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.
Prius plug in solar panel.
The new prius models will have solar panels built by sharp thin films that are around 0 001 inches thick.
Toyota has fitted out an experimental prius with a fresh rooftop solar kit to explore the limits of sun powered road travel.
With solar panels that thin toyota has the flexibility to add them to not only the car s.
The toyota prius solar panel roof feature is an impressive feature in an already class leading hybrid vehicle.
The solar cells are just 0 03mm thick but deliver around 860.
Explaining the solar charging system that was newly developed with the all new toyota plug in hybrid system.
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.
In good conditions the panel will likely add about.
Toyota prius phv is here.