In December, we released a report on how\u00a0Tesla was starting to delay some solar rooftop projects<\/a>. At the time, Tesla\u2019s solar roof installations weren\u2019t affected by the same issues, but things changed in February when Tesla started to have concerns about solar tile supply<\/a>.<\/p>\n At the time, Tesla informed customers who were about to get installations about potential delays.<\/p>\n Now a month later, the situation has worsened and Tesla has virtually paused solar roof installations.<\/p>\n Electrek<\/em> obtained an internal communication from Tesla\u2019s solar scheduling team saying to focus on solar panel rooftop retrofits as solar tile supply is low. In the communication, the team committed to not schedule new installations.<\/p>\n The supply issue is leaving some customers in precarious situations.<\/p>\n For example, Ryan Prijic, a Tesla solar roof customer in the Los Angeles area, had Tesla start his solar roof installation in January by removing his existing roof and build the \u2018dry-in\u2019 \u2013 a waterproof state of the roof with protective film that goes over the plywood before installing the actual roofing material, which in this case are solar tiles.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what it looks like:<\/p>\n At the time, Prijic was told that the solar tile installation would happen within the next 8 weeks and that the dry-in\u2019s waterproof capacity would last for about 6 months so it wouldn\u2019t be a problem.<\/p>\n Now in March, more than 8 weeks after the removal of the roof, there\u2019s still no solar tile installation in sight and Prijic is understandably starting to worry.<\/p>\n When contacting his Tesla Roof advisor, which are not easy to get a hold of, he was told of the solar tile shortage and warned that his installation might not happen before the end of the year \u2013 way past the waterproof period of the \u2018dry-in\u2019.<\/p>\n In fact, the roof has already leaked on two occasions and Tesla had to come and fix it. One of the crew that came to fix the leak told the owner that a big shipment of solar tiles was stuck at the LA port, but this couldn\u2019t be confirm.<\/p>\n If an on-going installation like this one is being paused in the middle of it for months, we can imagine that there are going to be significnat delays for other planned solar roof installations.<\/p>\n Prijic is not alone in his situation. Many buyers with planned installations are reporting that their timeline has been pushed and there\u2019s little communication from Tesla.<\/p>\n Tesla is producing solar tiles at its New York Gigafactory and it had a goal to produce enough tiles for 1,000 solar roof installations per week, but it looks like it is nowhere near that goal as getting hands on solar cells is difficult throughout the whole industry.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Tesla-Soalr-Roof-Dry-in-2.jpg?quality=82&strip=all\" "\\"Tesla")
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