Toyota won’t just be adding solar panels to its popular Prius gas-electric hybrid car–like the solar electric conversion kit seen at left–it’ll be powering a version of it exclusively via sunshine, according to The Nikkei, Japan’s business newspaper. In fact, Toyota will be relying on the solar-electric car to "turn around its struggling business," which resulted in its first operating loss in more than 70 years, the Associated Press reports.ScientificAmerican.com and other media outlets reported last summer that Toyota was planning to begin selling a Prius with some solar panels as early as May of this year. But the latest reports are that the Japanese automaker is seeking to build a totally solar-driven vehicle. [More] RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
