The home battery pack’s integrated inverter is changing the game. Tesla acquired its solar business when it bought SolarCity in a controversial deal due to Musk being a large shareholder of both ...

The move was framed as a way to create a vertically integrated clean energy company, combining Tesla’s battery technology ...

Along with its solar-charged shingles, SolarCity is developing a storage system that could help the main electric grid to run more smoothly and reliably, Rive said. The Tesla Powerwall battery is ...

For Tesla, acquiring SolarCity offers the promise of greater economies of scale in electrical energy management systems, battery production and marketing, tempered by the near-term challenge of ...