Prius To Include Rooftop Solar Panels  

Reuters reports the next edition of the Toyota prius hybrid car will include rooftop solar panels to help power the air conditioning.

Toyota Motor Corp plans to install solar panels on its next-generation Prius hybrid cars, becoming the first major automaker to use solar power for a vehicle, the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday. The paper said Toyota would equip solar panels on the roof of the high-end version of the Prius when it redesigns the gasoline-electric hybrid car early next year, and the power generated by the system would be used for the air conditioning. Toyota plans to use solar panels made by Kyocera Corp the Nikkei said.