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I'll preface this entire post by saying that I am the furthest thing from an engineer or really a mechanical/electrical guy at all... So, I read an article today about a new C-Max concept car that Ford has been showing off that is essentially the current C-Max with solar panels on the roof. This made me think that the same thing should be possible and forthcoming for the Fusion as well, and that got me thinking about a near-term solution. Obviously, without major electrical wiring, you can't just throw some panels up there since there's no way to connect them. However, there are plenty of mobile solar systems avaliable that charge into a small battery that can then power various electricity-consuming devices. Now, to be really portable, the battery storage is only about 600 watts, which wouldn't do much for our cars. But, my non-engineer brain wondered if the panel went into the battery and the car plugged into the battery, wouldn't the car keep exhausting the battery and the panel keep charging it, essentially turning the battery into a converter? The panel I have in mind is 85 watts (I'm assuming that's per hour), so for a full day at the office, I'm looking at about 750 watts. Then if I charge the battery off my house electric overnight, I'd have a total of about 1350 watts into the car from the time I parked in the morning. That is likely the difference between a full EV roundtrip commute and having to go hybrid a little. Am I crazy? This is the unit I'm thinking about (but I'm open to any):http://store.sundancesolar.com/85-watt-plug-n-play-solar-energy-kit-with-duracell-600-powerpack/