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Yea or Nay? A Solar-Power-Harvesting Pickup Truck Tonneau Cover
I could see this applying really well to a topper. It would be awesome for the truck camping crowd to have cleaner solution to roof rack mounted solar panels
F-150 with tonneau cover owner here. Two challenges are durability and security. I have a BackFlip cover and each panel is progressively heavier, to the extent that it is very hard to not SLAM the last segment. Connections between each panel need to fold nearly 180 degrees, and still be waterproof and not leaky. A solar panel tonneau will scream "I've got some goodies inside here" and segmented tonneaus are difficult but not impossible to pry open. A better concept might use a solid, pneumatic-lifted tonneau instead of a segmented one.
A vinyl tonneau cover isn't that robust either. I think this makes a lot of sense.