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Correction: Solar panels to only supply a portion of power for air conditioning on 2010 Prius
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Friends: 37 | The AP is posting a correction this morning to their report that sent the Internets crazy earlier this week regarding solar panels on the 2010 Prius. They are now saying that instead of the solar panels producing all of the power needed to power the air conditioning, the Nikkei article actually said that the solar panels will provide a portion of the 2 to 5 kilowatts needed to power the a/c. Nice translation there, AP Correction: Japan Toyota story on solar panels on Prius models
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Friends: 3 | The [darn] link to the actual article is not working, but Yahoo News is also reporting the AP Correction. "In a July 7 story about a new Toyota Prius, The Associated Press erroneously reported that The Nikkei newspaper said a solar panel will provide 2 to 5 kilowatts of electricity to power the air conditioning in the planned model." Yahoo! News Search Results for prius solar |
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Friends: 3 | Makes sense - any power created would be "free". Before anyone says it, of course it costs energy to create those solar panels - but "storing" energy at today's prices to be extracted later seems smarter and smarter. My question is this: will it charge the battery even when the car is off? If it does that means that your battery could be "topped off" while its in the parking lot and you are at work (assuming no parking garage). I think that would be pretty cool, especially if the new battery has more capacity. What do you all think? |
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Friends: 0 | Anything to push solar technologies forward is welcomed by me. |
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Friends: 5 | I'm all for solar, but this seems like a big waste. I'd rather have a plug-in, and solar power on the roof of my home to charge it. |
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Friends: 2 | But what if it helps to charge itself in the parking lot at work and lets you put the energy saved from your home system into your home? |
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Friends: 1 | How many watts CAN you generate on the roof of a Prius parked for 8 hours in the sun? Other than the potential for no ROI due to the cost of the panels, I don't see any reason to dump on the general concept. We have our little 50W 'leaf cars' on the Consumption screen to show us what we have recovered. 50W here and 50W there, eventually it adds up to POWER! It would certainly help if you have 3 bars when you arrive at work and 8 when you are ready to leave |
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Friends: 0 | More importantly, will there be a sunroof? |
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Friends: 0 | Hi bruce..., Watts are determined by the intensity of the sun, and the size of the solar panel. Time is not involved at all. Watt-Hours is the energy one can generate with a source of watts, over time. The leaf cars are 50 watt-hours. |
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