesting information regarding a quote a potential customer was granted about installing a solar roof.> For a 9.45 kW system on a 1,862 square foot roof, Tesla is charging 64,634 for your solar roof, along with $10,050 for a Powerwall, as well as yet another $10,630 for roof and website repairs.> It provides up to some shocking total of 85,314 to your Whole solar roof system and work.> > The solar roof adds up to nearly $35 per square foot, which is significantly higher than the $21.85 cost Tesla first directed for its product.The report does make a point of noting that the roof in quest boasted a compact amount of solar cells which likely added to the cost. Incidentally, Musk mentioned during a recent shareholder meeting that the company's next-gen Solar Roof will probably be priced about the same as a”shingle roof plus someone's utility cost” or even reduced.

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