Jul 07 2008
Prius to Use Solar Power
NEXT100 emerges from the July 4th haze with some smoke and mirrors; solar, that is.
Nikkei today reported that the next-generation Prius will be using Kyocera solar panels to power part of the car's two-to-five kilowatt air conditioning system. The panels would be equipped to the automobile credited with making environmentally friendly transportation mainstream.
Some doubters quoted anonymously in a Reuters story see the panels as more of a symbolic gesture, saying that, "It's very difficult to power much more than that with solar energy."
However, a white paper highlighted by Earth2Tech claims that a solar-powered Prius could drive between five to eight miles on solar power. The paper states that this would reduce gasoline consumption by 17-29 percent.
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