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The Lightyear Zero is a pioneering solar-powered electric car boasting a 625 km (388 miles) range with up to 1.05 kW of solar ...
At this year’s Formula Sun Grand Prix, the Stanford Solar Car Project won second place in the Single Occupant Vehicle Class ...
Drivers and engineers from the University of Illinois’ Illini Solar Car team came in first place at an event during this year ...
Have you ever heard of solar cars?  The electric motor is everywhere now, and more and more of us have accepted that the ...
This year is no different as Califonia car maker Aptera Motors says they will showcase its first solar vehicle at the "Concours Village at Pebble Beach" from Aug. 17-18.
In case you didn’t know, fully electric vehicles depreciate at a rate that’s 30% faster than gas-powered cars. Vehicles like ...
Following a successful year, the University of Minnesota’s Solar Vehicle Project (SVP) faces its newest challenge: what comes next. Most recently, the SVP team traveled to Australia in October with ...
According to Aptera Motors, over 42,000 customers around the world have preordered the solar-powered vehicle. The suggested retail for the Aptera solar car should be nearly $44,000.
The three-wheel car uses solar panels to travel up to 1,000 miles in some versions. It's batteries are charged by the sun, and if the weather or your schedule is less than ideal, you can plug-in ...
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 ...
- Part of our goal is creating a very practical solar electric vehicle. As you can see here, we've got a production car that we just converted into an electric vehicle.
As Wyldon Fishman, founder of the New York Solar Energy Society, explained, solar panels and electric vehicles both operate with direct current (DC), meaning there's no need to install an inverter ...