The Tesla Energy division of the company has, since its merger with SolarCity (approved by shareholders in November 2016) become the largest installer of residential solar panels in the United States. This has come about mainly as a legacy of continuing the same SolarCity business as operated before the merger.
The SolarCity business did, and still does, sell third party brands of solar panels and so confusion exists in the market today about what you actually get when you buy Tesla Solar Panels.
However, since this merger Tesla has made some new product announcements in the solar space and so now consumers are not exactly sure what they are going to be offered when they contact Tesla and request solar quotes for their home. This article sets out what solar panels Tesla is actually selling as at Spring 2018 and what they are likely to offer you.
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Vickie Christensen says
Where or when is the United States going to produce our own solar panels to service the needs? What we have been reading and researching is that most of our parts come from China via another country, for instance Canada. Is there a bigger plan for our country to be self-sufficient in the solar industry 100%?
Kelly Pickerel says
While it is true that most solar panel components (cells, mainly) come from other countries, there are many U.S. panel assembly facilities. We have a list here: https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/u-s-solar-panel-manufacturers/