Tesla deployed just 27MW of rooftop solar in Q2 2020, its worst quarter for deployment on record, but chief executive Elon Musk remains buoyant about the product’s long-term prospects.
Reporting its Q2 2020 financials yesterday, Tesla disclosed that rooftop solar installations fell by 23% sequentially, reflecting both seasonality and the added impact of pandemic-enforced restrictions in US states. But its year-on-year decline of 7% will be of alarm considering its Q2 2019 deployment figure of 29MW was the company’s previous lowest.
