Tesla on Friday announced its solar shingle and tile roofing line. The nascent solar shingle industry has struggled to catch on, and Tesla's entry may be what's needed to take it mainstream.

CertainTeed's Apollo II solar shingles are all active, so the aesthetic is a low-profile solar panel installation, rather than the is-it-a-roof-or-a-solar-roof aesthetic that Tesla has been going for.

Dr. Peter Quint was eager to install Tesla’s solar shingles on his 4,000-square-foot home in Portland, Ore., until the company raised the price to $112,000, from $75,000, in a terse email.

Tesla’s 2016 acquisition of SolarCity is looking worse and worse. And its $1 billion solar gigafactory in Buffalo, New York, which the state built, subsidized, and equipped for SolarCity, seems ...

Tesla's Solar Roof is possibly the sleekest solar solution out there. By integrating shingle-sized solar panels into a roof made of identical shingles, you get all the solar power with none of the ...

Tesla Motors’ solar roof might not be quite so expensive after all. When Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled new solar shingles three weeks ago, the big question that wasn’t answered ...

However, interest in shingles really took off in 2016 when Tesla purchased Solar City and launched the Tesla Solar Roof. Several solar manufacturers have since expanded their product catalogs to ...

Tesla’s solar roof features solar shingles that are “more than three times stronger than standard roofing tiles” and “engineered for all-weather protection,” the company says.

The cost of solar shingles can range from $4 to $7 per watt, with brands like Tesla averaging around $6.40 per watt. In most cases, conventional solar panels are less expensive than a solar roof ...

The solar shingles provide up to 80 watts of power apiece, besting the Tesla offering of 72W per tile (and they're slightly larger than the 45-inch by 15-inch construction from Tesla).

There’s some interesting solar tile and shingle competition out there now, ... The Problem With Tesla’s Solar Roof. Posted: March 15, 2025 | Last updated: March 30, 2025.

Solar shingles aside, Tesla’s larger solar business is reportedly doing well lately. The company’s U.S. residential division just saw “its best quarter since 2017 right after the ...