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 ...

This July, the 2026 Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP) and American Solar Challenge (ASC) head north to Minnesota, ...

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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 Solar Car Challenge will race into San Angelo this summer. It's the top project-based STEM initiative helping spark high-school students' interest in science, engineering and alternative energy, ...

The sun has set on a frantic day of scrutineering at this year’s Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP), as teams scramble to qualify for a spot on the starting line tomorrow morning. Electrek FSGP ...

Finally, a major automaker figured out how to blend solar tech into an EV without making it look like a science fair project, but it’s still very much a concept. Solar-powered cars struggle with ...

A team of Mountain View High School students is building a completely solar-powered car in order to compete on a Texas racetrack this July. In the home stretch of the project, Ryan Liu, a rising ...

It has been a long, twisting journey for Aptera’s solar-powered EV (sEV), but we can at last report that the extraordinary futuristic car has taken a huge step toward mass production. Regular readers ...