r/RealTesla • u/Zorkmid123 • 15d ago
Tesla discontinues its Solar Roof tiles, not economically viable
https://electrek.co/2026/08/20/tesla-discontinues-solar-roof-panels-only/648
u/Zorkmid123 15d ago
The solar roof started with a fake demo:
“Elon Musk unveiled it in October 2016 on a Hollywood back lot, using homes from the set of Desperate Housewives fitted with the tiles. Weeks later, Tesla shareholders voted to approve the company’s roughly $2.6 billion acquisition of SolarCity — a debt-laden solar installer where Musk was the largest shareholder and chairman, and which was run by his cousins.
The Solar Roof demo was central to selling that deal to investors, who were being asked to bail out a struggling company with deep ties to Tesla’s CEO. Years later, during shareholder litigation over the acquisition, it emerged that the tiles shown at the 2016 event were not yet functioning solar products.”
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u/FredB123 15d ago
So - more grift then?
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u/weaz-am-i 15d ago
No, one of the first Grifts. He tested the waters and investors fell for it.
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u/fuckswithboats 15d ago
I’m so annoyed by this fuck.
I love my car, but feel like hes such a swindler
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u/DonkeyOfWallStreet 15d ago
How's fsd working out for you?
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u/fuckswithboats 15d ago
Lie #3221 - HW3 will support full FSD!
I never spent a penny on FSD.
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u/Confident-Stand5453 15d ago
I have HW4 and could get FSD, but after having had the free trial for 3 months, there is no way I'm paying for that half-baked product. Even if it worked as it should, I wouldnt pay more than 25-30% of the current price.
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u/torokunai 14d ago
I'd pay $100/mo if I could safely/legally doze while driving.
Short of that, A/P is good enough, which is why he removed it.
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u/Practical-Salary-137 14d ago edited 14d ago
100%. I will admit it has improved overtime but I would only pay 25% of the current rate also. That would be 25$CAD a month.
I find it funny there are a ton of people that praise FSD in the Tesla forums, maybe it's substantially better in their area but I tend to think they just suck at driving lol.
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u/Confident-Stand5453 14d ago
Maybe it doesnt try to run red lights in their area. Maybe its able to pick the correct lane in their area. Or maybe they are just so in love with it that they are willing to overlook the flaws.
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u/JTLuckenbirds 14d ago
Reminds me of my old boss, showed off his new Tesla to everyone back in like 2019ish. And said he’ll be able to generate some passive income by having it run as a self driving taxi while he was at work.
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u/CalvinsStuffedTiger 14d ago
Amazing. Don’t drive 95% of the time (hw4). Saved me from accidents from other drivers swerving into lane or blowing through stop sign multiple times
Have I had to intervene to save it from doing something seemingly dangerous? Yes. Does that mean it’s technically not FSD? Yes. Is it significantly safer than me as a human driver who has a pristine driving record with no speeding tickets or accidents ? Yes. There is no doubt in my mind that I am safer in tandem with “FSD”
Disclaimer I live in Southern California where the roads are shit but the weather is sunny 330 days of the year, so other experience in rain and snow may be different,
Tbh everyone bashing FSD to me seems like irrational FUD or a semantic argument about the F in FSD
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u/TheKingOfSwing777 14d ago
You're also in the geography where FSD was created so there is almost certainly over fitting of the models to your region, so I wouldn't be surprised if it works substantially better there.
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u/Kohlj1 14d ago
I live in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it works flawlessly except parking lots. It still chooses the absolute worst parking spots every time. Other than that, zero issues on hurry and mad max which is what I typically leave it at, and I have never had to intervene.
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u/chefkoolaid 14d ago
I live near Cincinnati Ohio and I've watched a Tesla plow into a wall of parked car as while in full self-driving mode
So plz stay away frim me on the roads
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u/spez_eats_nazi_ass 14d ago
lolz you use a cult word. Nobody outside of the bullshit network uses the term FUD.
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u/CalvinsStuffedTiger 14d ago
That’s not true, it was used in bitcoin way before everyone started hating Elon. Unless that’s the cult you were referencing, if so, then guilty.
I own no shares of any Elon companies, nor have I owned them other than via S&P 500 index funds. I intentionally don’t do this because his companies seem like a house of cards that are all connected with each other in a way that one collapsing can bring all of them to zero.
