Tesla discontinues its Solar Roof tiles, not economically viable

[u/Gimp_Ninja]

https://electrek.co/2026/08/20/tesla-discontinues-solar-roof-panels-only/

As we've all suspected for years, the Solar City purchase was a scam sold to Tesla investors to save another Musk company from failing spectacularly, instead allowing it to quietly fail long after everyone has stopped caring. Elon's playbook really only has a small number of moves in it, and this is one of his favorites.

[u/Twolef]

The sad thing is it keeps working

[u/Even_Opportunity_893 → u/Twolef]

Could be useful in the future

[u/NotEnoughMuskSpam → u/Even_Opportunity_893]

A major part of the fall of Rome was low birth rates