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Interesting info. the window on the back of my hyundai elantra says it is "70% transparent glass" so maybe I would still get more than half the power output.
FYI I picked up my car yesterday. It is a 2004 and all I have done is change the spark plugs so far. I just made my first round trip, mostly back roads, and the mileage was 27.5.
Of course, most of the bad mileage was in the first 3 miles with a cold engine, it is about 40 degrees F, so I got another idea... to include a heating element in the solar circuit to warm the engine.
So that if battery is at full voltage and the sun is present, the heating element would go on. Maybe it would only warm it 20 degrees but an engine works much better at 50 degrees than it does at 30.
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2004 Hyundai Elantra GT Hatchback bought 3/9/10
3/10/10--27.5 MPG on a 19 mile ride r/t through the burbs
3/14/10--32MPG hwy, 30mi test after new spark plugs
3/22/10--35MPG hwy after new Michelin Primacy MXV4 tires
3/28/10--38MPG, 80mi test most hwy using hypermiling
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