Now this is cool, a solar powered prius. I have been reading a lot about people tricking out their prius's to get better gas milage. Its a bit different than the usual tricking out but still cool. Now this needs some modificatons, like the solar panels embedded into the roof of the car rather than just on the top but its a start.
Solar-Powered Toyota Prius Project
August 17, 2005 02:40 AM - Michael G. Richard, Ottawa
Green Car Congress writes about a very cool project by Canadian engineer Steve Lapp who modified his 2001 Prius by installing solar panels on the roof. It is admitted that the car is still a rough prototype, but so far the fuel economy improvement are of 10%, a respectable figure; for reference, Honda completely redesigned the Honda Civic engine for the 2006 model and achieved a 6% increase in fuel economy (the comparison is not quite fair, but I just want to point out that it can take lots of engineering efforts to gain even a few percents). "Lapp's modelling predicts a 10% 20% fuel efficiency improvement for the 270 watts of PV (to be bumped up to 360 watts with the additional of a fourth panel)".
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/08/solar-powered_t.php
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8/17/2005 12:48:00 PM
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