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riffraff on Feb 10, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Solar panels disguised as terracotta tiles in Pomp...

They got it as part of rescuing SolarCity, which made little sense as a business move from Tesla, but was owned by Musk's cousins so he decided to gift them 2B$, let it go a bit, then abandoned the project.

_ea1k on Feb 14, 2023 [–]

They are still being installed. Its not an abandoned project.

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