Tesla claims that it can install the new version faster and it was able to slash the price of the solar system.
Price of a tesla roof.
As an estimate if you need 2 000 square feet of roofing on your home a tesla solar roof will cost a little less than 44 000 according to tesla themselves.
The new roof design will cost around 42 500 for a 2 000 square foot roof with 10kw of solar capacity before tax credits or about 21 25 per square foot according to tesla s website though.
Solar roof is comparable in price to a typical roof with solar panels.
Tesla estimates that a 10kw solar roof will cost a total of 33 950 including incentives.
Translating this data into nerd speak aka an excel spreadsheet we can see that the cost of installing a metal roof and simply buying the equivalent of the electricity produced by the tesla solar.
The actual total cost of a tesla solar roof will depend on the size of your home and your monthly energy usage.
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The sun provides more than enough energy in just one hour to supply our planet s energy needs for an entire year.
How much does a tesla solar roof cost.
Tesla the company says solar roof will cost 21 85 per square foot of solar roof tile for a 3 000 square foot roof using the same calculation method in a consumer reports roof tile comparison.
The solar roof tiles cost 2 85 per watt and the inactive shingles cost 5 60 per square foot.
According to tesla the average tesla solar roof cost a property owner can expect to pay is around 21 85 per square foot this estimate was made based on a roof made of 35 percent solar tiles.
For the leaked solar roof quote provided to electrek tesla estimated that the price of energy over 30 years would cost 65 466 that equates to 2 182 20 spent on energy each year.
While tesla s listed solar roof prices have indeed been slashed many buyers have.
For a 9 45 kw system on a 1 862 square foot roof tesla is charging 64 634 for the solar roof along with 10 050 for a powerwall and another 10 630 for r oof and site repairs.