Tesla ended up running into many issues testing the longevity of the roof and they made several changes leading to the launch of solar roof v3 late in 2019.
Pay back time on tesla roof.
Six to tear off the old roof and 11 to install the new one.
Tesla now needs to expand its.
How is the solar panel payback period calculated.
Is just above 8 years.
If your cost of installing solar is 20 000 and your system is going to save you 2 500 a year on foregone energy bills your solar panel payback or break even point will be 8 years 20 000 2 500 8.
If tesla s projections are accurate a solar roof on this house should more than pay for itself within the warranty period with a net savings of 13 900.
At that time they started ramping up.