Tesla for several years has been offering its own solution for the production of photovoltaic energy in residential environments with the Solar Roof project, i.e. a system of single photovoltaic tiles able to completely replace traditional roofing and at the same time offer a system for the production of electricity from solar sources.

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According to Elon Musk on 2021 will be the boom year of their product and Tesla is already preparing for requests hiring an army of cover tourists also relying on third party companies in the sector .

“When you look around your neighborhood in the future, for example ten years from now, what would you like to see? Which products will improve your life? What future do you want? I think of a future where we will have beautiful roofs capable of generating energy, resistant and better in every respect than a normal roof and full of energy, this is the future we want. Solar Roof will be a flagship product. It will become an ‘obvious’ technology next year “ said Musk.

Video of the quality test (class 4) for hail resistance, video at 2. 500 second: Each 5 cm hailstone travels at an impact speed of 160 kilometers per hour – on the left the Tesla tile, in the center and on the right traditional tiles

Solar installations Roof are more than doubled in the third quarter of 2020 , reaching i 57 MW installed , with Solar Roof installations ever faster and easier.

A service from Tesla for the time being on the US market and soon ready to conquer Canada, a technology that extremely interesting especially after the improvements made to the installation system, the structure of the tiles and the reduced price, a technology which, for the moment, has not yet reached the European market even if a lot of detailed information can be found on the manufacturer’s website about.