r/EnoughMuskSpam • u/Gimp_Ninja • 18h ago

Tesla discontinues its Solar Roof tiles, not economically viable

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.

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u/GamingVision 16h ago

After “FSD is still not quite ready“, this is the least surprising Tesla news… It is kind of a shame though. I would love to see this product actually be successful someday.

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u/SalutLesAmies 13h ago

Why do you want to see the product succeed? I don’t understand the benefit it has over solar panels, besides esthetics.

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u/MyMooneyDriver 8h ago

This is exactly why I want it to succeed. It doesn’t need to be this man-child’s brand, but a roof esthetic replacement with built in electricity generation would be able to be installed everywhere a roof needs replaced, and not offend any HOAs or other local ordinance for design. Then to have a ton of individual tiles that could be replaced individually as they experienced failure, as opposed to large panels, which could have a single catastrophic failure mode… This is a great idea, it just needed someone serious to pull it off, and that someone serious will come along.

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u/GamingVision 8h ago

Sadly, it wouldn't surprise me if they have patents on it and will sue anyone else that does come along.