Tesla solar factory mainly exports the United States business trouble1

Solar photovoltaic (pv) net news: Beijing time on May 16 morning news, Reuters, according to documents obtained tesla in upstate New York factory & other; For the most part & throughout; Solar cells are sold overseas, rather like the original plan for the company's & other; Solar roof & throughout; Products.

the situation shows that tesla solar business serious problem in the United States. In 2016, with a controversial $2. 6 billion price for tesla, acquired SolarCity, into the solar business in the United States.

buffalo solar factory says an employee, tesla only occasionally procurement partners panasonic factory production of solar batteries. Reuters for panasonic to U. S. customs official email, according to most of the rest is sold to overseas buyers.

tesla and panasonic announced a collaboration in 2016. At that time, the companies said, cooperate the batteries and the battery module, and tesla will in the long term purchase panasonic batteries. Solar cell converts sunlight into electricity, will the batteries packaged together to form solar panels.

tesla had planned to use these batteries in the solar energy products. Tesla CEO elon & middot; Musk ( Elon Musk） Solar roof is tesla acquisitions, says SolarCity logical basis, and tesla's future will be to have environmental protection consciousness of consumers to promote low carbon way of life, the user can use electricity from solar roof for the tesla electric vehicle charging.

however, due to the production line problem and the loss of solar products sales team, tesla so far only a handful of roof installed solar system in the United States.

from California, according to data in the year to February 28, local installed only 21 sets of solar roofs, all these houses by three investors. Knowledge of tesla's former employees said that installed in the northeastern United States is also very few.

tesla refused to comment on the company to the panasonic battery batteries purchasing, also did not provide the amount of solar roof installation number. But a spokesman for the company said in the mail, & other; You referred to in the report of the solar rooftop few in number, not representative, we are currently in eight states actively install solar roof & throughout; 。

tesla now money is tight, and the feasibility of this situation about tesla solar energy business. Musk is thought to have the time of the acquisition is called & other; Don't need to think to want to understand & throughout; , but some investors think it's only at the expense of shareholders' interests to help an associated company.

panasonic spokesman declined to comment to tesla's sales, but confirmed that panasonic is seeking to use buffalo factory to meet the needs of foreign buyers for American manufacturing solar cell.

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