Tesla’s solar energy business continues its rebound

Tesla’s solar energy business cooled during the summer after posting its best quarter in more than four years during the spring.While Tesla deployed less solar generating capacity during the summer than it did during the spring, it still was the company’s second-best quarter for solar energy deployments in five years.The company said its residential solar business continued to grow during the third quarter, while its commercial solar installations, which can be more volatile, were down during the summer.The results, released as Tesla reported slightly better-than-expected third-quarter earnings, indicate that the company’s solar energy business has recovered from the supply chain issues that had disrupted installations during the winter.Tesla, as has become typical in its quarterly reports, said nothing about production of its solar roof – the roofing product with…

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