Re:Toyota is trying to put solar panels on a Prius to charge...
by Justsignedup on Friday September 13, 2019 @12:04PM
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Slightly different motive though.
If your car is hanging out all day at a parking spot, say in front of your office building, or just on the streets, it might actually charge a large battery enough to get you a chunk of the way through your trip.
It could make plug-in hybrids the norm, even if you don't have a place to plug. For many people, their cars sit idle 80% of the day, if not more. Even if it charges enough for a quarter of the way to your house, that's a quarter more of not needing fuel.
Right now I fill up my regular prius once a month. With this I can see that changing to once every 3-5 months. A potential of course, not saying this will work.
That's the idea behind it. Not to power it as it drives.
If your car is hanging out all day at a parking spot, say in front of your office building, or just on the streets, it might actually charge a large battery enough to get you a chunk of the way through your trip.
It could make plug-in hybrids the norm, even if you don't have a place to plug. For many people, their cars sit idle 80% of the day, if not more. Even if it charges enough for a quarter of the way to your house, that's a quarter more of not needing fuel.
Right now I fill up my regular prius once a month. With this I can see that changing to once every 3-5 months. A potential of course, not saying this will work.
That's the idea behind it. Not to power it as it drives.