 On February 28, 2019, Elon Musk announced that the electric vehicle maker would close “many” of its stores around the world to sell cars online-only, removing the only retail outlet for solar sales, but later reversed his decision and kept most stores open.In the second quarter of 2019, Tesla quarterly installations fell to a new low of 29 megawatts, compared to 2,013 megawatts the residential leader Sunrun installed, and compared to SolarCity's installation of 253 megawatts in the fourth quarter of 2015 (before Tesla acquired it).In August 2019, Tesla announced they would begin renting solar systems to customers in six states starting at $50 a month, in a plan to boost residential solar deployments.