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i80and ◴[09 Apr 25 13:08 UTC] No.43631627[source]▶

Tesla was pushing solar pretty hard for a time a long time ago. My memories actually line up with the charts here.

Then they kind of just... stopped talking about it at all? In retrospect it was kind of a quiet sea change for the company as a whole.

joakleaf ◴[09 Apr 25 13:14 UTC] No.43631699[source]▶

Agreed. They stopped talking about it...

I have a feeling they are not really that competitive in this market segment, but were helped by a strong brand.

Anyone know if they actually make money on Solar at all, and have an idea what their profit margin is?

And what does the the competition look like (also for e.g. PowerWall)?

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1. potato3732842 ◴[09 Apr 25 13:29 UTC] No.43631840[source]▶

>I have a feeling they are not really that competitive in this market segment, but were helped by a strong brand.

All commoditized market segments are like that to varying extents.

Tesla Solar Sales Declined for 4 Qtrs. Then Tesla Stopped Publishing the Numbers