Solarcity Roof Tile Review

Tesla solar installation costs.

Solarcity roof tile review.

Elon musk s solar roof tiles complete review v3. Learn more order now. Tesla s solar roof is finally making its way to consumer homes. Tesla s active solar shingles cost 2 85 per watt while the inactive shingles cost 5 60 per square foot.

Tesla s 2016 acquisition of solarcity is looking worse and worse. But when i talked to industry experts and executives about the solar roof. Tesla estimated the homeowner would need 2 779 square feet of roofing and suggested half solar and half non solar tiles. Textured glass tile roof.

Tesla s solar roof integrates active solar shingle tiles that can produce solar energy with inactive shingles to create a roof that produces solar energy without any actual solar panels. A smooth glass tile roof. And its 1 billion solar gigafactory in buffalo new york which the state built subsidized and equipped for solarcity seems. Stronger than standard roofing tiles.

We decided to weigh the pros and cons of tesla s latest offering to see whether it lives up to the hype. The real surprise was the appearance and the use of a supposedly unbreakable glass material for the tiles. Now that tesla and solarcity have merged tesla is starting to leverage the new resources available to them. The solar roof dream is dying.

The company made headlines in early 2019 when it dropped its solar installation prices to around 2 60 watt give or take ten cents depending on your area which is far below the average solar cost in the us. Tesla s solar roof was announced nearly four years ago to wide praise by excited investors. Tesla s v3 solar roof tiles also come with a 25 year warranty and measure 15x45. Elon musk has unveiled a redesign of tesla s solar roof tiles dubbed solar glass roof the new roof design will cost around 42 500 for a 2 000 square foot roof with 10kw of solar capacity.

Tesla took two major steps to drop this installation cost. Solar roof replaces your existing roof and brings it to life with beautiful solar tiles that can power your home for decades with the energy you produce. The cost of the roof came in at 73 600 and the calculator recommended. Tuscan glass tile roof.

Design function and form. However with their launch of the new solar roof v3 in 2019 there is now only one glass shingle style option which is most similar to the textured glass tile roof.