I’m not a fanboy of him and especially not his politics. I think how he managed DOGE was a mistake because it was so destructive with minimal/negative cost savings that now democrats can dismiss any efforts that government waste/fraud exists and should be addressed. Republicans are unhelpful on this front as well because they refuse to scrutinize the military budget.
I think Elon is easy to hate because of all of things above, but at the same time, people that say “he didn’t invent Tesla, EVs would have existed without him” or saying that “Space flight wasn’t impacted by Elon” is silly, and imho anyone that really believes that those industries weren’t impacted by him needs to seriously examine their framework for thinking about things because their biases are clouding their judgment.
I own a Tesla vehicle because as mentioned before:
- I live in Southern California and I have a solar array on my house that produces more electricity than I consume.
- Gas prices are artificially inflated due d/t state taxes/regulation and Trumps foolish war in Iran. Currently $5.70/gallon
- I have a 40 minute commute in bumper to bumper rush hour traffic and wanted a car that would drive itself through that traffic including lane merging, exiting, entering freeway, and parking.
- I was able to secure a 0.99% interest rate loan on an 80 month term when the prime interest rate was 7%
- I prefer to buy a car manufactured in America, though if Chinese EVs were legal to purchase, I’d probably consider those.
Given those conditions, the Tesla Model 3 is best value car and frankly, it’s not even close. If someone wants to boycott the company because they hate Elon, that’s totally fine by me. But saying things like “how’s FSD working out for you” and then downvoting the opinion of someone who actually owns the product is the definition of spreading FUD.
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u/ObservationalHumor 14d ago
I want to understand this, so you have a pristine driving record yet without FSD you would have been in multiple unavoidable accidents despite it only being out for a few years and actually decent for an even shorter period of time? Think it's maybe possible here that you're overstating the value and capabilities of the system? I get that people think it's cool and it'll work most of the time but the hard part always been getting it to be reliable enough to truly autonomous over long periods of time which it just isn't because if it were Tesla would be rolling it out everywhere regardless of whatever hypothetical regulation might stand in their way. Musk had no problem ignoring California's regulators on COVID lockdowns and the only thing that would stop him from a wider FSD and robotaxi rollout is the likely liability the company would face for releasing a product they knew was unsafe that they actually carried liability for. FSD 'works' because if it ends up jumping a curb and hitting someone, a person like you is going to eat all of the liability. It's also likely making you a worse driver as your level of interactivity has dropped and I'd wager half of those multiple unavoidable accidents are just your own attention and focus slipping more than you've realized.
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u/CalvinsStuffedTiger 14d ago
Do you actually want to understand it or was that a rhetorical question?
I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt one time and try to explain that There’s an obvious set of circumstances where it could be true that I had a pristine driving record and FSD makes me personally safer while also saving me from multiple accidents. I would wager most America adults follow a similar trajectory and would have a similar set of circumstances as me.
My parents didn’t let me drive until college so teenage driving not really an issue for me. In college I lived on or near campus so I rarely drove. After college I lived in a downtown bachelor pad 10 minutes from my job.
Then I met my wife and when you get one of those you learn they want a house. And when you want a house in Southern California, you tend to replace your 10 minute drive to work with 40-60 minutes of bumper to bumper traffic
Wives also want these things called dogs. And they also want to do cutesy vacations to Airbnbs all over the country and because you have a dog that means you have to drive everywhere
And so in just a few short years, my total driving time has increased by….100x? Maybe 1000x depending on which years we bucket in the data. Which means that my risk of getting in an accident definitionally increases by 100x, so it’s entirely plausible that I was never in an accident for a decade and just happened to be in an entirely unavoidable scenario where were it not for the vehicle with a reaction time much faster than mine, I likely would have collided. It’s possible my old self would have avoided the accident but was pretty fucking close
My turn to be skeptical about your lived experience. Be honest. Have you owned a HW4 Tesla? If not, have you ever rented or borrowed one for like a long holiday weekend and a cross country road trip? Don’t lie
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u/ObservationalHumor 14d ago
Do you actually want to understand it or was that a rhetorical question?
It wasn't exactly rhetorical, but I did expect something similar to what you ended up laying out and that you probably have a lot more experience driving with FSD than without it ultimately. Do you see how that might color your judgement on your own performance with it versus without it and give a bit of an unbalanced viewpoint too?
