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My assumption is they don't...However, this video mentions that Tesla included a free service panel upgrade when installing. At first, I thought it was an early install so they gave him a complimentary panel upgrade for being an early adopter, but it looks like it was uploaded last week...

If money ain't a thang, get solar roof or if your roof is in bad shape and you already plan on fixing it, get solar roof. Otherwise, get solar panels. I'd recommend buying if you plan on staying in the house long term. Not sure the full billing mechanics of rental, but best value is to buy...

Yep, I received a pretty high quote for solar roof from another company...I would liken that claim to other solar providers who offer integrated roof + solar contracts to help people claim the whole thing on their taxes. They can claim it but they won't be on the hook if the IRS comes after you...

This is what our CPA said: "There is guidance that the cost over and above a "normal" roof cost would qualify for the credit. Thus, if a "normal" roof would cost $10K and the Tesla roof is $30K, the qualify costs would be $20K, or a credit of $5,200 if completed in 2020. The credit drops to...

Thanks, I see it on the agreement now that you mention it. It's right around my estimate of 65% claim.

Thanks this is super helpful. If you don't mind me asking, what % of the payment did you claim for taxes?

San Diego! Yeah we still need AC here lol...so far we've gotten lucky...our area seems to have a nice constant breeze so it hasn't gotten too warm, but we've only been here for about a month.

Interesting...70% is materially higher. Using my $10.5k estimate, that's about 65% of the cost. Mind if I ask how big your system was (kw) relative to the sq. ft of your roof?

Yeah good point. Other issue is that Tesla puts it on their web page what they think the net price is after. Unfortunately the solar tax credit law is so vague that it's enticing to interpret it to include that. However, I checked with a CPA who suggested I take the approach of deducting the...

Haha I actually wasn't paying electricity in my last apartment so that's an estimate. We also live in an area where we don't need A/C and we're obsessive about conserving energy. I might still be pretty off though. Either way, I tried to over-order on solar just in the (high) likelihood that I'm...

Really great point, but I'm 95% certain that you can only claim the net difference between a roof repair and the solar roof for the tax credit. So in this example I couldn't claim the full $30K and discount that by 26% on my taxes. I could only do $30K - $10.5K (cost of re-roof) = $19.5K for tax...

I've been struggling with this for months. I'm absolutely an over analyzer and have been driving my wife crazy by waffling back and forth on the two options below: Context: Just bought a house, roof is in bad shape, installing solar in Southern California. South face roof with a slope...

Does anyone know what happened to Saba motors? I can't seem to find much information about them and their website seems to be a bit outdated...Did they go under?

Is it just me or does 50K MSRP seem a bit high? I know that doesn't take tax credits into consideration (or does it?) but I was hoping for something like 29-35K. THAT would have been great to see. Essentially, it costs about 10K less than an entry level Model S (which would have better range...

I disagree with this. Reason being is that the average Joe watches TV and reads the news. Even if a 30% reduction in range in itself may be okay, news networks (Fox would be first in line) and opinion articles would start writing about how Tesla lied about the initial range and is now stating a...