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Re:Everyone Despises SolarCity Deal, Except Tesla Shareholders by illumin8 on Thursday August 04, 2016 @04:38PM (#12228288)
Have they ever said they wouldn't use cheap panels from China? Why would you assume Tesla would procure more expensive panels if it didn't make sense to do so?
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Re:Everyone Despises SolarCity Deal, Except Tesla Shareholders by guelo on Thursday August 04, 2016 @05:18PM (#12228557)
OK, I was thinking of SolarCity as a panel manufacturer. Are they just an installer? If so then what makes them worth $2.6 billion?
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Re:Everyone Despises SolarCity Deal, Except Tesla Shareholders by erikpukinskis on Friday August 05, 2016 @03:08AM (#12230554)
They were just an installer but they acquired Silevo in 2014. They built a 1GW plant in Buffalo, NY, cut the ribbon last year and are supposedly ramping production right now:

http://www.pv-tech.org/editors-blog/solarcitys-1gw-buffalo-f...

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