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I'm curious about the durability - I live Colorado Springs, which is typically very sunny (good for solar), but can get pretty bad hailstorms. This means that the average roof lifetime here is much shorter than elsewhere. If the Tesla's roof tiles are actually significantly more durable than asphalt, it could be more cost-effective here than elsewhere.


This is something they're specifically trying to address. Elon posted some high speed footage of a "hail gun" shooting the Tesla tiles.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BT7Gxsag27j/?taken-by=elonmusk&h...

Sounds like a fun job to build and operate a "hail gun"


Also: repairability.

Asphalt shingles are fairly easy to repair once you get up on the roof. Wired stiff solar shingles? That's gonna be more challenging.



On the solar calculator page, they say they have the highest possible hail rating.




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