Westmont College students Benjamin Mandani, left, and Isaac Silva take home gold in the annual remote control car competition with their car named Nesi, a combination of parts of their names. Credit: ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Imagine a vehicle that can truly power itself with just sunshine alone. A Carlsbad-based startup says that the future is almost here. Aptera Motors is preparing to mass-produce what ...

The sun will last as we know it for at least another five billion years, so there’s plenty of time to use it as an energy source for automotive, sport, and marine batteries. Right now, Amazon has a ...

Electric vehicles are gaining popularity, but challenges like charging time and accessibility, especially in urban areas, remain a concern for users. This video explores the concept of solar-powered ...

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 ...

Africa’s electric vehicle (EV) market is accelerating rapidly — projected to reach $4.2 billion by 2030, more than double its current value, according to market research firm Mordor Intelligence. Yet ...

Power Integrations’ ref design kit gives eco-racers a turnkey solution for a reliable auxiliary power supply that can be used in solar-powered race cars. As 37 student teams prepared to race across ...

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 ...

German automaker Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the Vision Iconic prototype, the first car featuring its “solar paint” photovoltaic solution, at Shanghai Fashion Week in China. The company said the ...

Aptera reports having secured access to $75 million in funding to bring its solar car to production as it is set to go public later this week. As we reported last week, Aptera is about to go public on ...

Aptera, the company behind a highly efficient electric vehicle capable of charging from the sun, is about to go public, but its approach raises concerns. Is it the end of another solar car project?

The Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency) said the auction was more than four times oversubscribed. Image: Unsplash. Germany has awarded contracts to 490MW of solar-plus-storage projects ...