Slate tiles between 7 10 lbs.
Tesla solar roof weight.
Purchase solar roof at one of the lowest cost per watt of any national provider and take control of your monthly electricity bill.
The price was calculated for a roof where 35 percent of the tiles are solar solar tiles cost more per square foot than non solar tiles in order to generate 53 500 worth of electricity.
With an integrated powerwall battery energy collected during the day is stored and made available any time effectively turning your home into a personal utility.
Solar roof is comparable in price to a typical roof with solar panels.
1 21 85 per square foot is the price of a solar roof derived using similar methodology roof size and energy costs described in consumer reports research this price does not reflect any solar incentives.
Solar roof complements your home s architecture while turning sunlight into electricity.
This is a rough estimate due to tesla s ambiguity when discussing the weight of their solar tiles.
Tesla s solar tiles being about a third of the weight of a regular tile could enable them to upgrade to a tile roof or rather a solar tile roof without making any structural change to the house.