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Podcast: Energy Gang
Episode: Tesla's Solar Roof: A Guide for Skeptics
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Back in August, Elon Musk broke into SolarCity's earnings call to make a surprise announcement: Tesla and SolarCity were designing a building-integrated solar product.
"It's a solar roof as opposed to a module on a roof," said Musk.
Just a few weeks earlier, Tesla went public with its intentions to acquire SolarCity. The solar roof was seen as an example of what the combined companies could create, market and sell.
"We don't want to...