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Tesla misses Solar Roof installation targets – by a long, long way
Analysis by Wood Mackenzie finds Tesla falling well short of its Solar Roof installation targets, and warns other BIPV products may take the lead in US.
Joshua S Hill

Apr 5, 2023

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Solar

Tesla Solar Roof open for “reservations” in Australia – no word on delivery times
Tesla solar PV panels now available for order in Australia, and reservations also open to those interested in Tesla’s complete solar roof.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 17, 2020

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Solar

Musk re-boots plan to “make roofs come alive” as Tesla unveils new solar tile
Tesla launches version three of its solar glass roof, with bigger and more efficient tiles, but target market moves on from Desperate Housewives.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 28, 2019

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Commentary

Can solar on the roof really power your EV?
With China, India, Norway, UK, France and California planning to ban manufacture and sales of new internal combustion engine cars, and EVs on the rise, will a solar roof become popular add-on option for plug in EV’s?
David Woodgrove

Oct 17, 2017

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Electric Vehicles

10% Model 3 orders cancelled, but numbers jump since launch
Tesla puts net orders for Model 3 at 455,000+, as Musk and other employees become first to have solar roof installed at homes.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 3, 2017

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Solar

Tesla’s ‘solar roof’ open for orders – and down payments – in Australia
Tesla opens orders for its much-hyped solar roof, with installations of two varieties of its PV tiles to begin installations in the US mid-year and in Australia in 2018.
Sophie Vorrath

May 11, 2017

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Tesla to begin taking orders for Solar Roof in April
Production of the luxury BIPV product will not begin until “mid-2017”, and a waiting list has appeared on the Tesla site.
Christian Roselund

Mar 28, 2017

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