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.
Prius solar panel on off switch.
Toyota has fitted out an experimental prius with a fresh rooftop solar kit to explore the limits of sun powered road travel.
Prius solar powered cooling system in action on a warm day.
Unlike the previous solar panels to adorn its plug in hybrid the new.
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.
With solar panels that thin toyota has the flexibility to add them to not only the car s.
It doesn t recharge the 12v battery it certaintly wouldn t do any good for the actual traction battery to drive the car.
The new prius models will have solar panels built by sharp thin films that are around 0 001 inches thick.