{"id":83161,"date":"2018-09-30T08:02:39","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T15:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/what-happened-to-teslas-solar-roof-tiles"},"modified":"2018-09-30T08:02:39","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T15:02:39","slug":"what-happened-to-teslas-solar-roof-tiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/what-happened-to-teslas-solar-roof-tiles","title":{"rendered":"What Happened To Tesla\u2019s Solar Roof Tiles?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ABR4KgXoZPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk unveiled prototypes of Tesla\u2019s Solar Roof tiles In October 2016. They came in four styles that looked just like normal roofing material but were essentially miniaturized versions of traditional solar panels.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement helped Tesla justify its $2.6 billion acquisition of SolarCity one month later and represented Musk\u2019s vision for what the businesses could do together.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been almost two years since then. So where are the tiles?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe now have several hundred homes with the Solar Roof on them, and that\u2019s going well. It takes a while to just confirm that the Solar Roof is going to last for 30 years and all the details work out,\u201d Musk said on Tesla\u2019s Q2 earnings call in August.\u00bb Subscribe to CNBC: <a href=\"http:\/\/cnb.cx\/SubscribeCNBC\">http:\/\/cnb.cx\/SubscribeCNBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>About CNBC: From \u2018Wall Street\u2019 to \u2018Main Street\u2019 to award winning original documentaries and Reality TV series, CNBC has you covered. Experience special sneak peeks of your favorite shows, exclusive video and more.<\/p>\n<p>Connect with CNBC News Online<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/what-happened-to-teslas-solar-roof-tiles\">Continue reading \u201cWhat Happened To Tesla\u2019s Solar Roof Tiles?\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk unveiled prototypes of Tesla\u2019s Solar Roof tiles In October 2016. They came in four styles that looked just like normal roofing material but were essentially miniaturized versions of traditional solar panels. The announcement helped Tesla justify its $2.6 billion acquisition of SolarCity one month later and represented Musk\u2019s vision for what the businesses [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":467,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2019,17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-elon-musk","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/467"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}