Tesla’s Solar Roof has reached the end of the road, with the company discontinuing the product nearly a decade after it was first unveiled.
American Home Contractors, a Tesla-certified Solar Roof installer, announced on X on Thursday that Tesla is discontinuing the product, with the company shifting its attention toward its new in-house solar panels.
The post was later deleted, but David Silverstein, the company’s Vice President, shared the now-deleted message shortly before it disappeared, posting:
😢 it was a great run. One last push before we start the next chapter (or book) https://t.co/EIQR9GeLms
— David Silverstein (@SolarRoofer) August 20, 2026
While Tesla itself has yet to officially announce the end of Solar Roof, the company has removed Solar Roof from the Energy menu on its website, and attempting to visit the product page now redirects to its Solar Panels page.
The apparent decision comes as Tesla ramps up its new generation of solar panels, which were unveiled earlier this year. Engineered in California and assembled at Giga New York in Buffalo, the 420-watt panels feature Tesla’s cascading cell technology, an all-black appearance and a low-profile mounting system.
An ambitious idea that struggled to scale
Tesla first unveiled Solar Roof in October 2016, around the time of its acquisition of SolarCity. Instead of mounting conventional solar panels on top of a roof, Tesla wanted the roof itself to generate electricity using glass photovoltaic tiles mixed with visually similar non-solar tiles.
Production eventually began at Tesla’s Buffalo factory in late 2017, with customer installations following. Over the years Tesla improved the design, eventually offering 72-watt solar glass tiles alongside steel roofing tiles, backed by a 25-year warranty.
Despite its impressive appearance, Solar Roof never reached the scale Musk originally envisioned. Unlike conventional panels, installations required replacing the entire roof, making projects more complicated and expensive.
Tesla’s latest in-house solar panels introduced earlier this year offer a much simpler path to expanding its residential energy business while still focusing heavily on aesthetics and integration with Powerwall.
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