> Musk didn't say that and neither did anyone who works for Tesla. "It's looking quite promising that a solar roof will actually cost less than a normal roof

> Musk didn't say that and neither did anyone who works for Tesla. "It's looking quite promising that a solar roof will actually cost less than a normal roof before you even take the value of electricity into account," Musk said at the event. [1] > Literally just made up by you, right now. No [2], and if you know anything about lithium cost and weight its pretty obvious. To match the range of a normal long haul semi with 300 gallons of diesel your looking at a million dollar battery that is basically the size of the trailer with no cargo capacity. > And yet both are still leagues ahead of their competitors. Space competitors are running at more than 10% profit margins [3]. Boeing might also beat them to Mars [4]. >Yeah well the government built the rails, the roads, the internet and put a man on the moon. The government beats private industry on overhead and cost. The government does just fine. I agree, it wasn't meant as a disparagement of the government approach. I just don't like it being held up as some example of a good business and the stretching of the truth constantly annoys me. No one can seem to accept the government running a deficit to do big things, but Musk, take my money. [1]: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-tesla-solar-roof-costs-2017-5 http://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-tesla-solar-roof-cos... [2]: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-trucking-exclusive/exclusive-teslas-long-haul-electric-truck-aims-for-200-to-300-miles-on-a-charge-idUSKCN1B42GC http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-trucking-exclusive/e... [3]: https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/02/05/how-profitable-is-spacex-really.aspx https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/02/05/how-profitable-is-... [4]: http://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-spacex-mars-elon-musk-2016-10 http://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-spacex-mars-elon-musk-...