There is absolutely no doubt today about where the automobile industry
is heading and it is surely taking a drive towards the greener
pastures. With the growing environment concern and the growing crude
oil prices, it seems inevitable and a no-brainer that oil, companies
have to turn towards green power. Toyota have gone one step further
this time by incorporating what is unarguably the most successful of
green energies on the planet in to one of their hot new studs- The
Prius Hybrid!
Toyota Motor Corp plans to install solar panels on
its next-generation Prius hybrid cars, becoming the first major
automaker to use solar power for a vehicle. Toyota would equip solar
panels on the roof of the high-end version of the Prius when it
redesigns the gasoline-electric hybrid car early next year, and the
power generated by the system would be used for the air conditioning.
It seems to be a move that is both simple and something that makes a
whole lot of sense too.
Toyota plans to use solar panels made by
Kyocera Corporation and while the reports have not yet been confirmed
by the company itself, it seems pretty certain that this is going to
happen. The Prius, the world’s first mass-produced gasoline-electric
hybrid car, first went on sale in Japan in late 1997 and in other
markets in 2000, and its cumulative sales have topped 1 million units
worldwide. This might make it all the more popular.
is heading and it is surely taking a drive towards the greener
pastures. With the growing environment concern and the growing crude
oil prices, it seems inevitable and a no-brainer that oil, companies
have to turn towards green power. Toyota have gone one step further
this time by incorporating what is unarguably the most successful of
green energies on the planet in to one of their hot new studs- The
Prius Hybrid!
Toyota Motor Corp plans to install solar panels on
its next-generation Prius hybrid cars, becoming the first major
automaker to use solar power for a vehicle. Toyota would equip solar
panels on the roof of the high-end version of the Prius when it
redesigns the gasoline-electric hybrid car early next year, and the
power generated by the system would be used for the air conditioning.
It seems to be a move that is both simple and something that makes a
whole lot of sense too.
Toyota plans to use solar panels made by
Kyocera Corporation and while the reports have not yet been confirmed
by the company itself, it seems pretty certain that this is going to
happen. The Prius, the world’s first mass-produced gasoline-electric
hybrid car, first went on sale in Japan in late 1997 and in other
markets in 2000, and its cumulative sales have topped 1 million units
worldwide. This might make it all the more popular.
