During the company s second quarter 2020 earnings call last week ceo elon musk outlined how the electric car company is taking.
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Tesla ceo elon musk recently said the company s solar and energy storage business will grow faster than its electric vehicle business.
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In 2011 the company launched their expansion to the east coast with the acquisition of the solar division.
By 2009 solar panels it had installed were capable of generating 440 megawatts mw of power.
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Other than solarcity s massive installer workforce which will be doing more building and less installing in the future the asset most important to musk s solar glass roof will be panasonic s impressive panel efficiency and the durability of the tiles and shingles being made.
Solarcity the company co founded by elon musk now produces the world s most efficient rooftop solar panels with a module efficiency of just over 22 percent.
Last fall when tesla ceo elon musk first unveiled these photovoltaic tempered glass roofing tiles consumer reports performed a cost analysis and determined that for a solar roof to compete.
Solarcity was founded in 2006 by brothers peter and lyndon rive based on a suggestion for a solar company concept by their cousin elon musk who was the chairman and helped start the company.
Solar roof is comparable in price to a typical roof with solar panels.
Tesla s solar energy business could end up bigger than anticipated.
Tesla is offering a discount on solar panels and batteries to people who are affected by wildfire power outages elon musk tweeted.