2012 Prius Solar Panel

Toyota will start testing a new solar roof for the prius that it says can add as much as 44 5 km of range to the plug in hybrid a day.

2012 prius solar panel. The solar cells are just 0 03mm thick but deliver around 860. Used 2012 toyota prius four for sale 14 998 60 309 miles with leatherette seats sunroof s jbl sound system rear view camera navigation system front seat heaters. I hooked up the bare wires to ring terminals and attached them directly to the 12v battery in the prius c under the back seat. The utility company here aps allows panels to produce 110 of average annual consumption or 115 if you have an electric vehicle the prime counts.

At the time though technological limitations in energy efficiency made the energy from the solar roof only useful for peripheral devices like air conditioning rather than for a meaningful increase in driving distance. Very nice feature just need to figure out if the is worth it for you. Please see your owner s manual for further details and important safety informati. The new prius models will have solar panels built by sharp thin films that are around 0 001 inches thick.

With solar panels that thin toyota has the flexibility to add them to not only the car s. Not all features available on all vehicles and model grades. Biggest turn on for me are the 17s yes it reduces the mpg a tad but imo makes the prius look better and the leather sunroof package like f8l states is more for the fan powered by the solar panel to pump in fresh air on them super hot days than it is for the sunroof imo. The solar company is putting up 16 x 315w panels with micro inverters on each one.

The solar panel also came with other ends they end in battery clamps and just bare wires.