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 ...

HASLETT, Mich. (WLNS) — Three college students have been building a solar car for seven years. They built it in Haslett, and their goal is to drive it from New York City to Los Angeles. The project ...

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 ...

San Diego–based solar electric vehicle startup Aptera is making some pretty bold claims about its current prototype: namely, that it will be the “most efficient vehicle on the planet.” But the ...

Sun-driven car prototypes have been around for more than 50 years, but at-scale production of these designs wasn’t available until recently. Now, with major improvements in lithium battery ...

Teagan McGuire of Watertown High School performs a test drive of their solar car during this year's Solar Car Challenge on Friday, July 14, 2023, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. A panel of ...

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 ...

With AI now the technology of the moment in Silicon Valley, researchers have applied it to the problem of solar power for EVs, using a virtual model to govern when power from a solar array is used to ...

How to Make a Solar Toy Car ...

Over the years we've seen numerous prototypes and university projects that have harnessed the power of the sun to propel vehicles, but they've always seemed to be little more than glorified science ...