Walmart: Tesla Cars Aren’t the Only Thing Bursting Into Flames

[Weatherman2020]

Their solar panels Tesla put on Walmart buildings are too, and Walmart is suing.



No, Walmart was not using fleets of pricey electric vehicles to get 56-cents-a-pound bananas to budget-conscious shoppers; rather, the chain had outfitted a slew of its stores with rooftop solar panels assembled and managed by Tesla subsidiary SolarCity.

Now Walmart’s feeling burned. Literally.

Following rooftop blazes at at least seven stores and a recent investigation, the shopping giant filed a lawsuit against Tesla on Tuesday, alleging the company “engaged in widespread, systemic negligence and had failed to abide by prudent industry practices in installing, operating, and maintaining its solar systems.”

Walmart’s relationship with SolarCity goes back a number of years; a trio of earlier fires in 2012, 2016, and 2017 were brushed off as random flukes. Then the fires began occurring with greater frequency.

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[elektra]

Solar panels are technically a bad choice for any commercial operation. Actually using solar panels and destroys them pretty quickly. They are much safer the further north you go. Much more shady rainy days and the sun is much lower in the sky.

 

[jc456]

the new slogan should be, need a match,

After seven roof fires, Walmart sues Tesla over solar panel flaws

Buy one of these!

 

[Billy_Bob]

All of the stores in Wyoming had these systems removed over a year ago when one of our stores went up..

 

[skookerasbil]

solar is fringe.........any quick study and you find out how laughable solar energy is in the United States. It still provides well less than 2% of our electricity!