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Tesla delaying announcement until 5pm Friday. That's usually when bad news is announced. We'll see.
Tesla announcement:
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Redesigned solar roof is finally ready for consumers, Musk says
By David Robinson
Published 7:40 p.m. October 25, 2019|Updated 10 minutes ago
Three years after first unveiling its solar roof, Tesla Inc.’s CEO Elon Musk said the long-awaited product is ready for consumers – a move that will spur more activity and hiring at the company’s Buffalo factory.
“We’ll definitely make New York proud about that factory,” Musk said during a conference call Friday. “It’s going to be great.”
Tesla expects to be producing about 1,000 solar roofs per week in Buffalo within a few months, Musk said.
The solar roof – now in its third iteration – is designed to look like a conventional roof, but with solar modules inside. Tesla has refined the design to make it easier to install, with about half as many parts than previous versions.
“It’s been quite hard to get to this point,” he said. “This is the first version that we think should be ramped up to scale.”
The solar roof – called Solarglass – will cost several times more than a conventional roof. Tesla estimated that a 2,000-square-foot roof made with black tempered glass would cost $33,950 – a price that includes an $8,550 federal tax credit.
But Musk said about 80% of homeowners would find that a solar roof is less expensive than installing a regular roof with conventional solar panels on it.
The solar roof is important to the Buffalo Niagara region because it is expected to be the main product produced at Tesla’s factory in South Buffalo -- which also produces traditional solar panels, as well as components for Tesla batteries and battery chargers.
“There’s a real center for excellence for power electronics there,” Musk said.
Neither. Buffalo is a rust belt city picking up whatever it can. It dang sure ain’t gonna boom, thanks to your state, but being at a low, there isn’t much chance of a bust, either.
Kinda how I feel about Rochester. I’m about to move there. May the Lord bless desolate places. I mean it...
Neither. Buffalo is a rust belt city picking up whatever it can. It dang sure ain’t gonna boom, thanks to your state, but being at a low, there isn’t much chance of a bust, either.
Kinda how I feel about Rochester. I’m about to move there. May the Lord bless desolate places. I mean it...
Desolate? Are you moving to a barge in the middle of Lake Ontario or something? Geez. Rochester area is 5X more populated than Tyler, and way more densely populated.
Relax, enjoy, and explore the area. Follow the advice that Texans give transplants - stop being whiny, leave the old attitude behind, and try to fit in.
Desolate? Are you moving to a barge in the middle of Lake Ontario or something? Geez. Rochester area is 5X more populated than Tyler, and way more densely populated.
Relax, enjoy, and explore the area. Follow the advice that Texans give transplants - stop being whiny, leave the old attitude behind, and try to fit in.
He's moving to Greece...apologies to the guy who started this thread, but Greece kinda sucks (JWRocks lives there as far as I remember). Best thing to ever happen in Greece is surely when the local atheist gave the 'prayer' before a town board meeting, which attracted national attention. Google just brought me to this article--can't believe it was 5 years ago already:
ETA: didn't even realize the prior Supreme Court case was 'Greece vs Galloway'! Interesting. Also, c'mon, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, the bolded is a pretty amateurish error:
'A member of the Atheist Society of Rochester, Courtney, an engineer, quoted the Declaration of Independence and called upon common principals that unite all Americans.'
Last edited by Matt Marcinkiewicz; 10-25-2019 at 09:09 PM..
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