esla bought SolarCity last November and tried to switch SolarCity at a loss to high-end energy brands. Now, Tesla announced in October last year, solar power system roof products, and now began selling, deposit 1000 U. S. dollars.

Tesla solar said the glass solar roof will be sold later this year in the United States and will initially offer gray and black glass versions. Rock sheet style and Tuscany style products will be launched in 2018. These products will be sold outside the United States next year.

Tesla said that sales of these products will not be limited to SolarCity has been carried out in the region, so Tesla plans to expand product installation team.

Tesla's calculator shows a 1700 square foot (158 square meter) solar system roof with a tax price of about $34 thousand and 300 in southern California. Tesla estimates that such a roof will generate $76 thousand and 700 in 30 years. Tesla also said that compared with the traditional new roof with traditional solar panels, solar roof prices are lower than 10% to 15%.

However, the solar installation contractor PetersenDean CEO Jim Peterson (Jim Petersen) estimated that 1700 square foot roof collocation traditional solar panels tax price of approximately $22 thousand, far lower than the Tesla solar roof. But prices vary widely depending on the type of roof.

Tesla will produce these solar roofs at a factory in Buffalo, New York. Musk on the conference call, the market demand will be very strong, but the initial production capacity will not be too high.