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According to CTOnews.com news on July 12, Tesla announced an increase in the price of his "solar roof" in 2021, requiring users who signed a contract to pay for the installation, thus incurring a class action lawsuit from customers. The results are now out, and Tesla agreed to pay $6 million (CTOnews.com note: about 43.2528 million yuan) to end the class action lawsuit.

▲ source CNBC Tesla "Solar Roof" is a kind of solar panel that can be installed on the roof of a customer's garage. CEO Elon Musk first promoted the device in 2016. The solar panel can generate a certain amount of electricity and save customers money on electricity.

▲ Tu Yuan Tesla official website many Tesla customers signed solar roof installation contracts with the company in the early days, but Tesla asked these users to pay additional fees in 2021 to continue the installation. The installation cost rose from about $72000 (about 519000 yuan) in the original contract to about $146000 (about 1.0525 million yuan), more than doubling. As a result, it led to customer dissatisfaction, which led to a class action.

Tesla, CNBC of ▲, has previously said that the increase in solar panel prices is due to significant delays in some imported components, which are beyond the company's control. As a result, Tesla twice raised the installation price of solar roofs in 2021 and required customers who ordered solar panels or roof tiles to also order Powerwall home energy storage systems.

According to the revised class action settlement agreement filed in a US district court in San Francisco on July 10, 2023, about 8636 Tesla customers were affected by rising prices by the end of June this year. at present, more than 6300 customers have cancelled their solar roof contracts with Tesla.

Based on the outcome of the lawsuit, Tesla agreed to pay $6 million to end the class action and completed 1656 solar roof contracts at the price originally set to clients.

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