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Old 07-10-2008, 08:22 AM   #1
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Default Correction: Solar panels to only supply a portion of power for air conditioning on 2010 Prius

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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Old 07-10-2008, 09:44 AM   #2
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Default Re: Correction: Solar panels to only supply a portion of power for air conditioning on 2010 Prius

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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Old 07-10-2008, 10:15 AM   #3
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Default Re: Correction: Solar panels to only supply a portion of power for air conditioning on 2010 Prius

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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Old 07-10-2008, 11:25 AM   #4
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Default Re: Correction: Solar panels to only supply a portion of power for air conditioning on 2010 Prius

Anything to push solar technologies forward is welcomed by me.
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Default Re: Correction: Solar panels to only supply a portion of power for air conditioning on 2010 Prius

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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Default Re: Correction: Solar panels to only supply a portion of power for air conditioning on 2010 Prius

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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.
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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Old 07-10-2008, 12:56 PM   #7
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Default Re: Correction: Solar panels to only supply a portion of power for air conditioning on 2010 Prius

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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?
Read up on Photo cels. You'll then understand how little the amount of energy is, that one can get from the surface area on a prius. At least P.V. isn't as impractical as hydrogen cars ... but look at all the misinformed running around the landscape that wrongly think this is going to be a silver bullet for the future of energy demands. Yes, the AP story was in dire need of corection, and it was just a matter of time.

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Default Re: Correction: Solar panels to only supply a portion of power for air conditioning on 2010 Prius

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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Default Re: Correction: Solar panels to only supply a portion of power for air conditioning on 2010 Prius

More importantly, will there be a sunroof?
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Default Re: Correction: Solar panels to only supply a portion of power for air conditioning on 2010 Prius

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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