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Toyota prius hybrid solar panel.
The toyota prius solar panel roof feature is an impressive feature in an already class leading hybrid vehicle.
A toyota prius prototype covered with 1 100 solar cells travels about 31 miles a day without charging.
Stretching nearly the entire length of the roof the.
The new prius models will have solar panels built by sharp thin films that are around 0 001 inches thick.
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.
The new toyota prius plug in hybrid will gain additional electric driving range with a rooftop solar panel that helps recharge the battery.
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.
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.