Panasonic starts production of solar batteries for cars

Japanese famous company Panasonic recently released data that begins to manufacture solar power panels which can be installed on the roof of the vehicle and thus to charge it with energy. The capacity of this unit is 180 watts.

It seems that the Japanese brand Panasonic ready to supply solar panels for almost any structure or vehicle. Previously, a similar setup was introduced in passenger cars the Prius PHEV with a mark.

The leadership of the Japanese giant reported that their company was among the first who dared to install solar panels on the vehicle. Roof cars are a very useful platform to produce electrical energy.

At the end of last year the company Panasonic has signed a contract with the American manufacturer of electric cars Tesla that will produce solar panels in the United States. Part of the investment will take the company SolarCity, and to establish the production process will be a Japanese company. The project is designed for ten years.

For those who doubt the usefulness and practicality of solar panels on cars, the employees of Panasonic lead according to statistical data, in Japan in the first four months was sold about 1 350 cars Prius PHEV. This is about 9% of all sales of this model.

It is worth mentioning that model Prius last generation received their complete set of solar batteries, thanks to which the trip distance increased to 6 kilometers. In order to achieve such results, the company's engineers had to work hard on their product. Was taken into account aspects such as the curvature of the car roof, the conditions in the confined space, the vibration and bumps in the roadand lighting changes.