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New Tesla Roadster demo postponed to October 15, 2026
“New Tesla Roadster Unveil 10.01”
goalposts: 2026-10-01 (New Tesla Roadster Unveil 10.01) → 2026-10-15 (postponed by 2 weeks / QT Tesla Oct 15) · moved 1×
Elon Musk promised About 1,000 Solar Roofs a week by the end of 2019 by Apr 29, 2021. He has moved the date 1 time. The deadline passed and it didn't happen.
goalposts: end of 2019 → ~Apr 2021 (Q1 2020 call: 'within the next year or maybe even by end of year') · moved 1×
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“Spooling up production line rapidly. Hoping to manufacture ~1000 solar roofs/week by end of this year.”
— Elon Musk · Jul 30, 2019 · @elonmusk on X, Jul 29 2019 (US time) ↗
See his original post on XLoads Elon's actual tweet, right here.
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What actually happened
Musk hoped for about 1,000 Solar Roofs a week by end of 2019. Wood Mackenzie estimated Tesla installed only about 21 Solar Roofs a week on average even in 2022. Wood Mackenzie — Tesla Solar Roof deployments miss expectations ↗
The Progression
Jul 30, 2019
The promise: “Spooling up production line rapidly. Hoping to manufacture ~1000 solar roofs/week by end of this year.” · @elonmusk on X, Jul 29 2019 (US time) ↗
~Apr 2021 (Q1 2020 call: 'within the next year or maybe even by end of year')
Timeline pushed to ~Apr 2021 (Q1 2020 call: 'within the next year or maybe even by end of year').
Goalpost #1
Goalpost #1
Apr 29, 2021
Deadline passed. Musk hoped for about 1,000 Solar Roofs a week by end of 2019. Wood Mackenzie estimated Tesla installed only about 21 Solar Roofs a week on average even in 2022. Wood Mackenzie — Tesla Solar Roof deployments miss expectations ↗
Today · Oct 12, 2026
Status: Missed · 1,992 days past due. Never happened.
In July 2019 Elon Musk said Tesla hoped to make about 1,000 Solar Roofs a week by the end of that year. Analysts later estimated Tesla was installing a few dozen a week at most.
Receipts
LAST CHECKED 2026-10-11- [TWEET] @elonmusk on X, Jul 29 2019 (US time)
- [REPORT] Bloomberg, Jul 30 2019
- [TRANSCRIPT] Tesla Q1 2020 earnings call, Apr 29 2020: 'within the next year or maybe even by end of year, we should be installing at a rate of 1,000 a week'
Tesla’s record
Delivered
70
53% of resolved claims delivered.
Missed
63
Deadline passed, still no-show.
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