Toyota has ambitions over the concept and is to start testing an onboard solar recharging system where the hood the roof and back are covered with cells.
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The more the panels can convert to usable energy the better.
The car is expected to cost just 25 000 28 351.
Toyota says the integrated solar cells can add up to 3 7 miles of driving range per day while parked.
The solar cells are just 0 03mm thick but deliver around 860.
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.
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.
It did not escape interesting engineering s notice that the new solar battery cell can fit a larger surface.
The solar battery cell.
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.
The sharp solar panels also have a far more efficient conversion rate of 34 compared with 22 5 in toyota s current production system.