Roof crush strength was just one of the reasons that tesla says its electric car just came up with a five star rating in national highway traffic safety administration testing.
Tesla glass roof strength.
The metal structure is a combination of aluminum and steel for maximum strength in every area.
It has a quasi infinite lifetime.
As with anything the tesla solar roof isn t perfect.
Safety is the most important part of the overall model 3 design.
The pole fell onto the model 3 right onto the glass roof.
That s the same weight as two full grown african elephants.
Sure enough the tesla roof was the only one that could withstand the weight and pressure.
He swerved to the right and crashed into a street sign.
Musk demonstrated the strength of his new roofing product by testing heavyweights on three common roof shingles as well as his own.
Solar roof is comparable in price to a typical roof with solar panels.
It s made of quartz explained musk.
Amidst elon musk s recent tweets about the solar shingles on twitter the company has started making.
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During testing the car s roof was able to successfully resist more than 20 000 pounds of force that s more than if we placed five model 3s on top of the car s roof at once.
Being made of glass is the roof tiles greatest strength and greatest weakness.
In a roof crush test model 3 resisted four times its own mass even with an all glass roof.