VEHICLE ROOF SOLAR PANEL WITH A VARIABLE DIMMING FEATURE

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VEHICLE ROOF SOLAR PANEL WITH A VARIABLE DIMMING FEATURE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18481053 titled 'VEHICLE ROOF SOLAR PANEL WITH A VARIABLE DIMMING FEATURE

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Disclosed is a vehicle roof panel formed as a multilayer laminate having an outer shield layer, one or more solar cell laminate layers, and an internal electrochromic layer. The shield layer and the one or more solar cell laminate layers are transparent. The roof panel also may have a user controllable electrical input connected to the electrochromic layer whereby the user can adjust an electrical input to the electrochromic layer there by controlling its transparency from greater than 70% transparent to non-transparent. In the roof panel the one or more solar cell laminate layers are located between the shield layer and the electrochromic layer. The roof panel provides a convenient way to charge the batteries of electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles while allowing for user controllable dimming of the roof panel.