Elon Musk at solar panel unveiling: 'We need to make solar as appealing as electric cars'

UNIVERSAL CITY, California - Tesla CEO Elon Musk tied together some of the disparate threads of his company's various grand ambitions in a product launch event here at Universal Studios Friday night.

The event - Tesla's first major unveiling since announcing plans to acquire Musk's cousin's company SolarCity in August - centered on a couple new products: a household battery outfit and a new type of rooftop solar panel. 

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