After a thorough analysis of our options we signed up with tesla.
Power output of tesla solar roof.
If the needed power is produced by standard panels on 1 4 of the roof or solar roof tikes on 1 2 of the roof and those solar tiles cost as much as all other roofing costs combined labor non solar tiles other materials inverters etc hypothetical tiles with 20 efficiency would reduce the total cost by almost 25.
After the electricity production tesla estimates that its solar roof will be cheaper than a non solar tile roof of similar style or virtually pay for itself through electricity savings.
With the new solar panels which are 10 more powerful according to a source familiar with the matter tesla s medium size solar system outputs now 8 16 kw and it costs just 16 000 before.
Tesla estimates that a 10kw solar roof will cost a total of 33 950 including incentives.
The solar roof tiles cost 2 85 per watt and the inactive shingles cost 5 60 per square foot.
Solar roof is comparable in price to a typical roof with solar panels.
A few months later they installed a brand new 10 59 kw tesla solar roof with 2 of tesla s 13 5 kwh powerwalls in the garage for.