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.
The new prius models will have solar panels built by sharp thin films that are around 0 001 inches thick.
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.
Toyota has fitted out an experimental prius with a fresh rooftop solar kit to explore the limits of sun powered road travel.
The solar cells are just 0 03mm thick but deliver around 860.
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.