What does Tesla do for a living?

Tesla's energy generation and storage business sells and installs solar panels and solar roof tiles for homes and stationary energy storage products for residential, commercial, and electric utility grid use.

Does Tesla have a solar business?

The scale of Tesla’s residential solar business isn’t what it once was. Yet, commercial and home batteries still play a key role in the switch to renewable energy sources, as they store intermittently available clean energy for later use.

Does Tesla separate solar and energy storage revenue?

Tesla doesn’t separate solar and energy storage revenue. More importantly, the cost of revenue for its solar and energy storage business was $781 million, meaning that for the first time the total cost of producing and distributing these energy storage products was lower than the revenue it generated. That’s good news.

Does Tesla sell solar & energy storage?

Small as it is, the division is selling more energy storage and solar. Revenue from this division grew 62% from the previous quarter and more than 116% from the same quarter in 2020. Tesla doesn’t separate solar and energy storage revenue.

How big is Tesla's Energy Storage business?

Tesla’s energy storage business is still peanuts compared to Tesla’s automotive business, but it’s growing fast. "It’s now at over $1 billion a quarter for the first time" Multiply by 6 when Lathrop is fully ramped, hopefully by the end of the year. Margins could be as high as 50%, with a waiting list, as of now, of two years.

Is Tesla's Energy Storage growth the end of its solar business?

However, the beginning of Tesla’s energy storage growth also appears to be the end of Tesla’s solar business. Don’t get fooled by the fact that Tesla’s energy storage deployment was down sequentially from 9.4 to 6.9 GWh. Sequentially, Tesla’s deployment might look bad because it is working on giant battery projects.