SolarCity has signed an agreement to acquire Silevo
Quite interesting, particularly considering Elons name is there. Elon was quite adamant in talking about SolarCity that they concentrate on the consumer-facing business, not producing solar cells, which as he explained is just slightly refined pure silicon with connectors slapped on, very much a commodity business where state actors like China are essentially subsidizing the West for buying solar panels in a bid to crush solar panel competition. So he didn't want to get into that.<p>Maybe, as with the Gigafactory, he sees an opportunity here.<p>Here is Elon saying making solar panels is a bad idea:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHHwXUm3iIg#t=2960" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHHwXUm3iIg#t=2960</a>