Musk Plans to Unveil Solar Roof With Storage, Charger in October
- Combination of rooftop solar to power homes and vehicles
- Tesla seeking to buy SolarCity for about $2.2 billion
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Tesla Motors Inc. plans to introduce a new combination of solar power, battery storage and electric-vehicle charging systems at an event near San Francisco on Oct. 28.
Billionaire Elon Musk, the chairman and the largest shareholder of both Tesla and SolarCity Corp., announced his plans to unveil the new product in a message on Twitter Thursday. SolarCity’s board agreed to Tesla’s offer to buy the biggest U.S. rooftop solar supplier on Aug. 1.