However because the solar roof also includes getting a new roof the overall cost is much more expensive.
Tesla solar roof price drop.
On wednesday electrek reported that the tesla website had been updated with new product information as well as a hefty price drop for its solar roof.
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For now the price reductions cover tesla s traditional solar panels.
The tesla solar roof is technically cheaper per watt than the average solar panel.
Electrek saw a price drop from a pre incentive price of 57 272 to 54 966.
A quote for a 3 947 square foot roof with a 12 3 kw solar roof tile system used to be 57 272 before incentives in july and now tesla s website is quoting the same system for 54 966 before.
Its solar roof is a set of panels designed to look like traditional shingles which will be released more widely later this year.
Here are tesla s new prices for the bigger solar rooftop panel systems.
Medium 8 16kw system got a 400 price increase to 16 400 before incentives large 12 24kw system got a 1 100 price.
For a 3 947 square foot roof and with 12 3 kw solar roof tile system the price before incentives dropped from 57 272 to 54 966 usd.
That bump in efficiency combined with an over 17 percent price drop could convince a decent amount of homeowners to make the jump to solar power.
The federal tax credit would drop this price to 23 409.
Now let s look at the numbers if i got a new roof plus a 7 8 kw solar panel system.
Tesla updates solar roof webpage on last day of q3 lowers prices.