Prius Solar Panel Hack

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 solar panel hack.

Hold the ac button down for a few seconds and things will launch into motion. After reading several post and forums i realized that connecting to the main traction battery will be expensive complex and not so effective. The solar cells are just 0 03mm thick but deliver around 860. Power retractable door mirrors solar roof.

The prius is equipped with a remote via the key fob activated air conditioner which uses the traction battery rather than the 12 volt battery. Prius plug in hybrid solar equipment. To activate it you need to be sitting in the car with the doors closed. Full details of toyota prius plug in hybrid standard equipment and features.

15 bi tone grey silver alloy wheels 10 spoke black upper front grille. With solar panels that thin toyota has the flexibility to add them to not only the car s. 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. 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.

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. 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.

The new prius models will have solar panels built by sharp thin films that are around 0 001 inches thick.