---
title: "Tesla Just Unveiled Its Newest Solar Panels"
description: "Tesla just updated their website to include images of their new low-profile solar panels."
date: "2017-04-10"
modified: "2017-04-10"
authors:
  - name: "Karla Lant"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/karla"
url: "https://futurism.com/tesla-just-unveiled-their-newest-solar-panels"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Energy"
  - "Renewable Energy"
  - "Science & Energy"
  - "Solar Power"
  - "Tesla"
tags:
  - "low-profile solar panels"
  - "solar energy"
  - "solar panels"
  - "tesla"
---

# Tesla Just Unveiled Its Newest Solar Panels

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/tesla.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="https://www.tesla.com/solarpanels" target="\_blank"\>Tesla\</a\>\</em\>*

## Tesla Dominates Energy

Last weekend, Tesla updated their website's [“Energy” section](<https://www.tesla.com/energy>) to release images of their new [low-profile solar panels](<https://www.tesla.com/solarpanels>) made by [Panasonic](<http://shop.panasonic.com/>). Tesla has been making [news with their increased focus on green-energy innovations](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-says-solar-roofs-will-be-available-for-purchase-in-april>), and this fresh take on solar panels for preexisting homes and other buildings gives more people the option to go off-grid.

These panels use invisible mounting hardware and integrated front skirts to blend into your roof seamlessly for a cleaner, more streamlined look. This understated system was [originally created by Zep Solar](<https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/zep-solars-installation-hardware-goes-rail-free>), which was acquired by SolarCity before [Tesla acquired the whole package](<https://futurism.com/tesla-has-officially-acquired-solarcity-so-whats-next>). Zep co-founder Daniel Flanigan now leads an engineering team at Tesla as Senior Director of Solar Systems Product Design.

![Via Tesla](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Tesla-solar.jpg>)
*Credit: Tesla*

The panels are also designed to integrate with the Tesla battery unit, the Powerwall, to create a sustainable energy ecosystem, which means that power from the panels can be stored for nighttime use. The Powerwall system also allows homes with these panels — as well as other Tesla solar tiles — to potentially be the only homes with power during grid outages. Production of these Panasonic modules, which "exceed industry standards for durability and lifespan," is scheduled for this summer.

## One Stop Power Shop

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This is just the latest piece of the Tesla's one-stop-shop plan for all sustainable energy needs. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has also been making international news by offering to solve energy outages for entire countries, and [several world leaders are taking that offer seriously](<https://futurism.com/world-leaders-are-asking-elon-musk-to-solve-their-energy-crises>). The company leads the world in electronic cars — and has even been named the [most valuable car manufacturer in the U.S](<https://futurism.com/tesla-is-now-the-most-valuable-u-s-automaker-but-its-more-than-just-a-car-company>).

Tesla's car, the Model 3, will also incorporate [solar tech](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-the-model-3-will-incorporate-teslas-solar-roof-technology>). It will likely come with a [solar roof option](<https://futurism.com/the-next-car-you-buy-could-be-solar-powered>) coupled with its Panasonic batteries.

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