The American Hyundai Technical Center and the technology company Worksport this week announced that they will soon put into testing a completely new technology for the Hyundai Santa Cruz pickup, which is a tank cover made from solar panels. with its own energy storage system.
Both sides temporarily keep quite secret information surrounding the above system, but according to what has been announced, as long as the car is operated or parked in the sun, Hyundai Santa Cruz will have an additional 650W power source to supply for system or specifically the new COR energy storage system with a capacity of 1,500 Wh.
Rear tank cover made from TerraVis . solar fuel panels
In addition, it is very interesting that this technology is not only limited to the future Hyundai Santa Cruz, but will also appear on an “unannounced model”. Due to the large area required for use, this system can only be used on pickups (which means another pickup from Hyundai) or large vehicle segments such as Palisade (SUV) or Staria (minivan) ).
Hyundai leadership in Korea will evaluate the technology in October 2022 to make a decision on whether to put it into mass application.
In fact, not only Hyundai but also a number of international car manufacturers have experimented with using solar panels as a second source of energy for cars, especially electric cars. The closest example can be mentioned is the Mercedes-Benz EQXX – a concept that uses EQS batteries but has a range of more than 1,000 km per charge thanks to a part of ceiling mounted solar panels.
Reference: Carscoops
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