Via Electric Pickup Outdoes Solar Roofs With Solar Tonneau Cover

Via Electric Pickup:-

The maker of plug-in utility vehicles backed by automotive luminary Bob Lutz introduced a solar tonneau cover  at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show.The tonneau cover will be available in 400-watt and 800-watt versions and which could add 6 or 10 miles of range per day.The solar tonneau cover will be a $2,000 option on the Via Vtrux plug-in pickup, Gizmag reports.The vehicle availables at base price of $79,000.The Vtrux pickup has a powertrain consisting of a 4.3-liter V-6, 300-kilowatt electric motor, and a 24-kilowatt hour lithium-ion battery pack.Via also plans to provide a Suburban-based electric SUV with the same powertrain as the pickup, and a van based on the Chevy Express. Both vehicles are expected to return the same 100 mpg as the pickup.The van uses a different powertrain than the pickup and SUV, consisting of a 4.8-liter V-8, 175-kilowatt electric drive motor, and a 22-kilowatt hour lithium-ion battery pack, perhaps Via can provide a solar hood soon as well.

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