Tesla introduces new 420W solar panel

[pdx_m3s]

About a year after introducing the current 340W panel, Tesla is introducing a new, larger, 420W panel. This one is branded as a Tesla panel, and is likely a custom, contract-manufactured panel (I would assume by Hanwha). I don't think Tesla is making their own panels.

Similar efficiency, just larger. Tesla launches new 420-watt solar panel, setting 'high' mark

Edit: Looks like an all-black Q.Cell L-G8.2 utility-scale panel with a slightly different outer frame for roof attachment.

 

[holeydonut]

Haha I don't know if automotive grade scrutiny and quality assurance standards for Tesla is something to boast about ... some homeowners are about to get some crooked-azzz solar panels.

 

[Southpasfan]

A while back I looked at the Q-Cell site and it simply seems like the panel itself if whatever percent larger.

That of course, is no different than the current 340 panel, especially because the pricing is not per panel but per watt.

 

[dhanson865]

A while back I looked at the Q-Cell site and it simply seems like the panel itself if whatever percent larger.

That of course, is no different than the current 340 panel, especially because the pricing is not per panel but per watt.

might change the math for some people that couldn't fit an extra row on the south facing roof but maybe could fit a larger panel there.

might be a wash for the roofs that can fit multiple rows without issue.

 

[Southpasfan]

might change the math for some people that couldn't fit an extra row on the south facing roof but maybe could fit a larger panel there.

might be a wash for the roofs that can fit multiple rows without issue.

Yup.

There are plenty of roof configurations where you could fit two 420s but not three 340s I would think, so the customer in that example could get 840 instead of 680, or 20% more from that part of their roof.

I see many posts on the Post Your Layout thread that are roof configuration limited not cost limited.

 

[miimura]

Being able to mix different size panels would be another degree of freedom to maximize roof layouts. Of course, Tesla may not take this approach since they seem to like to be as cookie-cutter as possible.

 

[gpez]

About a year after introducing the current 340W panel, Tesla is introducing a new, larger, 420W panel. This one is branded as a Tesla panel, and is likely a custom, contract-manufactured panel (I would assume by Hanwha). I don't think Tesla is making their own panels.

Similar efficiency, just larger. Tesla launches new 420-watt solar panel, setting 'high' mark

Edit: Looks like an all-black Q.Cell L-G8.2 utility-scale panel with a slightly different outer frame for roof attachment.

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Guh - what a crappy article just to make a LOL 420!!11 joke... As @Southpasfan noted it's the same panel as the 340s just bigger but the article buries that until halfway in.

Too bad too because offering different sized panels is a good thing, but this isn't any new magic panel tech or anything like the headline implies.

 

[jjrandorin]

Guh - what a crappy article just to make a LOL 420!!11 joke.

I hovered over the link to the article in the first post, and confirmed what I thought I would find. I didnt even click it, because electrek is basically clickbait to me.

 

[sevu0511]

I think now its 425w/panel. Are these still Tesla Branded? or 3rd party ones?