I’ve previously written on the overlapping consumer interest in clean vehicles and clean energy, describing five pathways to make the connection between the two. Today, Ford unveiled a sixth, covering the roof of a plug-in hybrid C-Max Energi entirely in solar cells and parking it below a solar concentrating canopy. With the car slowly moving itself over the course of the day to follow the sun, it can be fully re-charged without ever plugging in.
It’s only a concept for now, but the video below is a good example of some innovative thinking to accelerate the market for both clean electricity and clean cars: