Elon Musk: Tesla's Solar Roof Will Cost Less Than a Traditional Roof (bloomberg.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: After Tesla shareholders approved the acquisition of SolarCity, the new company is now an unequivocal sun-to-vehicle energy firm. And Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk didn't take long to make his first big announcement as head of this new enterprise. Minutes after shareholders approved the deal -- about 85 percent of them voted yes -- Musk told the crowd that he had just returned from a meeting with his new solar engineering team. Tesla's new solar roof product, he proclaimed, will actually cost less to manufacture and install than a traditional roof -- even before savings from the power bill. "Electricity," Musk said, "is just a bonus." If Musk's claims prove true, this could be a real turning point in the evolution of solar power. The rooftop shingles he unveiled just a few weeks ago are something to behold: They're made of textured glass and are virtually indistinguishable from high-end roofing products. They also transform light into power for your home and your electric car. "So the basic proposition will be: Would you like a roof that looks better than a normal roof, lasts twice as long, costs less and -- by the way -- generates electricity?" Musk said. "Why would you get anything else?" Much of the cost savings Musk is anticipating comes from shipping the materials. Traditional roofing materials are brittle, heavy, and bulky. Shipping costs are high, as is the quantity lost to breakage. The new tempered-glass roof tiles, engineered in Tesla's new automotive and solar glass division, weigh as little as a fifth of current products and are considerably easier to ship, Musk said.

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And fart unicorns while saving cancer

[BitZtream]

and powering the hyper loop and putting us on Mars.

In short, its going to save the world from everything.

Can we please stop posting shit from Musk. He doesn't know shit. He got lucky before .boom and has been riding that ever sense. He gets some smart people around him to do the actual work, but he's still just an egotistical asshole who'll tell you anything to get your attention when he's not front and center.

Please put your Musk hardon away BeauHD ... AND WHY THE FUCK DOES EVERY STORY NOW COME FROM ONE OF 3 RETARDED EDITORS INSTEAD OF ACTUAL SUBMISSIONS?

Re:And fart unicorns while saving cancer

[Anonymous Coward]

Paypal is a bank that stole from people while refusing to follow any banking laws. Everything else he has done has been subsidized directly by taxpayers. He's stealing from us, but you keep worshiping him.

Re:This is a silly waste of resources.

[hyades1]

Thank you for being a lying sack of shit.

Nothing you said was true, from your utter bullshit about insolation to your bullshit claim about electric cars being worse for the environment than those using internal combustion engines.

If your mother actually had hands rather than paws, she should probably use them to wash out your mouth.