Worksport will launch a folding, solar-panel bed cover for pickups - Business Insider

system, a folding tonneau cover — the fancy term for a pickup-bed cover — with built-in solar panels. The idea is to take power from the sun, store it in bed-mounted batteries, and use it to power appliances and tools at jobsites, campsites, or anywhere else an outlet isn't within arm's reach.

Many pickup trucks already offer outlets in the bed, but they don't run off of solar. The Terravis system also includes a portable powerpack with two outlets that lets users bring power to wherever it's needed. The Terravis system will fit traditional gas-powered trucks from roughly the 2010 model year forward, the company says. Worksport also plans to develop models for upcoming electric pickups from Rivian, GM, Ford, Bollinger, and others, claiming the system will be able to add range to hybrid and electric trucks, once they become available.

"Everyone is moving towards solar power and renewable energy sources and so is the pick-up truck market," Steven Rossi, Worksport's CEO, said in a press release. "Our system is being designed to, among other things, provide a meaningful source of energy for the new wave of electric trucks." The Terravis website says that the solar system will "provide meaningful power for the forthcoming electric trucks," but the range gains from such a system likely wouldn't be too great.

Riddled with problems and no one with trucks is asking for this

What happens when someone decides to smash the panels because they just hated that you have this nice vehicle and they don't. Insurance will be high.

Yeah, but if it’s going to cost $70K, not affordable to everyday folks. This would be a form of segregation and I hope the auto industry knows this. JMO.

It's a little more than a gimmick. The area is not nearly enough

The panels were never the issue...where is the battery and does the power generated sufficient enough to offset the added weight of the battery?

And when you live in Alaska....?

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