Solar City, before it had merged with Tesla, was one of the five companies I contacted to install a solar system. Eventually, 4 of them came out, and I selected 1 among them. 3 of them did site surveys the first time they visited. 1 did not, and I sent them packing right away. Which 1 did not? Solar City. They said I had to commit to the project by signing a binding commitment form before they would survey the site. I then asked them if they would survey it that day, and they said, no, it would have to be sent into a department, then they would call me, and schedule an appointment, for someone to come out to do the survey. No way! That ended that then and there. Later, when investigating this lapse in their reasoning, I realized it might be for liability reasons.
Ever since then, I've been encouraging Tesla (now with Solar City merged into it) to use flying sensors to do construction surveys rather than humans. I actually have an idea for Tesla to leapfrog the competition about this, but since I don't work there, they'll probably never get it. But, for now, I finally found an example of a way to at least come into the modern age regarding this issue, using flying sensors, in an advertisement from a company called AutoDesk:
3D Robotics on Twitter
Ever since then, I've been encouraging Tesla (now with Solar City merged into it) to use flying sensors to do construction surveys rather than humans. I actually have an idea for Tesla to leapfrog the competition about this, but since I don't work there, they'll probably never get it. But, for now, I finally found an example of a way to at least come into the modern age regarding this issue, using flying sensors, in an advertisement from a company called AutoDesk:
3D Robotics on Twitter
