Elon Musk want to turn your roof into a solar energy farm

Tesla CEO, SpaceX CEO, SolarCity Chairman, and all around inspirational tech icon and pioneer, Elon Musk, has yet another trick up his sleeve, aimed at changing the way we live. This time, it’s a solar roof. And to be clear, we’re not talking about a conventional roof with a bunch of solar panels layered all over it. We’re talking about ditch the shingles, ditch the tile, the slate … whatever. The roof itself, would be a solar power generator.
The news came via an earnings call, which usually means there’s motivation to give people reason to keep the stock steady, if not skyrocketing. Musk suggests that at some point, folks are going to have to replace their roof anyway, why not make it a solar roof? And you know, if it isn’t ridiculously expensive and can offset some electricity costs, why not? It’ll help if you don’t live under a bunch of trees or in the shadow of another building of course.
Oh, and you’ll be wanting to get Tesla’s home battery storage technology. Aha! I think we’re beginning to see the connection here. See, Solar City and Tesla are looking to merge – a proposition hailed as controversial what with Musk the CEO of one and the chairmen of the other – but it looks like it is going to go through anyway, so you might as well have a solid game plan going in, right?
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