Tesla Begins Solar Roof Installs (and mfr'ing in Buffalo).

[ElectricTundra]

This is certainly good news.

Tesla starts solar roof tile installation process with regular customers, production starts at Gigafactory 2

 

[ggr]

I had two calls from Tesla today wanting to get started with our roof installation. The problem is that I still don't have a firm quote, and I'm currently in Zurich, so my calls have basically consisted of "call back when I'm awake, which will be tomorrow morning your time!". The second came in at 2am here, and I never did get back to sleep.

 

[JKNN]

Very interesting! Cannot wait.

I wonder how long the delay for Europe will be. Does anyone have an idea about that?

 

[ElectricTundra]

The rumors I heard were that shipments to Europe would begin about 9 months after US customer installs began. First customer installs in the US are still being treated as semi beta so ramp up is expected to be somewhat slow.

@ggr, you're the second I've heard to have received a call. Congrats on that! You're ripping off your old roof to replace w/ Tesla?

 

[Cirrus MS100D]

This still doesn’t include the slate-looking tiles, right?

 

[ElectricTundra]

This still doesn’t include the slate-looking tiles, right?

I believe it is only smooth and textured with the other two to follow later this summer.

 

[JKNN]

The rumors I heard were that shipments to Europe would begin about 9 months after US customer installs began. First customer installs in the US are still being treated as semi beta so ramp up is expected to be somewhat slow.

Sounds good! May I ask where you heard this? As you may be sensing, I am dying to get the solar roof on our house to be built

 

[mspohr]

Tesla Solar Roof customer gives insights on cost and installation process

Here's an actual installation.

 

[thx1139]

Live just outside of Chicago. Today I got a call from a Tesla Energy representative today. Broke the news to him that we installed Solar in December.

 

[Olle]

How far along are they with Solar Roof production in the GF2-Buffalo factory? Is Panasonic stall making regular modules in there?

 

[TheTalkingMule]

I'm getting regular Panasonic modules(supposedly) from Buffalo a few weeks from now. Hoping to verify they were actually produced in NY, will post pics.

 

[Olle]

I'm getting regular Panasonic modules(supposedly) from Buffalo a few weeks from now. Hoping to verify they were actually produced in NY, will post pics.

Nice! Looking forward to hearing what they deliver.

 

[brian45011]

I'm getting regular Panasonic modules(supposedly) from Buffalo a few weeks from now. Hoping to verify they were actually produced in NY, will post pics.

"Repeated hold-ups since the Buffalo, New York plant opened last year have forced Tesla’s partner in the joint venture, Panasonic (6752.T), to seek other buyers for the components it had built to sell to Tesla, according to a Panasonic employee, a former Panasonic employee and a former Tesla employee.

Inside Tesla's troubled New York solar factory

 

[islandchick]

I had two calls from Tesla today wanting to get started with our roof installation. The problem is that I still don't have a firm quote, and I'm currently in Zurich, so my calls have basically consisted of "call back when I'm awake, which will be tomorrow morning your time!". The second came in at 2am here, and I never did get back to sleep.

brian45011's link says Tri Hyunh reportedly paid ~$100K Not a firm quote, but a ballpark