With a new year comes a new season of solar car racing! The official dates for the 2026 Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP) and the 2026 Electrek American Solar Challenge (ASC) have been released.

It's a reasonable amount, but I wouldn't be planning any solar-powered road trips. Unfortunately, EVs just need too much ...

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 ...

Here’s something that can help “reduce reliance on external charging infrastructure,” says Nissan: solar panels built into the exterior panels of an electric vehicle.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Even as U.S. oil refiners scramble to increase the flow of Canadian crude from Alberta to Texas, a caravan of futuristic solar cars is racing that 2,400-mile route in reverse to ...

In a relatively short period of time, electric vehicles have managed to become an important pillar of the auto industry. Yet, despite the clear advantages over their ICE-powered counterparts, EV ...

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

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 ...

AMES, Iowa – Nearly 200 miles in stifling heat wasn’t a problem for Iowa State University’s solar race car on Wednesday. But that wasn’t the case for most of the 11 cars competing in this year’s ...

South African homes need two-way meters so that they can feed extra solar power from home systems and electric vehicles back ...