Tesla's solar-roof installations — 3,000 in the U.S. — have badly missed projections

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Tesla's solar-roof installations — 3,000 in the U.S. — have badly missed projections
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After Tesla Inc. acquired Solar City in 2016 for $2.6 billion, Elon Musk had high hopes for its solar-shingle technology: Produce and install 1,000 of them...

After Tesla Inc. acquired Solar City in 2016 for $2.6 billion, Elon Musk had high hopes for its solar-shingle technology: Produce and install 1,000 of them weekly within a few years.

“The Tesla Solar Roof, an innovative... After Tesla Inc. acquired Solar City in 2016 for $2.6 billion, Elon Musk had high hopes for its solar-shingle technology: Produce and install 1,000 of them weekly within a few years. “The Tesla Solar Roof, an innovative roofing system made of glass tiles with embedded photovoltaic cells, attracted considerable attention after its initial launch several years ago. But granular installation data has always been elusive, making it challenging to analyze the product’s growth – until now,” Max Issokson, research analyst and lead author of Wood Mackenzie’s “Five Years In: Tesla Solar Roof deployments miss expectations” report.

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