Honda To Mass Produce Solar Cells

This was a surprising announcment, "Honda to mass produce solar cells by 2007". Honda said they are building a new factory on the site of one of their auto manufacturing plants in Japan to start producing solar products. Honda said its solar cells would be composed of non-silicon compound materials, consuming half as much energy and generating 50 percent less carbon dioxide during production when compared with conventional solar cells made from silicon.

The company aims to sell the solar cells for both residential and industrial use. It will initially target the Japanese market.

Is this the beginning of when my future hybrid or fuel cell Honda vehicle also has a solar rooftop to charge the batteries? That would be cool.