A handful of startups will soon sell technologies that can power a substantial portion of a driver’s daily mileage with nothing but abundant, free sunlight. Aptera Motors needed automotive-grade solar ...

Solar power is abundant and readily available, so why don't cars use it? With electric cars becoming more popular and a shift towards renewable energy sources is taking place, an obvious question ...

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 ...

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 ...

DARWIN, Australia & SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Power Integrations (POWI) is rolling out a new reference design kit tailored specifically for solar-powered race cars as 37 student teams ...