24 teams of high schoolers, including 10 from Texas, are building cars to compete in the Solar Car Challenge, an ...

It’s now July, which means schools from around the world are making final preparations for the Electrek American Solar ...

Solar-powered cars face significant challenges due to limited space for solar panels and high energy requirements for driving. Some companies, like Lightyear, are developing solar EVs but face ...

A man has built one of the coolest cars we’ve ever seen, a solar-powered electric car, and traveled nearly 20 miles on it without needing to use the battery. YouTuber Simon Sörensen used parts from an ...

The sun beat down on the Texas Motor Speedway Friday, its relentless glare heating the racetrack to nearly 100 degrees. But for the 570 high school students at the track this weekend, the sun is a ...

I recently came across a September 18 article by the “future technology” editor at The Wall Street Journal, “Solar-Powered Cars and Trucks Are Almost Here” (sorry, behind paywall, but your local ...

The group is creating its own solar-powered race car from scratch, a task that takes three years. But they will be ready to compete soon. Three years. That is how long the Michigan State Solar Racing ...

Researchers at the University of Bologna carried out crash simulations to qualify a novel solar powered 350 kg passenger vehicle for the next edition of the 3,000 km Bridgestone World Solar Challenge ...

Solar car teams from Canada outperformed in two categories of the latest Electrek American Solar Challenge. The student team from Polytechnique Montréal won first in the multiple occupant vehicle ...