Success with the title of the first hybrid cars produced in bulk, the Toyota Prius not remain silent. Improvements also continue to be added on environmentally friendly cars that are fuel efficient. One more breakthroughs are now being prepared to be paired in the next-generation Prius is a "solar panel".

Editions have been launched since January last, will be equipped with additional tools to obtain alternative energy sources. According to the Nikkei Business Daily,-generation next Prius will be the first mass production vehicle with solar panels.

Mentioned, although the next-generation Prius could use energy battery and electrical machinery in certain circumstances, but the solar panels will be manufactured by Kyocera will be used to run the cooling system. It is important to conserve battery life, so it always have to be recharged.

The addition of solar panels will reduce the flow of the hybrid drive train, which adds a (translate) the fuel efficiency of up to several kilometers per liter. But the report also, the use of new solar panels are only available on the type of current Prius.