# Solar City Buffalo (Tesla Factory) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 23, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662 "2014-09-23T14:28:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/121 "2019-08-27T12:31:57Z")
I remember when I put in my solar and everyone was seriously asking me, “What, you’re not getting that Tesla solar roof instead of panels?”. I agree with his ex-employee. Guy is a clown. I’ll give him credit for finding a way to get super rich at tax payers expense though. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/122 "2019-08-27T13:32:44Z")
I still want the solar roof, even understanding that it’s not the most efficient. But the stories of people giving them money and them not delivering are shitty… That, and their normal panels starting Walmart roofs on fire… 🔥 ---
**Author:** ![LUC1F3R](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luc1f3r/32/7299_2.png) [@LUC1F3R](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUC1F3R)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/123 "2019-08-27T13:43:03Z")
Yea I want them too, when they announced the deal with Home Depot I was stoked. Now I’ve repaired my roof twice while I wait. ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/124 "2019-08-27T14:29:39Z")
The amount of fan-boying that happens with this guy is ludicrous. No, he didn’t start Tesla. He bought into Tesla and it’s been hemorrhaging money ever since. Yes, he can land a rocket back on a launch pad in the middle of the ocean. NASA designed, executed and abandoned that technology 30+ years ago. He literally hasn’t executed a thing. Big talk, no delivery. I’ll be living on Mars before you get your solar panels and it won’t be Musk who got me there. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/125 "2019-08-27T14:56:30Z")
I def have noticed year after year more Teslas on the road. Used to be one every couple of months, now 2-3 a day. Whatever the outcome of the plant, I hope it’s a good one. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/126 "2019-08-27T15:15:46Z")
It was surprising to read that he’s been to the plant only once, and surprising that we didn’t even know about it at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/127 "2019-11-26T21:24:16Z")
Holy hell. WTF is going on over there? > black employees frequently overheard white employees using the n-word and where white workers got promoted over more qualified black and Hispanic workers. > **[Former Tesla workers describe hostile workplace at Buffalo facility](https://www.wivb.com/news/former-tesla-workers-describe-hostile-workplace-at-buffalo-facility/amp/)** > > Former Tesla workers in Buffalo describe a hostile work environment where the use of the n-word among white workers was frequent. Their complaints have grabbed the attention of the Attorney General… ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/128 "2019-12-03T21:28:39Z")
I don’t know anyone there so I can’t comment. Surprised this didn’t make headlines. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/129 "2019-12-07T23:18:51Z")
Before we all get a bit toooooooooooooo out of touch here: I see/hear my students, white and black, use that word ALLLLLL DAYYYY LONG like it’s not a fucking problem. I teach predominantly “urban” students and it’s so much more common than you think. They honestly don’t even know when they are swearing because it’s how every ghetto parent acts. So when you hire a bunch of city of buffalo residents to work for low wages…well yep, that’s the language you get. And in regards to the white workers getting hired over blacks? Show me their qualifications that make them the better candidate. Just because you work for the company doesn’t mean you’re automatically guaranteed to promote up. My brother works at Tesla and has co-workers that show up high, show up drunk, get hired and fired the same day (both white and black). ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/130 "2019-12-09T18:54:58Z")
> [@Motocrossx23](#): > > get hired and fired the same day Impressive ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/131 "2019-12-10T12:40:48Z")
I like to quit while I’m in the interview ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/132 "2019-12-10T13:47:08Z")
> [@ubengineering](#): > > I like to quit while I’m in the interview I’ve actually had this happen. We do a paid, working interview. Some people are just looking to go to a few interviews here and there to keep their unemployment going. So when I tell them they’ll get paid for being there, I’ll get the _“oh wait, I don’t think I can do this”_ line. Saves time though, lol ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/133 "2019-12-10T14:52:07Z")
Fucking people are scumbags ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/134 "2019-12-11T17:40:43Z")
Came across this this past weekend snowboarding. Two kids on the chairlift behind us blasting music from their backpack. When the “N word” came, both of them shouted it. I thought both were white without turning around so I used that little kid meme and said, “That’s racist” only to get off the chair to find a white and black kid both on that chair. lol Guess white kids can use this term a lot easier these days. I feel I’m going to get cold-cocked if I even mutter. lol ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/135 "2023-04-04T16:55:38Z")
> **[Tesla Solar Roof deployments miss expectations](https://www.woodmac.com/press-releases/tesla-solar-roof-deployments-miss-expectations/)** > > Since the launch of the Tesla Solar Roof (“Solar Roof”) in 2016, Wood Mackenzie estimates that approximately 3,000 Solar Roofs have been installed nationwide, with a total capacity of nearly 30 megawatts direct current (MWdc), missing Tesla’s stated... ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/136 "2023-04-04T17:20:11Z")
This is the summer I’ll break even on my solar install (but it wasn’t a stupid Tesla solar roof). Installed late July 2017 and had I installed it spring of 2017 I would have broken even last year, but since I missed a lot of the good power generating months of 2017 I’ll hit my break even this summer instead. Really enjoying laughing at all my “expert” friends who told me, “don’t do it”, “it’s a scam”, “never going to get a return on the investment” etc etc. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/137 "2023-04-04T19:33:22Z")
That’s great, how has your power output been year over year totals? I know you track it haha ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/138 "2023-04-04T19:46:39Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#): > > That’s great, how has your power output been year over year totals? I know you track it haha Of course I track it. Or I should say the solar edge software that came with the system tracks it. It’s been pretty consistent with occasional large single month variations for weather. 2021 was a freakishly sunny March for example, while Feb 2021 had clouds and snow on my roof most of the month. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/e/8/e862eaa2eefb8ca320c333bfe1b6f94aab0975c9.png) When you look at the full year though it’s really consistent. Obviously have to discard 2017 and 2023 results when looking at full year totals: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/7/9/794d0ac32f32d6f57c937272fe8cd78f7533c52f.png) ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/139 "2023-04-05T02:00:55Z")
That’s awesome ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662/140 "2023-04-05T07:50:47Z")
My buddy loves his solar roof, he sells power back every month and now it’s also charging his F150 lightning. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662.md?page=6) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/solar-city-buffalo-tesla-factory/270662.md?page=8)