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Steve Dent @ Engadget 1 place · today 02:12 EDT

Nissan made a nifty solar panel system for its Sakura EV

As we've seen with Toyota's Prius Prime, putting a solar panel on a car's roof is a nifty idea but can only gain you a few free miles a day due to the limited size. With a new prototype of its hyper-popular Sakura "kei" EV, Nissan has the answer: a bigger solar panel roof called the AO-Solar Extender. When fully stretched out on a sunny day, it can add about 1,864 miles of driving distance a year and power multiple accessories.
The panel works whether you're driving or parked. When extended (in "solar pompa

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