Palo Alto-based Tesla, which makes electric cars, announced last fall that it would produce the tiles with solar power company SolarCity Corp. Tesla and SolarCity completed a merger in November.

Rooftop solar energy could get a stylish makeover if Tesla gets its way. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based tech company, known for its luxury electric cars, will begin selling roof tiles that convert ...

On its website, Tesla is taking $1,000 deposits toward work that includes removing a house's existing roof, installing the solar tiles and equipping the home with a battery to store power.

Tesla says outfitting a typical home in Maryland with the company’s new solar roof tiles will cost around $52,500 before tax credits. Over 30 years, the roof will generate $52,900 worth of ...

Tesla is launching a new solar roof tile with greater efficiency and higher power capacity. It comes as Tesla is trying to make its solar products mainstream. Tesla has had ups and downs when it ...

On October 28, Tesla unveiled its new solar roof tiles. Few of us in attendance, if any, realized the solar roofing tiles were actual functional solar panels until Elon Musk said so.

In what could be a breakthrough in the solar-energy industry, Tesla will begin selling and installing solar roof tiles for U.S. customers this summer, CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday. The company ...

Elon Musk has unveiled a redesign of Tesla’s Solar Roof tiles, dubbed “Solar Glass Roof.” The new roof design will cost around $42,500 for a 2,000-square-foot roof with 10kW of solar ...

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is starting to put its recent SolarCity acquisition to work. On Wednesday, the company said it is now starting to take orders for its October-unveiled solar roof tiles. In ...

Tesla has updated the solar roof webpage and dropped the claim that its tiles are “3x stronger than standard tiles”. The company is trying to ramp up solar roof production and installations ...

And it’s not just earth-loving hippies who should be excited. Tesla has designed its roof tiles to be better than shingles, even before you hook up what amounts to a small solar array to your house.

The solar roofing comes in four distinct styles that Tesla presented at the event, including “Textured Glass Tile,” “Slate Glass Tile,” “Tuscan Glass Tile, and “Smooth Glass Tile.” ...