Possible to buy a Prime with the Solar Charging Roof?

Discussion in 'Gen 5 Prius Main Forum' started by maiki, Jun 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM.

  1. Hammersmith

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    edit - I thought I found 8 within 500 miles, but I see now there's something wrong with the search function. It's returning results for cars it shouldn't be. I'm going to do a little playing around to see if I can trick it into giving correct results.


    edit2: Okay, there's a weird bug in the Search Inventory software that shows you the wrong results if you select both Adv Tech and Solar Roof. So just choose Solar Roof. It looks like the vast majority of cars that have the Solar Roof option also are XSE+ with the Adv Tech Package.

    There's only 5 within 250 miles of you that are not sale pending, but if you expand to 500 miles that number becomes 33.

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    #21 Hammersmith, Jun 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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    I’m assuming the Solar Roof also trickle charges or maintain the small 12v Battery if the car sits idle for days or weeks on end without plugging in.

    If it prevents a dead 12v battery then it might be a good option for some.
     
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    I wouldn't assume that. I think it's for charging the hybrid battery.

    But it would be much more useful for that purpose.