While the Exeo’s optional sunroof uses small solar panels to generate electricity and power the car’s ventilation system on hot days — drawing ambient air into an otherwise hot cabin when the vehicle is parked with the engine off — the new device adapts wind turbine technology to power the Ecomotive’s headlights.
The timely new option is capable of adding as much as three miles per gallon to the normal Ecomotive Ibiza figure of 94.1.
The device, itself made mostly from recycled plastic, is almost silent during operation and the blades are capable of being folded around the Ibiza’s bee-sting aerial for trips to the car wash.
It’s thought the device will be able to power everything from electric windows to the air conditioning condenser and even the car’s stereo sound system.
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