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Dr. Ronald Hattar, Yorktown ‘Prototype’ Tesla home being
schools superintendent developed in Yorktown
FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER ‘ e whole purpose of this
EDITOR
A “prototype” 6,500-square-foot solar- project is to build a “proof
powered home being developed with Tesla
technology has been approved by Yorktown’s of concept” home that will
Planning Board. showcase many various
Aside from being equipped with all “the Tesla and cutting-edge
bells and whistles” that Tesla has to o er, “It smart technologies, such as a
would just be a normal house,” Peder Scott,
an engineer for the project, told Yorktown’s custom-designed solar roof
Planning Board during a public hearing on and power wall back-up
Monday, Feb. 22. e home—“T-shaped”
Yorktown outlines when viewed from above—would be located emergency system.’
re-opening plan on a 4.3-acre subdivided parcel on Jerome
Returning fans, potential Road. –Tom Miressi
developments also discussed
Telsa has sold batteries and roofs separately Owner, TNT Capital Holdings LLC
before, “But this is basically the entire pack-
age engineered as a smart house,” Scott said.
“So,everything is interconnected.Everything disruptive innovation and green renewable
is self-regulating.” energy, as well as ways to merge the two
Energy produced by the 24 kWh (kilowatt things together.” Since becoming familiar
hours) solar roof would add power to the grid with Tesla in 2019, Miressi said, he’s been
or be used to heat the home or charge Tesla “obsessed”with the company “and the amaz-
vehicles. ing tech they bring to better the world.”
e home would be occupied by its owner, On Monday,March 8,the Planning Board
BY NICK TRUJILLO back into a full-time, in-person learn- Tom Miressi, who does not work for Tesla approved an amended site plan and granted
STAFF WRITER ing model was revealed during a virtual
Board of Education meeting on Mon- but is a nancial investor in the electric car a stormwater permit, a tree removal permit,
e Yorktown Central School District day, March 1. Due to the Westchester
will elimintate its hybrid learning model Department of Health changing its and clean energy company. ough Tesla’s and a special-use permit for the solar roof.
and return students to school ve days a guidance to align with the New York
week by the end of April, administrators Department of Health, Yorktown would stock price has su ered a setback in recent “ e whole purpose of this project is
said last week. Students will still have the implement the use of desk barriers—
option of attending all classes remotely. weeks, its market value has increased tenfold to build a ‘proof of concept’ home that will
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e updated plan to phase students over the last two years, yielding large pro ts showcase many various Tesla and cutting-
for early investors. edge smart technologies, such as a custom-
Miressi told Yorktown News that he also designed solar roof and power wall back-up
owns a capital holding corporation, TNT SEE TESLA PAGE 5
Capital Holdings LLC, which “invests in
Is WThEerLeCAOMMovEe In Your Future? BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE 31 GYMNASTICS
CLASSIFIEDS 29
2021! Thinking of Selling? LEGAL NOTICES 30 Lakeland wins
The Spring Market is Here! LEISURE 28 section title.
OPINION pg 18
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NOW is the time to Sell! SPORTS 24
TOWN GREEN 18
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