A car cover integrated with solar cells on the top, ideally flexible cells, such as from powerfilmsolar.com. Such car cover will have an integrated power inverter that would allow connection to the regular mains input (110VAC or 220VAC, as applicable) of an electric car. This wouldn't charge a car in a very short time, but is meant as a supplimental charge while the car is out and parked at the store or at work.
A premium version could integrate a Microchip MRF89XA (sub-GHz) or MRF24WB (802.11) radio that would allow wireless connection such that an alarm can be built in that monitors the connection to the car battery. Should an unauthorized disconnect occur, an integrated alarm could go off, or the panic alarm of a built-in car alarm could be triggered. In the case of use of the MRF24WB0 radio, control can be provided via an iphone or itouch application.
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