This solar-powered car's narrow streamlined shape and lightweight carbon fiber exterior helped it take home the top prize at the 2023 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge: Every two years, engineering ...

Solar cars have been part of the automotive conversation for decades at this point, but consumer versions have yet to truly take off. With market entrants from Aptera and Lightyear still en route, the ...

Innoptus Solar Team, a bunch of students from Belgium, came up victorious in the world championship for solar cars after driving a little over 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) through the challenging ...

Dublin, May 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- The "Solar Vehicle Market, Till 2035: Distribution by Type of Vehicle, Type of Battery, Type of Electronic Vehicle, Type of Solar Panel, Type of Enterprise, and ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. — The first solar-powered car is one step closer entering production. Aptera is a no charge, solar powered car being developed in Carlsbad. “Really we should get most of our power ...

The world's first commercial solar electric vehicles are hitting the U.S. and European markets in the next few years. German company Sono Motors, Southern California-based Aptera Motors, and Dutch ...

High School science students faced many difficulties in this year's Solar Car Challenge, a competition to build and drive solar-powered vehicles. A few decades back, a high school physics teacher in ...

Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...

For the first time, an Indian team will compete in the prestigious Sasol Solar Challenge in South Africa.

Following a successful year, the University of Minnesota’s Solar Vehicle Project (SVP) faces its newest challenge: what comes next. Most recently, the SVP team traveled to Australia in October with ...

When Jim Selgo moved to his home in Goodyear, Arizona in 2019, he quickly had rooftop solar installed, having had a positive experience with solar at his previous home. Less than a year later, ...