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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 3576303" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>Toyota did it with the Prius several years ago, and put it in their ads. I don't think they're doing it any longer, which tells me that the juice wasn't worth the squeeze,</p><p></p><p>My guess as to why they don't put solar panels on electric cars are that current solar panels are not very efficient and they need sunlight coming in nearly perpendicular to the panel to produce their charge (and how do you fix that without putting the aerodynamics in the dumper), plus they add weight, they aren't robust enough to take the vibrations and downright banging of just driving down the road, and it's one more complication in Federal crash testing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 3576303, member: 26737"] Toyota did it with the Prius several years ago, and put it in their ads. I don't think they're doing it any longer, which tells me that the juice wasn't worth the squeeze, My guess as to why they don't put solar panels on electric cars are that current solar panels are not very efficient and they need sunlight coming in nearly perpendicular to the panel to produce their charge (and how do you fix that without putting the aerodynamics in the dumper), plus they add weight, they aren't robust enough to take the vibrations and downright banging of just driving down the road, and it's one more complication in Federal crash testing. [/QUOTE]
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