1 21 85 per square foot is the price of a solar roof derived using similar methodology roof size and energy costs described in consumer reports research this price does not reflect any solar incentives.
Tesl roof how many watts.
Assuming a very high efficiency cell one can generate.
Each shingle has a 6 inch solar cell.
Solar size number of panels power rating roof area covered.
The price was calculated for a roof where 35 percent of the tiles are solar solar tiles cost more per square foot than non solar tiles in order to generate 53 500 worth of electricity.
These solar tile costs are approximately double the cost of some already available solar options.
That costs around 50 000 once the federal solar investment tax credit is factored in and it produces around 9 85 kilowatts of power which tesla told tobler was the biggest system we have.
With this number there is a of about 0 50 watt since the tesla solar calculator uses 10 increments.
Based on previously successful products we can make some assumptions about tesla s solar roof shingle.
The actual total cost of a tesla solar roof will depend on the size of your home and your monthly energy usage.
Using these calculations the cost of the solar portion of tesla s solar roof comes out to 6 30 watt.
How much does a tesla solar roof cost.
The solar roof tiles cost 2 85 per watt and the inactive shingles cost 5 60 per square foot.
The tesla website pegs the solar roof at 1 99 per watt w a number far below the national average cost of solar panels 2 99 w.
While the owner of our 3 000 sq.
Tesla says that the typical homeowner can expect to pay 21 85 per square foot for a solar roof it s a fairly expensive product but it comes with a lifetime of the house warranty and 30.