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Tesla will begin selling and installing its solar roof later this year, the company wrote in its fourth-quarter investor letter.
Tesla unveiled its solar roof product in late October, about a month before the company acquired SolarCity in a deal worth $2.1 billion. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said it looks "quite promising" that the solar roof could be cheaper than a normal roof, factoring in the price of labor.
Here's everything we know about the new solar roof product:
Tesla will offer four types of shingles to match different housing aesthetics in an effort to get homeowners to ditch clunky solar panel add-ons in favor of a beautiful roof.TeslaHere you see Tesla's textured glass option.Tesla
See how it shimmers?Tesla
Tesla tucked the solar cells behind the glass...Tesla
... And in doing so, you can't really tell the roof has solar cells. That's really the whole crux of Tesla's solar roof vision: to create something that's both aesthetically appealing and efficient.Tesla
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