While we feel that some objects shouldn’t be solar powered for the sake of being solar powered, we can’t help but dig Nextar’s approach here. The NXBT-001 / NXBT-002 seem to primarily differ only in the amount of charge they have the ability to hold, with the former offering 250 hours of standby time / 10 hours of speak time and the latter boasting 150 hours of standby time and 6 hours of yappin’. As for functionality, both devices are designed to enable handsfree calling in the vehicle with any Bluetooth-enabled mobile, and of course, they each soak up the sun while you’re out cruising about. The ideal part? The fact that you no longer have to run yet another power cable to that 8-port cigarette adapter hub sitting in your center console. The pair will ship this Spring for $59.99 / $69.99 (thanks to a bundled caller ID display), respectively. Full release is after the break.

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