 Beginning in 2017 (after Tesla acquired the company) its business model shifted to one where customers buy the solar systems with cash or via financing.Tesla, the parent company, decided to change from selling solar products door-to-door to only being sold in Tesla's stores and galleries, which Tesla believed would save on advertising.In June 2018, Elon Musk announced that Tesla would be pulling out of their solar sales partnership with Home Depot four months after national kickoff, initially aimed at growing sales of Tesla's solar and storage products.