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vintagedave ◴[] No.43631680[source]
The article notes they think Tesla should be about to find customers for solar easily, so asked, what's going on? And that a high point for them was installing 100 megawatts -- which struck me as small.

Some quick googling and clicking result #1 (risky, I know) showed this [1] claiming that 2024 was the second record-breaking solar installation year in a row. And that 50 gigawatts had been installed in the US.

That makes me think:

* Isn't Tesla Solar's max 100Mw number rather, well, tiny? A small drop? Why, for a company like Tesla?

* The article's exactly right. They _should_ be able to find more customers.

Does anyone have more insight? Does this part of the company have a good reputation?

[1] https://seia.org/research-resources/us-solar-market-insight/

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1. acdha ◴[] No.43631727[source]
Everyone I know who’s looked said they cost too much. I think they’re walking away from a commodity market because they don’t want to spend time on lower margin business lines.
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2. sharemywin ◴[] No.43631833[source]
True much more money to be made hyping crypto, AI and robotics.