On the effect of cell interconnection in Vehicle Integrated Photovoltaics: modelling energy under different scenarios

Vehicle Integrated Photovoltaics seeks to increase the autonomy of electric vehicles by using solar energy as a clean and renewable source. New studies and tools are needed to determine the viability of this technology. The development of a new modeling tool to analyze the solar resource on the curved car-roof surface, as well as the generation of electrical energy through photovoltaic cells, is detailed in this study. In addition, the study of the electrical energy generation for different cell sizes, interconnection and solar resource has been carried out, trying to find the optimal technology for each usage scenario.