Aptera, a developer of a futuristic-looking, solar-powered passenger car, has pulled the wraps off its first production vehicle, which it says will be rolling off the assembly line this year.

The field of solar technology is experiencing a revolution with the advent of perovskite solar cells. Innovations in this area have the potential to drastically reduce the size of solar tech for ...

Following a successful year, the University of Minnesota’s Solar Vehicle Project (SVP) faces its newest challenge: what comes next. Most recently, the SVP team traveled to Australia in October with ...

We now have cost-competitive alternatives to fossil fuels. What we don’t seem to have is a sense that we’re all in this ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hot Wheelz Racing is going solar. Shifting gears from a Formula-style racecar to building a 16-foot solar vehicle, the team is preparing for its first Sun Grand Prix, taking place this summer in ...

Saif, a car fanatic, attributes his love for classic muscle cars and their combustion engines to spending hours learning about engines and transmissions in his father's car workshop as a child. While ...

The University of Minnesota’s Solar Vehicle Project (SVP) club won second place in the cruiser car class after racing in the 2023 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (WSC) in Australia. The 23-student ...

Aptera Motors set out to design the world’s most efficient form of transportation. “We found out if you add solar panels, you can get really useful daily charge range just from the nuclear generator ...

(Crain's) -- Northbrook-based Solar Electric Vehicle Co. is getting some more juice: A car dealership in Highland Park is now selling its line of emissions-free cars and trolleys. The four-year-old ...