Tesla s solar roof consists of two types of shingles.
Telsa roof measurement.
Not all the specifications are readily available at this time but we do know that tesla s solar shingles measure 8 7 x 14.
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The active solar glass roof tiles contain solar cells which allows them to produce electricity for your home to use.
Each shingle has two solar cells that combined produce 12 watts of electricity per shingle.
As a roof the tesla solar roof is warrantied for infinity or the life of the home whichever comes first.
Tesla s v3 solar roof tiles also come with a 25 year warranty and measure 15x45 inches.
To understand the range of tile weights let s look at this.
Concrete tiles between 9 5 12 lbs.
Updated may 10 2017.
The tesla model 3 is 15 5 4 7 m in length 6 10 2 09 m wide and has a height of 4 9 1 45 m.
Our average 8 kw traditional solar system will cover around 470 sq ft of roof space and produce 10 400 kwh per year 21 9 kwh per sq.
Of the roof in active shingles for the same amount of solar production 17 9 kwh per sq ft per year.
Per tesla their new solar tiles will be approximately half the weight of a standard roof tile.
This is a hard claim to make without defining the standard roof tile being used in this statement.
It takes approximately 27 solar shingles to equal a typical solar panel.
The tesla model 3 is an all electric sedan from tesla.