jimm01
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You are correct there is no custom cutting with V3 (as was the case with V2). There is a YouTube video demonstrating this in a valley (search for Dragon Scale Valley). The same holds true at the gable ends and cheeks.|I could be wrong, but I think all the cutting is done with metal pieces, not glass.
If Tesla is being totally honest then this is a crisis of competence. I had a Tesla Solar roof installed last year--it was a cluster F@#k. Although the initial 'paperwork' was easy (except for the waiting). From the time the material was delivered it was total chaos. Murph's law prevailed at every step (I wrote about some of it here: The Domino Effect sorry for the prose but it was an early morning rant after a sleepless night). In any case, I still haven't paid them. They damage my house and some of the workmanship is very poor. As far as power generation is concerned; so far not at any instance, even high noon on a clear day, has it generated above 80% capacity. Closer to the summer solstice I will download my data and then make a fuss. So cost recovery will take much longer.
I do think it's a viable product I just think Tesla need more experience designing installing it. My father was in the roofing and siding business. I worked for him before and during college. I also worked in building material supply business and did cost estimation for roofing siding, windows, rain gutters, sheeting, etc., as well as project management. I have built two houses for myself, and have rehabbed and remodel several properties, subcontracting very little. From that experience I think I can honestly assess what was poor project management and no site management. I saw lots of wasted time and material (see photo of left over material that went to a landfill).
In any case, Something's not adding up. Tesla should be able to provide empirical data of what and where specific cost escalations are. A Tesla solar roof is first and foremost a roof, and I doubt a Tesla solar roof is any more complex than installing a slate roof. In fact there are YouTube videos stating as much. This is supposed top be a growth industry--other competitors are out there--if I were an investor I'd be worried.
This sounds more like incompetence and lack of experience, (or something more sinister is going on here). However, I have to agree, Hanlon's Razor applies to Tesla's "excuse" for the recent cost escalation.
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."