Sentences with phrase «normal roof»
It has gone through the same hail, fire and wind testing that normal roofs endure.
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Musk said it's looking «quite promising» that the solar roof could be cheaper than a normal roof after the shareholder vote on Thursday.
While Musk was teasing a solar roof that looked better and lasted longer than a normal roof, employees were scrambling to develop a prototype that matched that vision.
First, there will be a solar roof that will generate sustainable energy from a rooftop that looks better and is more durable than a normal roof, that can be easily customized to fit the unique needs of each house, and that will lower costs to the consumer.
Whereas traditional solar panels are usually mounted on top of existing shingles, the basic goal of Steel Pulse was to make the roof itself solar powered, so it looked like a normal roof, yet generated electricity through embedded solar cells.
Buyers will want Tesla's roof, he said, because it looks as good or better than a normal roof.
«What if we can offer you a roof that looks way better than a normal roof?
That lasts far longer than a normal roof?»
That's the claim Tesla CEO Elon Musk made Friday when he announced plans to create Solar Roof tiles that will «look better than a normal roof, generate electricity, last longer, have better insulation, and actually have an installed cost that is less than a normal roof plus the cost of electricity.»
«It's looking quite promising that a solar roof will actually cost less than a normal roof before you even take the value of electricity into account,» said Musk.
«So the basic proposition would be, «Would you like a roof that looks better than a normal roof, lasts twice as long, costs less and by the way generates electricity?»
Currently solar roofs involve affixing panels atop of a normal roof.
Essentially, he said the cost of the roof would be less than the cost of a normal roof plus the cost of electricity.
There are no big bulky panels, so from the street it, looks like a normal roof, but if you somehow got above the roof, you'd be able to see the solar cells behind the tiles.
What's so different about Musk's solar roof is that it looks like a normal roof.