Given what we know from the electric vehicle industry, we know that placing solar panels on a standard car is little more than a marketing gimmick. Traditional vehicles are simply too heavy and ...

If someone asked you to, could you build a solar-powered car completely from scratch?

In a relatively short period of time, electric vehicles have managed to become an important pillar of the auto industry. Yet, despite the clear advantages over their ICE-powered counterparts, EV ...

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 ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Solar cars exist. The best place to see them is the World Solar Challenge, a race that’s held every two years in Australia. Competitors have ...

Don’t tell students that a solar-powered car is not in the zeitgeist. Indeed, a group of engineering students from the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands just completed a 620-mile ...

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 ...

There is something to be said for a vehicle that gains range just by standing outside in the sun. In the video after the break, [Drew Builds Stuff] demonstrates how he turned a pair of bicycles into a ...