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Tesla Adds An All-Glass Roof Option For Its Model S (fortune.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the electric-vehicles dept.

Elon Musk has had roofs on his mind lately. Last week, Musk unveiled the residential "solar roof," consisting of glass roof tiles with integrated solar panels. Today, he announced that customers will be able to add a glass roof to the Model S sedan for an extra $1,500. Tesla said that the glass roof can give passengers the feeling of "an open expansive cabin" that makes the Model S interior "feel amazing." Fortune reports: The move is another example of how Tesla continues to add new features and technology to its four-year-old vehicle, the second to debut in its growing lineup. In particular, Tesla has routinely updated the Model S with technology that has also been available in more recent car models. For example, the company's upcoming fourth car, the Model 3, will come with a glass roof. The new glass roof option also shows off Tesl'a new investment in automotive glass technology. Earlier this week Musk revealed that the company had created an automotive glass division. In the tweet on Friday, Musk said that the Model S glass roof was "very hard to develop."

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  1. Sounds great for Northern California by bheerssen · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I live in the Texas. This thing sounds like a solar oven to me. No, thanks.

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    (Score: -1, Stupid)
  2. good luck... by God+of+Lemmings · · Score: 3, Insightful

    just wait until the storm that drops hailstones.

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    Non sequitur: Your facts are uncoordinated.