Ok this is kind of funny. I hadn't even seen this until, after I made this topic. This is a clear example of why this guy is what he is..
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/solar...l-maker-silevo
One of his stated goals with Telsa was to create a system where the car could be charged by solar but also that the car batteries could power a house. Obviously I don't think his plans are to power the house by the car battery, but rather develop a stand alone system for offgrid power.
Regardless of what his intentions are, he just bought a solar panel company because he felt the industry wasn't keeping up with his plans and now he can develop his own more efficient solar panels. He did the same thing with batteries, when the battery was becoming his roadblock he started his own company to take care of that, in order to develop better batteries.