On: Toyota is trying to put solar panels on a Prius to...

[osobo]

Unless you park in a garage, which a lot of people do.

[kungtotte → osobo]

And a lot of people don't. There's way more cars than there is garage space.

[NicoJuicy → kungtotte]

So everyone will park in the sun and not near trees or buildings.

Garage is just one example where there is no sun.

[kungtotte → NicoJuicy]

Yes, and since this is a product specifically marketed to people who live in the area of the world where 100% of parking spaces is shaded it's obviously a bad idea.

What if they instead sold it to people who usually park in non-shaded parking spaces? Would that work, do you think?

[jameshart → osobo]

Parking garage at my office park doesn’t even have open-air spaces on the top floor: the deck is covered with solar panels.