Solar-powered cars aren’t new. The real challenge isn’t harnessing sunlight – well, the source is quite abundant – but doing ...

Ultralight and flexible panels integrated into the roof, hood, and tailgate. The Japanese giant's project is still an ...

A team of Mountain View High School students is building a completely solar-powered car in order to compete on a Texas racetrack this July. In the home stretch of the project, Ryan Liu, a rising ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The future is bright for the Sunseeker Solar Car Project. The Western Michigan University solar racing team eclipsed a number of collegiate competitors to finish the 2025 Electrek ...

The Ariya demonstration vehicle features 3.8 m² of Lightyear's custom solar panels integrated across the hood, roof, and tailgate. Testing showed that the car could generate 0.5 kWh of solar energy ...

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 ...

German startup Sono Motors promised a solar EV that could get over 150 miles of free driving range from the sun every day. The upstart went bust in 2023, and its assets are now up for grabs. Several ...

Nissan has launched a solar-powered Ariya concept car to celebrate Clean Energy Day. To do so, it has partnered with Netherlands-based high-tech company firm Lightyear.