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 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 car uses photovoltaic solar cells from sharp that toyota says are 34 percent efficient plus altogether the company says that on an ideal sunny day the solar panels could give the prius.
In good conditions the panel will likely add about.
Unlike the previous solar panels to adorn its plug in hybrid the new.
Toyota has fitted out an experimental prius with a fresh rooftop solar kit to explore the limits of sun powered road travel.