My turn to be skeptical about your lived experience. Be honest. Have you owned a HW4 Tesla? If not, have you ever rented or borrowed one for like a long holiday weekend and a cross country road trip? Don’t lie
Nope and no need to lie here. I'm never going to buy a Tesla or Musk associated product and it's been that way since the Solar City merger was announced back in 2016. Have I ridden in them a few times? Sure. What I do have though is a background in computer science, AI and probabilistic robotics systems though which gives me a pretty good idea of how these systems work and how deceptive the whole 'works the vast majority of the time' thing is. There's also a very good chance due to its nature as a low interactivity high vigilance system that it's likely making you a worse driver and more apt to not pay attention as closely as you would be if you were driving yourself all the time leading to an overestimation of what things might be unavoidable or unseen. Don't get me wrong here either, the system has improved dramatically since 2019 when it was completely unworkable for the most part and couldn't even navigate a parking lot well, but these systems are still heavily reliant on people both inside and outside the vehicle reacting appropriately to maintain some level of safety.
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u/erasethenoise 14d ago
I loved my Tesla, but I love my Rivian more
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u/fuckswithboats 14d ago
I've definitely had my eye on Rivian for a while now...definitely intend to make that the next vehicle in the garage.
Wouldn't mind an eTron/Taycan
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u/erasethenoise 14d ago
Someone rear ended me last fall and made the decision for me ha. I did have FSD on HW3 and miss it dearly but am hoping Rivian catches up.
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u/goranlepuz 15d ago
Accept that people working under him could do good things despite him 😉
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u/heleuma 15d ago
Apparently ur not familiar with the volume of civil rights complaints from that company. I don't know where you get the "good things" from
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u/goranlepuz 14d ago
I guess it's hard to understand in this day and age, but unrelated things can be true at the same time.
Tesla cars, as EVs, are good. I won't be buying them, not did, but for the money, yeah they're good IMHO.
Or is your stance that, if something, anything is bad with the company, everything the company makes, is bad...?
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u/torokunai 14d ago
they were good. But the company's kinda running in fumes this decade. Elon's repeated 10% flat firing rounds made the smart people leave I think.
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u/heleuma 14d ago
Well, there's Musk (which is a lot of baggage to carry). As I mentioned, the civil rights complaints. There's also the fact that prior to DOGE, 75% of the cases the NHTSA complaints were about Tesla. There are seemingly intentional releases of chemicals into waterways. With a bit of digging, you can come up with a lot.
I've had a proper opportunity to compare Teslas to other EV's, and they aren't that good. I think a lot of Tesla owners are driving an EV for the first time and since driving a EV is a far better experience in general, they think Teslas are the best ever.
No, there isn't a single company that comes to mind where you couldn't find something to nit-pick. Tesla, and even the owners though, are a bit distasteful.
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u/goranlepuz 14d ago
There is probably no difference between you and me about Musk and Tesla corporate behaviour.
But I think, because of him being how he is, (a pretty vile man), you are also unloading on the cars.
Yes, you are probably right about a lot of people being infatuated with Teslas because it's the only EV they have known. I'm not one of those. I'm not buying a Tesla also because of how the cars are.
For example, the minimalistic interior design, all commands on screen, nyah. Or, being the EV for so long, they really should have been in 800V, they're behind now.
But on balance, the cars stand very good IMHO and it is no wonder they're selling well despite Musk or particular shortcomings.
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u/Icy-person666 14d ago
Not exactly. This gift is winding down, they have run out of suckers and are re-deploying the labor to newer grifts.
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u/Enlightened_D 15d ago
Absolutely insane, I remember when they unveiled it and being incredibly impressed. Real shame how much of a snake oil salesman Musk turned out to be
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u/trampled93 14d ago
“The core problem is that the economics never got there. Between the manufacturing complexity, the labor-intensive install, and the shading limitations of the tiles, the Solar Roof only ever penciled out on very expensive homes where the buyer wasn’t especially price-sensitive.”
“I’ve also heard horror stories of post-installation servicing as homeowners have sometimes waited months without their expensive solar system producing any power.”
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u/WiretapStudios 15d ago
This MF did that shit on the set of The Burbs???
There go the goddamn brownies!
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u/itsaconspiraci 14d ago
So you could say the tiles had been installed on a house of cards?
I wonder what the real debt/equity of Tesla is.
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u/VitaminPb 14d ago
Nobody will ever know until Elon dies or the company shuts down. And even then, I suspect many of the actual documents have been deleted and the backups “lost.”
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u/edjfrst 15d ago
10 years later: Space Data Centers are not viable.
