Vehicle Body Part and Method for Producing a Vehicle Body Part

A method for producing a vehicle body part of a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:

• providing a trim part blank;
• deforming the trim part blank;
• generating at least one essentially airtight and substantially watertight closeable cutout, in which at least one solar cell is arranged, by means of which electrical energy may be generated from the finished vehicle body part;
• closing the at least one cutout of the trim part blank with the at least one solar cell arranged in or on the same for forming a finished trim part;
• providing a frame component with a receiving area for the trim part;
• arranging the trim part in the receiving area of the frame component;
• and
• wherein an outer side of the trim part has a three-dimensionally curved outer shape at least in an area adjacent to the at least one solar cell which is designed in such a way that it forms part of an outer vehicle contour in its installed position on the motor vehicle.