Much like others during the COVID-19 pandemic, Tesla is experiencing a slump in its solar business, with CEO Elon Musk laying some of the blame on stay-at-home orders that he called “fascist.”
Tesla’s solar installations have declined by 26% in the first quarter of 2020 when compared to the same time period last year, having installed 35 megawatts of solar in 2020 compared to 47 megawatts in the first quarter of 2019. When compared to the last quarter of 2019 when Tesla installed 54 megawatts, solar is down by 35%.