Toyota says the integrated solar cells can add up to 3 7 miles of driving range per day while parked.
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Toyota is still exploring how to use solar cells to partially power its prius.
The 158 mile all electric car can gather a further 21 miles of energy from its solar panels storing the energy in its 35 kilowatt hour battery.
The car is expected to cost just 25 000 28 351.
Working with the sharp corporation and japanese government agency nedo the automaker will study the.
If you look closely you ll notice that every panel provides a different output.
Toyota has said that it didn t connect the previous 2000 prius solar panel option directly to the engine because it caused radio interference with the car s stereo.
Because it is so thin it can fit the curves of the vehicle including the roof hood and rear hatch door said the report.
The sharp solar panels also have a far more efficient conversion rate of 34 compared with 22 5 in toyota s current production 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.
It did not escape interesting engineering s notice that the new solar battery cell can fit a larger surface.
Toyota will soon take to the streets to begin testing new prius models with solar panels.
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Solar panels also vary in manufacturing qualities so for most it s a matter of finding a good balance between affordability and quality.
The expense of the cells makes.
Toyota s demo car is covered by about 1 100 cells each about the size of a business card said hiroyuki juso a senior manager at sharp s solar panel project.
A partnership with sharp has yielded some interesting results with the automaker about to start testing a car with.
The more the panels can convert to usable energy the better.
The solar battery cell is a thin film about 0 03 mm thick.
With a solar panel roof made by solar manufacturer panasonic the toyota prius prime comes with a solar roof version in japan.