Toyota is trying to put solar panels on a Prius to charge battery during the day

Re:Toyota is trying to put solar panels on a Prius to charge... by osobo on Friday September 13, 2019 @06:07AM (#20960691)

Unless you park in a garage, which a lot of people do.

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Re:Toyota is trying to put solar panels on a Prius to charge... by kungtotte on Friday September 13, 2019 @06:19AM (#20960736)

And a lot of people don't. There's way more cars than there is garage space.

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Re:Toyota is trying to put solar panels on a Prius to charge... by NicoJuicy on Friday September 13, 2019 @07:22AM (#20961071)

So everyone will park in the sun and not near trees or buildings.

Garage is just one example where there is no sun.

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Re:Toyota is trying to put solar panels on a Prius to charge... by kungtotte on Friday September 13, 2019 @02:12PM (#20964756)

Yes, and since this is a product specifically marketed to people who live in the area of the world where 100% of parking spaces is shaded it's obviously a bad idea.

What if they instead sold it to people who usually park in non-shaded parking spaces? Would that work, do you think?

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Re:Toyota is trying to put solar panels on a Prius to charge... by jameshart on Friday September 13, 2019 @09:04AM (#20961699)

Parking garage at my office park doesn’t even have open-air spaces on the top floor: the deck is covered with solar panels.

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