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oyota doesn’t sell a solar-powered car, but it does offer solar panels on some versions of the Prius. If we look further down the road, though, it looks like Toyota is interested in just how much sun a moving vehicle can see, based on a new patent we found filed with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

Called a, “Navigation System and Method for Determining a Vehicle Route Optimized for Maximum Solar Energy Reception,” Toyota’s patent is a way to route a vehicle in such a way that the navigation system can tailor, “a driving route for maximum exposure to sunlight, so that maximum solar energy may be received during a trip.”
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Toyota Wants Your Prius With Solar Panels To Follow The Sun

#1 Tideland Prius, Aug 10, 2017

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