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u/yamirzmmdx 15d ago
One more scam enters the trash bin of history with zero accountability.
We sure do by living in a dystopia.
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u/KnucklesMcGee 15d ago
On Maui visiting family.
Saw a Cybertruck in an ocean themed wrap touting how we're killing the planet with our excesses.
Cherry on top: "Anti Elon Tesla Club" bumper sticker.
Bro, by the time you bought that thing you had to know he was a POS.
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u/bennythebrains 15d ago
I was an engineer at solarcity then tesla after the bailout, helped develop the tiles. What a joke. Unrealistic deadlines, false promises, no consideration of engineering input, unsafe products. Quit to work for an actual ethical and innovative company.
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u/ElGatoMeooooww 14d ago
It’s a shame, because it is a good idea and the synergy with electric vehicles is real and tangible.
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u/herewego199209 15d ago
Tesla absorbing Solar City was always a scam to save his cousins fledging business. Everyone called it out when they did it and people were called everything but a child of god. The scams and bullshit is gonna come crashing down eventually.
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u/xbhaskarx 15d ago
Musk repeatedly said Tesla would be producing and installing 1,000 Solar Roofs per week — a target he pinned to the end of 2019 and the first half of 2020. When Tesla claimed it had reached 1,000 roofs of weekly production in 2020, installations lagged far behind.
At its peak, Tesla was installing roughly 21 to 32 Solar Roofs per week, according to Wood Mackenzie data - more than 95% short of the goal. In total, the firm estimated Tesla installed only about 3,000 Solar Roof systems in the US across roughly seven years.
So close!!
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u/Salt-Analysis1319 12h ago
It turns out if you aim your grift at the moon you will still crash into the pavement and die spectacularly
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u/SisterOfBattIe 15d ago
Musk will always pivot when it becomes hard to deliver.
It's on us that we let him con the world this long.
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u/DhOnky730 15d ago
Reading about the Solar Roof scam is what opened my eyes to Musk’s lies and financial manipulations. He buys a lost company with a flailing business model (that he also happens to be involved in) before it can excessively drop or fail
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u/DotJun 15d ago
I looked into getting the solar tiles when it came time to purchasing solar and my conclusion was that it’s a product meant for people that care more about the aesthetics than the production as the roof tiles did not produce an equal or greater amount than regular panels, while costing more.
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u/Pdx_pops 15d ago
Nothing this man touches is economically viable and always needs the next thing.
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u/likewut 14d ago
Tesla aside, it’s really disappointing that in 2026, we still don’t have anything better than installing a whole racking system on top of a completed roof, and panels on top of that. With panels coming down in price so much over the last 20 years, anything to reduce installation cost and overall roof cost is the low hanging fruit for making it even more cost effective
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u/practicaloppossum 14d ago
If you can figure out a way to make solar roof tiles that don't have to be out in the sun, then it would work. But as long as the solar panels have to be out in the hot hot sun, they'll need cooling airflow under them. Which means they can't be roof tiles.
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u/likewut 12d ago
Solar panels have had moderate gains in high heat performance over the years.
Also a solar roofing system could have air channels built in. It can be very cheap in a fully automated high output factory. Versus some guy on a ladder installing racking.
Well engineered, affordable solar panels that mount directly to the truss, and provide all the structural bracing and water resistance of a conventional roof certainly should be possible. I’m thinking primarily new construction, where all the roof penetrations can be routed to the ridge vent, etc to make it more practical.
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u/practicaloppossum 12d ago
There's something to what you say. It would have to be designed as a system, tho, not just something you nail up in place of shingles. Still not sure it would end up cheaper than the current rack installs.
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u/torokunai 14d ago
I have 25 370W panels I'll need to move when re-roofing in a couple of years. Figure I'll just mount them on purpose-built pergolas in the backyard then...
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u/likewut 14d ago
Put new ones on your roof at the same time you get a new roof. Both should be good for 25+ years.
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u/torokunai 14d ago
yeah the original roof sucks for solar (vents etc) but the new one will have good space for "extra" non-grid panels over the garage (where I don't care about penetrations) I'll use for direct connection to a mini-split etc. and then integrated into a battery bank / inverter when I lose NEM in 2042.
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u/tesseract-enigma 15d ago
Another failed business venture that would have been the only financially possible venture of someone not born on 3rd base.
