When you think of the most efficient way to charge an electric vehicle you most likely point directly towards the sun. It’s free, it’s pretty much never ending and most of all, it’s green. Well, it seems that one company by the name of SolarCity has decided to capitalize on this fact recently announced that they will be installing solar powered quick charging stations along Highway 101 in California.

If all goes well, SolarCity hopes to install several more charging stations in an attempt to make a large interconnected network. Let’s hope it goes well and SolarCity expands this venture elsewhere.

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Keonigsegg, well known as a high-end Swedish car manufacturer, has recently unveiled it’s latest creation; the NLV Quant.

Featuring an all electric motor capable of 512hp that boosts the NLV Quant to 62 mph in just 5.2 seconds. 

The real thing that sets the NLV Quant apart from the rest, however, is the fact that Keonigsegg threw in some solar panels to aid in charging.

The result? A full charge in 20 minutes. Don’t get too excited though, the solar panel alone won’t charge it to 100% that fast and requires some aid.
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If you crave for a Toyota Prius then you should wait a while. Maybe you will end up with Toyota’s new solar-powered Prius. Or whatever they’ll call it! Solar-powered vehicles are certainly going to happen in the future but Toyota has plans on paper about such a move. Toyota will probably launch Prius models which can be fueled by solar panels mounted on them. In the distant future solar-only cars are also a possibility Toyota will be working on. And I am sure people will stand in line to buy a Prius that could get its juice straight from the Sun, thus making Toyota recover from the current world-wide economic crisis. When will we see the solar-powered Prius launched?

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