Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson examines the solar city micro EV from Squad Mobility, which is a futuristic car that runs on sunlight, has a small footprint, a long range and a low price.

Drivers and engineers from the University of Illinois’ Illini Solar Car team came in first place at an event during this year’s Formula Sun Grand Prix in Bowling Green, Kentucky. They took home gold ...

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 ...

The two-person vehicle, named Gaia, is the 15th solar-powered vehicle the team has created in 30 years. The first, Aurora I, was built in 1993, three years after the team was created in 1990. The team ...

The global solar vehicle market is just revving up, from $450 million in 2024 to $2.5 billion in 2030.

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 ...

The Iron Lions are Solar Car Challenge national champions, and they've been perfecting their car, Invictus, for four years. It's sleek, white, made of carbon fiber - it has almost 500 solar cells ...

The Palo Alto Solar Vehicle team works on their car on July 5, 2023. Photo by Magali Gauthier. The Beast features a solar panel roof and a series of batteries that will store power for later use.

While production vehicles that can charge off the sun are yet to appear in any appreciable numbers, universities are continuing to push the envelope of what’s possible in a solar car.

German carmaker Sono says its Sion solar electric car will be coming to the US, prompting a lot of questions about what solar cars can do. I checked out a Sion in person during its first US tour ...

Larry Spatz, co-founder and CEO of Solar Electric Vehicle Co., hopes to begin selling his sunshine-powered buggies at a suburban car dealership in 2010, following the Jan. 1 change in Illinois law ...