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Re:Everyone Despises SolarCity Deal, Except Tesla Shareholders by abalone on Thursday August 04, 2016 @04:00PM (#12228052)
It makes sense. Tesla's raison d'être is sustainability. If at scale their product is still powered by dirty energy, it will undercut the product. It's not just a fast car, it's a clean car. If utilities don't keep pace with them in terms of solar deployments, it's literally a risk to the company. Empowering customers to directly source clean power at the grassroots level frees them from dependence on utilities.
Re:Everyone Despises SolarCity Deal, Except Tesla Shareholders by Analemma_ on Thursday August 04, 2016 @04:12PM (#12228119)
> It makes sense.

It makes sense strategically. I think most of the people complaining about the deal are more concerned with whether it makes sense tactically, since SolarCity is bleeding cash and wasn't expected to survive much longer, and will now be hitched to Tesla, which doesn't have a great cash flow situation either.

Re:Everyone Despises SolarCity Deal, Except Tesla Shareholders by tcoppi on Thursday August 04, 2016 @04:53PM (#12228392)
SolarCity's immediate cash flow looks a lot better when you take away sale and customer acquisition costs, in fact it brings them very close to profitability. It is widely expected that the merger will close that side and bring it closer to Tesla's sales model, which is cheaper per customer acquisition.