Solar-panel-covered hybrid truck offers 3,000 to 6,000 free miles a year

Designed to reduce the amount of fuel used by haulage companies, the 560-hp plug-in hybrid truck has an 18-m trailer with 100 sq m of 13.2-kWp panels

Leaving energy on the table isn’t good for business. A new academic-industry initiative is developing lightweight solar panels to harvest natural energy from all that solar-soaked truck real estate to decrease operational costs, emissions and the imperative of a sustainable transport system.

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Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: Scania, Plug-in Hybrid, Solar Powered

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Author: Mike Hanlon