Tesla's Solar Panels and Powerwall Batteries Will Now be Available at Home Depot

Tesla is doubling down on its solar ventures by tying up with America'due south largest home-improvement chain, Home Depot, to roll out "Tesla-branded selling spaces" at hundreds of Domicile Depot stores around the country. Every bit part of the deal, 800 out of Home Depot's ii,200 stores around the country will exist outfitted with Tesla-branded spaces that will exist staffed with uniformed Tesla employees who will be at hand to demonstrate the visitor'southward solar panels and Powerwall bombardment. That's co-ordinate to Bloomberg, which says Tesla has confirmed the written report to them.

The Tesla displays within the Home Depot stores will be 12 anxiety alpine and seven feet wide, with some locations even "fitted with visual demonstrations that bear witness how the products work". What's interesting, however, is that Tesla'due south solar roof will not be displayed in the Habitation Depot stores to offset with, although, they may be added to the mix in the futurity. Tesla was also originally believed to be in negotiations with Lowe's – the country'due south second-largest domicile improvement chain later Dwelling house Depot – for a similar tie-upwardly, although, a spokesperson for the retailer has since told CNBC that, "We don't take whatsoever plans to comport the products at this fourth dimension".

What'due south interesting hither is that a Tesla-owned company called SolarCity once sold its Eco-friendly products from Dwelling Depot, although, that system fell through at some phase after the 2016 Tesla takeover. At present that all-new solar products from Tesla are prepare to be sold through Home Depot, the organization is expected to aid the Silicon Valley tech behemothic exam the market-response for its products in a movement that will probable help the company aggrandize its renewable-energy concern beyond automobiles.