Can Solar Power Become The New Oil?

Many car manufacturers are going into production or creating concepts that integrate solar panels into either the roof or body of the car, or both.

The wattage of the average car roof panel is around 250 watts. If you covered the entire car in solar film or panels you would get around 1000 watts or more

Although under normal use this will not provide all the vehicles power, it will make a significant contribution when you factor in the decreasing cost of solar panels and the rising cost of fossil fuel.

Here are some examples:

Solar Toyota Prius:

http://www.solarelectricalvehicles.com/

Fisker Karma:

http://www.fiskerautomotive.com/

Saab 9 X concept:

http://www.saab.com/main/GLOBAL/en/9X…

BMW concept with solar roof:

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/02/…

Ford Reflex concept:

http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_sho…

Giugiaro Quantara concept:

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/ge…

and many more…

The Fisker Karma featured in the video can already be ordered from the Fisker website – the first ones are scheduled for delivery this year.

(By the way, the music theme is called ‘Sunshine’.)

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