The car is expected to cost just 25 000 28 351.
Buy toyota with solar panel.
The solar roof can charge while the car is on the move.
Toyota will start testing a new solar roof for the prius that it says can add as much as 44 5 km of range to the plug in hybrid a day.
With a solar panel roof made by solar manufacturer panasonic the toyota prius prime comes with a solar roof version in japan.
Toyota has ambitions over the concept and is to start testing an onboard solar recharging system where the hood the roof and back are covered with cells.
The more the panels can convert to usable energy the better.
Toyota has said that it didn t connect the previous 2000 prius solar panel option directly to the engine because it caused radio interference with the car s stereo.
The 158 mile all electric car can gather a further 21 miles of energy from its solar panels storing the energy in its 35 kilowatt hour battery.
In reality not much power.
The sharp solar panels also have a far more efficient conversion rate of 34 compared with 22 5 in toyota s current production system.
The solar cells are just 0 03mm thick but deliver around 860.