Toyota has fitted out an experimental prius with a fresh rooftop solar kit to explore the limits of sun powered road travel.
Prius persona solar panel.
Toyota will start testing a new solar roof for the prius that it says can add as much as 44 5 km of range to the plug in hybrid a day.
With solar panels that thin toyota has the flexibility to add them to not only the car s.
Solar panels located on the roof of your new toyota prius absorb the sun s rays and use that absorbed solar energy to power the vehicle s ventilation system.
The new prius models will have solar panels built by sharp thin films that are around 0 001 inches thick.
The solar cells are just 0 03mm thick but deliver around 860.
Koji toyoshima toyota s chief engineer for the prius plug in says that the solar panel will increase car s efficiency by up to 10 percent.
So while your prius is parked in the sun it is actually storing energy and powering the ventilation system and fan maintaining a cooler temperature on the interior of your vehicle.