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Tesla Solar Panels Catch Fire, and the Lawsuits Start Flying
By Dana Hull and Brian Eckhouse
August 29, 2019
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In the past couple weeks, both Walmart Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. have said that Tesla systems caused roof fires at their stores or warehouses. Those were commercial installations. The Burek and Tomasello episodes show there are potentially also problems with residential systems, a much bigger part of the company's sputtering business.
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Tesla bought SolarCity in 2016. It is losing market share, reporting only 29 megawatts worth of installations in the second quarter, down from a high of more than 200 in 2016. Much of the reason: strategic shifts, including an end of door-to-door sales and marketing through Home Depot Inc. Its shortcomings are all the more evident as solar is taking off in the U.S. and around the world.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ar-panel-cases-emerge-in-wake-of-walmart-suit
Factbox: Walmart and Tesla fought in private long before solar lawsuit
Reuters
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Walmart hired SolarCity to install solar panel systems on at least 244 of its stores. Tesla bought SolarCity in 2016, and Walmart alleges that Tesla did not fix the problems it inherited and was negligent itself.
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On Aug 20, [2019], Walmart files lawsuit against Tesla in New York State Supreme Court. It says: “Tesla has not reacted with the urgency that one would expect from a company that had installed solar panels that were catching on fire. Far from it: Tesla’s cavalier responses have only confirmed Walmart’s worries that its contractual counterparty is incapable of providing maintenance and inspection services sufficient to ensure the safety of Walmart’s customers, employees, and property”.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-walmart-tesla-solar-lawsuit-factbox-idUSKCN1VC1EH
By Dana Hull and Brian Eckhouse
August 29, 2019
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In the past couple weeks, both Walmart Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. have said that Tesla systems caused roof fires at their stores or warehouses. Those were commercial installations. The Burek and Tomasello episodes show there are potentially also problems with residential systems, a much bigger part of the company's sputtering business.
...
Tesla bought SolarCity in 2016. It is losing market share, reporting only 29 megawatts worth of installations in the second quarter, down from a high of more than 200 in 2016. Much of the reason: strategic shifts, including an end of door-to-door sales and marketing through Home Depot Inc. Its shortcomings are all the more evident as solar is taking off in the U.S. and around the world.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ar-panel-cases-emerge-in-wake-of-walmart-suit
Factbox: Walmart and Tesla fought in private long before solar lawsuit
Reuters
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Walmart hired SolarCity to install solar panel systems on at least 244 of its stores. Tesla bought SolarCity in 2016, and Walmart alleges that Tesla did not fix the problems it inherited and was negligent itself.
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On Aug 20, [2019], Walmart files lawsuit against Tesla in New York State Supreme Court. It says: “Tesla has not reacted with the urgency that one would expect from a company that had installed solar panels that were catching on fire. Far from it: Tesla’s cavalier responses have only confirmed Walmart’s worries that its contractual counterparty is incapable of providing maintenance and inspection services sufficient to ensure the safety of Walmart’s customers, employees, and property”.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-walmart-tesla-solar-lawsuit-factbox-idUSKCN1VC1EH