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FAW Hongqi Builds Its First Solar Roof

From Ta Nea · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • FAW Hongqi installed a photovoltaic solar roof on its electric Hongqi EHS7 SUV.
  • The perovskite roof can produce 300 watts in real time under sufficient sunlight and is expected to generate 400 kWh annually.
  • Hongqi says the technology could eventually provide electric vehicles with 80 kilometers of battery range per day.

FAW Hongqi has built what it describes as the first photovoltaic solar roof on the market, integrating solar cells into the panoramic roof of its electric EHS7 SUV.

The system produces 300 watts of power in real time under sufficient sunlight and can generate 400 kilowatt-hours of energy annually. In the future, the technology is expected to provide Hongqi electric vehicles with up to 80 kilometers of battery range per day.

Hongqi’s research and development team moved away from traditional crystalline silicon, which it considered fragile and less efficient. The company instead used full-size perovskite photovoltaic elements in the roof.

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