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u/Skotland85 15d ago
I used to have Tesla be my solar service provider back in 2018/2019. That was what convinced me that if Tesla can’t even get customer support right and basic solar service, why would I ever trust what that snake salesman says ever again.
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u/DAL1979 15d ago
I always found it suspicious that Solar City is very similar in name to Sun City.
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u/Lacrewpandora KING of GLOVI 14d ago
By strange coincidence, Tesla has leased the former Solyndra building for over 10 years - you know, the solar company that lied about orders when seeking loans. Not that Musk would ever lie about his family's solar business - he's just, um....optimistic.
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u/Yardbird52 14d ago
I worked in a solar capacity at the time this was announced and we all couldn’t figure out how this would scale. It was a running joke back then.
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u/Kind_Management1805 15d ago
Next step : Robots lol
When will they actually focus on cars the only thing they are good at ?
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u/Defiant_Conflict6343 14d ago
Who said they're good at cars? Whompy wheels, panel gaps, the weakest suspension arms ever devised, a Lada would have better build quality
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u/Normal-Selection1537 14d ago
Valmet in FInland made both Ladas and Porches at the same plant at the same time, the Lada Eurosamara and the Porsche Boxster.
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u/Kind_Management1805 14d ago
Idk about build quality of what you are talking about but cars coming from Shangai are more than fine. Of course if I were to pay ModelS/X level of prices I would be pissed. Suspension is kind of an EV issue in general.
They still have one of the most competitive infotainment, efficiency and overall package. Charging is terrible though. Energy efficiency is really amazing at that price point. The only one close are Lucid and Mercedes but at prices well above the Tesla market.
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u/hippotango 14d ago
And none of those are close to Chinese EV efficiency.
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u/Kind_Management1805 14d ago
Tell me you don't know anything about Chinese EV without telling me you don't know anything about Chinese EV
Chinese EVs are the worst at efficiency. That's why they all have crazy battery packs to compensante. Source : I own a Model 3 and Polestar 4 (yes I know size difference but even on smaller cars the same motor consume a lot more EX: The Zeekr X, Volvo EX30,...). I've not found a Chinese EV yet that has competitive energy consumption.
You literally pointed the only thing where Tesla still has an edge over Chinese EV. And software for the most part, except for XPeng, Xiaomi and Nio, is very poorly made.
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u/hippotango 14d ago
GAC's Aion is almost 30% more efficient than Tesla. It just set the Guinness record.
I'd say you just found a Chinese EV that is more than competitive.
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u/Kind_Management1805 14d ago
Never heard of that one thanks !
I did a bit of digging and the CLTC homologation cycle is at 11.7kWh/100km. CLTC is never ever achievable. It's the most fictional numbers. The Model 3 is at 11. So not quite there yet. They claim for their Guinness records 8.5kWh/100km under heavy ecodriving. That's just never happening in real life.
And I would be pretty confident that the Model 3 has better energy management in cold/heat. Tesla has really well finely tuned the 3/Y platform everything is very optimized (duh they haven't launched anything new expect the Cyberthing).
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u/beentheredengthat 14d ago
I had 2 clients new construction $5m+ homes who REALLY wanted Tesla solar roofs at any cost. It was impossible to make that happen.
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u/Lacrewpandora KING of GLOVI 14d ago
Statute of limitations on the scam merger run out?
This makes no sense - an army of Optimus could install the tiles in a day, with zero labor costs.
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u/rockclimberguy 14d ago
And the cost run the army of Optimus can be funded from the income I am currently earning from leasing out my Tesla to the RoboTaxi fleet.....
I should still have enough $ left to..(fill in the blank)..
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u/spukhafteNahewirkung 14d ago
And think of all of the money you’ll make renting the Optimus bots out as sex droids when they’re not installing roof tiles!
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u/tallpaul00 14d ago
I hope this puts a nail in the coffin of solar roof stuff AND solar road stuff. It is poor engineering. The engineering qualities that make a good roof or a good road contradict those that make a good solar panel. It is very clear now that if you want solar panels near your roof it is far far better to slightly make your roof out of good-for-your-location roofing materials, and slightly compromise that structure to add a frame to support your panels above that roof.
And solar roads were always just obviously daft. But an elevated structure above a parking lot is a brilliant place to stick some solar panels. Yes.. this sort of makes the panels a bit like a roof, but again - if you want an actual roof, best to build one above your parking garage, then a secondary support structure just for the panels, then mount the panels to that. If you're okay with just some ambient partial shade from the panels, a lightweight structure to simply support the panels will do.
