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 to drive about 1,870 miles (3,000 kilometers), from Darwin ...

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 ...

INTI, a solar-powered car, was unveiled with a 25 mph top speed and a 70-mile range. The car, priced at $21,950, charges in two days of sunlight or five hours plugged in. Production is slated to begin ...

The University of Michigan student-run solar car team took home the gold covering 2095.5 miles (3372 km) at 37.51 mph (60.3 kmph) over 8 days in the latest Electrek American Solar Challenge 2024. The ...

Student solar car teams from Canada’s Polytechnique Montréal and École de technologie supérieure made it to the podium at the Electrek American Solar Challenge 2024, a distance-based competition for ...

CES is usually a great time for companies to show off things they are working on. This includes products that will actually make it to the market and products that are futuristic concepts. At CES 2025 ...

I just met Jacob. He wears a lot of hats — a dozen to be exact. He’s known to balance all sorts of things on his head — bean bags, hats and whatever else his friends challenge him to do on a Friday ...

Africa’s electric vehicle (EV) market is accelerating rapidly — projected to reach $4.2 billion by 2030, more than double its current value, according to market research firm Mordor Intelligence. Yet ...

TL;DR: A wave of innovation among US startups is pushing solar-powered driving closer to mainstream reality. Companies are developing vehicles and accessories that harness sunlight to cover a ...