IT House News on February 13 According to foreign media Electrek, Musk made a new comment on the possibility of Tesla building an electric van (truck) with a solar-powered deployable roof. He said that Tesla will start producing electric trucks as long as the supply of batteries allows.

Tesla’s previous decision to produce electric trucks has been in a swaying state. When Musk was asked again about Tesla’s production of electric trucks in the context of adding solar energy to electric vehicles, he made it clear: “If you have a van, You can have a large flat area, which will actually make solar energy more meaningful."

Musk is considering using a deployable solar system on future Tesla electric trucks: "You can also have a solar roof, and then when it is stationary, it will stick out from the side to provide shade. Now there is With a three-fold larger area and a larger flat surface, if it has enough solar energy, it can reach a driving range of 30 miles per day.",

IT Home learned that Musk also said that the best way to use solar power is still to install a rooftop solar system at home and use it to charge electric cars at home, but he also seems to like to provide new cars with deployable solar systems idea. 

Source: IT House, translated by Google Translate