Tesla’s Solar Roof Was Code Named ‘Steel Pulse,’ and Musk Called the Prototype a ‘Piece of Shit’

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By info@greentechmedia.comJun 9, 2017, 7:50 am65 pts
An insider account of Tesla and SolarCity's development of their much-hyped solar roof reveals new details about how the product came together. The project, code named "Steel Pulse," was originally a standing-seam metal roof developed by a team at Zep Solar within SolarCity's R&D unit, overseen by Zep's Jack…

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