In reply to Cooter :
I'll be curious how this shakes out.
Wal-Mart doesn't mess around and they absolutely have more and better lawyers than Tesla.
Elon won’t win this.
Yea I mean seems pretty cut and dry even before you take into account Walmart money
Gotta wonder how much is manufacturing issues vs subcontractors issues
From car fires to panel fires.
This sure won't help their image.
Fueled by Caffeine said:Elon won’t win this.
My first thought exactly. I don't think WalMart is in the business of going up against large public companies unless they're sure of a win.
In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :
The stores are all over the US.
And Telsa hired the subs.
The opening salvo between the economy that has a bottom line and an economy heavy on self-congratulation? 
Sounds like a ton of subcontractor problems and an indifferent general contractor (Tesla). It's certainly not good news.
So, someone sold WALMART a cheap, low quality product that broke quickly?
Oh, that Elon, he sure knows how to play the long game prank!
Maybe the panels came in boxes labeled "This is not a solar panel."
JamesMcD said:Maybe the panels came in boxes labeled "This is not a solar panel."
Surrealist solar panel FTW.
aircooled said:So, someone sold WALMART a cheap, low quality product that broke quickly?
Oh, that Elon, he sure knows how to play the long game prank!
say what?!?!
also, coming soon to a WalMart near you: Tesla automobile sales and service, because the Waltons will crush Elon if that is what they choose to do.
nutherjrfan said:The opening salvo between the economy that has a bottom line and an economy heavy on self-congratulation?
Ohh ohh.. I can play.
You mean like Walmart telling everyone in the world they're switching to being majority renewable energy or telling everyone they are the united state's largest buyer of organic food and prodcuts? or.. ... ..
aircooled said:So, someone sold WALMART a cheap, low quality product that broke quickly?
Oh, that Elon, he sure knows how to play the long game prank!
And if he were smart, he'd initiate a class action suit agaist Walmart for the same right now.
aircooled said:So, someone sold WALMART a cheap, low quality product that broke quickly?
Oh, that Elon, he sure knows how to play the long game prank!
The irony of this was so, so sickly sweet.
I wonder how many other SolarCity installs have had these problems ? or other companies....
The whole solar industry seems to have a lot of "salesman" that will tell you anything to make a sale ,
Elon is probably saying "I have enough problems , I don't need this"
In reply to Fueled by Caffeine :
doesn't change a thing. One company has a bottom line the other doesn't. Preaching green credentials is the price of business nowadays - basic survival.
mtn said:Fueled by Caffeine said:Elon won’t win this.
My first thought exactly. I don't think WalMart is in the business of going up against large public companies unless they're sure of a win.
Not a chance this is defendable. There will be a settlement of some kind in the near future.
Tesla won't want the bad press and Walmart will be happy with getting the panels off their roofs and being let out of whatever contract they have with SolarCity to get them installed.
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