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Freedonia Roofing Expert Weighs in on Elon Musk’s Solar Plans

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PRNewswire/ — Tesla founder Elon Musk recently announced plans to revolutionize the US Residential Roofing industry by producing solar shingles in conjunction with SolarCity, a company Tesla is in the process of acquiring. According to Musk, these new roofing shingles represent a significant advance in solar roofing both in terms of aesthetics and cost. SolarCity shingles are designed to look identical to conventional roofing

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Of Electric Cars, Space Flights & Mass Transit…

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What has been Elon Musk’s greatest innovation? Commercializing space flight? No. Popularizing electric vehicles? No – he’s got a lot of competition there, too. Revolutionizing mass transit? –That has drawn some attention. It is none of these. The breakthrough Musk has initiated that will not stop, and stands on par with his well-publicized, easy-to-marvel-at public ventures, is so vast that most

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Tesla-SolarCity $2.6 Billion Deal

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Tesla Motors Inc. on Monday said it had reached a deal to buy SolarCity Corp. The all-stock deal values SolarCity at about $2.6 billion, with SolarCity stockholders receiving 0.11 share of Tesla for each share of SolarCity, valuing them at $25.83 apiece, according to Friday’s closing prices. If it is approved by shareholders, the deal would double Tesla’s workforce to

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Elon Musk’s Master Plan #2

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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk published his “master plan part 2” on Wednesday night that disclosed a wide-ranging vision for his companies including new future Tesla vehicles, car sharing, urban planning concepts, and a combined SolarCity and Tesla that would sell solar panels and batteries. Musk’s goals and driving forces behind all of his business decisions, is to deliver “sustainable energy”

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