Solar Roof
Tesla's new Solar Roof costs less than a new roof plus solar panels
Tesla has launched the third iteration of its solar roof tile for residential home use, which it officially detailed in a blog post on Friday and in a call with media. Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicked off the call with some explanatory remarks on the V3 Solar Roof, and then took a number of questions. The company says it'll begin installations in the coming weeks (Musk says some installations have already begun) and that it hopes to ramp production to as many as 1,000 new roofs per week.
Tesla starts taking solar roof orders next month
We still don't know how much these solar shingles will cost.
Tesla Drops ‘Motors’ From Their Name | Autoblog Minute
Tesla Motors will no longer include ‘Motors’ in their name as they become more than just an automaker company.
Recharge Wrap-up: Tesla Model 3 solar roof option likely, Zipcar offers free cars on election night
Musk says there'll "probably" be a solar roof option for the Model 3. Zipcar wants to help users vote. 90% of Nissan Leaf owners live in "No Charge To Charge" cities.
Tesla’s Powerwall 2 and Solar Roof Unveiled | Autoblog Minute
Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s new Powerwall 2 and Solar Roof at Universal Studios in LA.
Tesla chief Elon Musk now dreaming of solar roofs, not just panels
Why get a new roof to put your panels on when you could just get a solar roof?
Renault launches automotive industry's "biggest solar energy project"
In cooperation with Gestamp Solar, Renault is launching what it hails as the automotive industry's "biggest solar energy project." By installing solar roof panels at six of its French plants, Renault hopes to harness the power of the sun to cut its CO2 emissions by 30,000 tons a year. Renault says that the solar panels - eventually covering an area that's equivalent to 63 football fields - boast a total power output of 60 megawatts (the ap
Fiat to add solar roofs to power vehicle accessories [w/video]
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Thule to install solar cells on roof of U.S. headquarters
Thule, self proclaimed "experts in maximizing a vehicle's roof space," have decided to maximize their own roof space, so to speak, by installing a 318-kilowatt (kW) DC solar photovoltaic (PV) system at their Seymour, CT U.S. headquarters. Consisting of two separate arrays with a total of 1,876 solar panels, the system will provide 26 percent of the facility's total electrical needs. The sun-loving system was subsidized by The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund's On-site Renewable Distributed Energy P