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</head><body style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" text="#000000">Yea Tesla blew
it big time with their
approach with distributors and installers. Many of us reached out to
them early on only to be met with silence and then to find out that some
fly-by-night or new start-up received a territory covering big areas
including several experienced installers that were ignored. <br>
<br>
And then the stories starting rolling in of shoddy installs - bad
service - long waits - no supply. What they could have had if they just
partnered with the existing solar industry instead of the arrogant
attitude they knew better . . .<br>
<br>
Then it became clear perhaps we were better off! Their early embrace of
Li-NMC turned out to be not a great option with LFPs coming along - and
although we were hopeful they might get solar shingles right - they
never overcame the inherent challenges (all those plugs! and no
cooling!) - we saw it in the 2000s with (what was it "American Solar
Shingles" or some such name).<br>
<br>
I love that Elon stepped up the game for folks to embrace EVs and Solar -
but the execution - super dissapointing and maybe even damaging in the
long run for solar.<br>
<br>
Here's kudos to all high integrity solar providers out there that have
served the industry for years! We commend you intent Elon - but next
time you might ask those that have been doing it for years to partner
with you!<br>
<br>
best,<br>
<br>
Jeff<br>
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dir="ltr">Gotta say the same thing here in NY. I've applied and sent
credentials 3x now with little to no response over the last 2 years. The
local Tesla car dealer wants us onboard as they are getting a lot of
complaints from their car clients when it comes to their charger
installation's crew. I'm told they are just local electricians. After
all this I gotta tell ya I'm not exactly excited to get on board if we
don't have the support. Afterall haven't we already lived through this
with our current inverter factory support teams to some extent?<div><br></div><div>Christopher</div></div><br><br
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Between Snow country [Where I think the roof tile is not appropriate
& from what I hear not available as it is still in prototype testing
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Anywhere<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p
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