Toyota plans Prius with solar panels

Toyota plans to install solar panels on the roof of the next generation of Prius hybrid cars, according to a report in Monday’s edition of the Nikkei newspaper.

The panels, which are expected to begin appearing on the high-end version of the gasoline-hybrid car as early as next spring, will supply part of the two to five kilowatts needed to power the air conditioning, MarketWatch cited the Japanese business daily as reporting. Kyocera will reportedly supply the panels.

The move would make Toyota the first major automaker to incorporate a solar-power generation system into a mass-produced car.

Prius was introduced in 1997 and has since sold more than 1 million vehicles worldwide. The car was redesigned in 2003, and a third generation has been widely expected to appear soon.

Climate Change

I am staying in Malaysia, a country just next to equator. No idea where is it still? It is north to Singapore, south to Thailand. Luckily, she has two famous / internationally recognized countries as neighbor. My poor country…

In recent year, I can feel strange weather in Malaysia, if not an extreme one.

1. It becomes very hot nowadays. Your skin will get pain or burn if exposed to sunlight for a short period of time. – Global heating effect, I believe.

2. Day time is hot, but it is unusually cold as compared to a decade ago – Desert like weather.

Save our earth today!