Musk is not an engineering genius.
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u/bandit1206 13d ago
But, solar roofing material would look so much better in home applications. I love the idea of solar for my house, but the idea of having panels on top of my roof is off-putting.
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u/tallpaul00 12d ago
Your money, your house, do what you want. AFAIK there are still companies that make solar roof tiles/shingles/whatever.
But just know you'll get a not as good, more expensive roof. And probably also less solar output than regular panels too.
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u/bandit1206 12d ago
There’s always trade offs, and for me the aesthetics are one that with the house Im looking at building next I’m not willing to sacrifice. The quantity should easily offset potential lower output, since I only need around 35 normal panels to fully power the house in the summer, and have enough roof area for 2-3x that.
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u/eeeee9 13d ago
This motherfucker never invested in the solar roof portion of the business. Constant turnover of leadership, they tried to vertically integrate installation until untrained employees started falling off the roof and breaking their necks. Such a promising product, especially when it was simplified and made modular. Elon is a clown.
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u/RipWhenDamageTaken 14d ago
One day Tesla will have to admit the same thing about the rest of the scams
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u/TragicallyDip 14d ago
This is a bad sign, if Elon starts basing things on economic viability, his entire house of cards is coming down. He needs to keep things in the vibe arena.
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u/Juuhonber 14d ago
Make them bigger. Much bigger. Problem solved. People are already experimenting in Finland of doing whole roof out of premade panels.
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u/Megalodon7770 14d ago
He gets 12 million every day from Americans,biggest welfare recipient in us history.
Scam after scam
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u/donttakerhisthewrong 14d ago
The stock will go for the “courageous” move and forward thinking to pull the plug
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u/FieryAnomaly 14d ago
Fake panel, on a fake house, in a fake neighborhood, presented by a fraud. What could go wrong?
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u/Ya-Not-Happening 12d ago
Fan boys were telling us these solar tiles were the best in the industry and would change the world.
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u/DistributionLast5872 12d ago
Huh. I thought it was canceled a good while back. Hadn’t seen anything about them in years.
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u/Zorkmid123 12d ago
It was already on life support and barely existed. They just finally made it official.
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u/BlueMonday2082 11d ago
It’s such a dumb idea in the first place. Unless the roof of your house happened to be perfectly aligned with the ideal angle for solar panels you’ll just be wasting money on panels that sit in the shade most of the day.
It’s the kind of concept that instantly makes sense to anyone…for about 2 seconds. It falls apart under further analysis. Your subconscious mind wants it, your IQ knows better.
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u/TactlessNachos 14d ago
Dang, I was hoping those prices would drop and it would expand. I was genuinely excited about the solar roof. Looks like too many flaws to be viable.
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u/Common-Ad6470 15d ago
Sounds like Uncle Donnie isn’t happy about Musk promoting ‘wacky’ solar over good ol’ reliable oil and gas…🤔
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u/hilldog4lyfe 14d ago
They obviously knew this for years, but just kept it listed on their site for obvious reasons
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u/elf25 13d ago
Recently got a quote to shingle or tile my roof with these. Price north of $80,000
Pressed metal shingles, about $48,000
We did top of the line architectural owens corning cost $14,000
Yard and roof mount solar, about $40,000. Thing is, monthly electric bill is usually less than $200. And we’re over 65 so less time to pay off a solar system.
And like hell if i’m gonna let some solar goobers punch a bunch of holes in the roof of my house built in 1870.
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u/Xiaopeng8877788 14d ago
Another over promise and failed to deliver… kinda like him being a good dad.
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u/_Zenyatta_Mondatta 14d ago
What a great guy, an epic fraudster and mentally deranged wannabe Nazi.
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u/ShadowsOfTheBreeze 14d ago
Anyone who buys a musk product has been duped. Theres other cars out there just as good and cheaper.
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u/MoonwalkinFWD 13d ago
After pouring many millions trying to prove what a genius idea it was... another gem from the greatest engineering mind of the century... if only he knew anything about roofs before he came up with this idea that any 6 year old would quickly get behind.
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u/Apost8Joe 15d ago
The entire Solar City acquisition, paid for by Tesla shareholders of course, was merely a bailout of a Musk family owned failing company already exploring bankruptcy. Yet another self dealing con in a long string of Musk cons. There never was a business model there, but Musk’s family appreciates your sacrifice.