Solar cars exist. The best place to see them is the World Solar Challenge, a race that’s held every two years in Australia. Competitors have to drive about 1,870 miles (3,000 kilometers), from Darwin ...

Innoptus Solar Team, a bunch of students from Belgium, came up victorious in the world championship for solar cars after driving a little over 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) through the challenging ...

Since 1987, teams of engineers around the world have built solar cars to participate in a road race around Australia called the World Solar Challenge, being tested on the race time, kilometers ...

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amprius Technologies, Inc. (“Amprius” or the “Company”) (NYSE: AMPX), a leader in next-generation lithium-ion batteries with its Silicon Anode Platform, is supplying ...

Aptera Motors set out to design the world’s most efficient form of transportation. “We found out if you add solar panels, you can get really useful daily charge range just from the nuclear generator ...

Solar-powered cars face significant challenges due to limited space for solar panels and high energy requirements for driving. Some companies, like Lightyear, are developing solar EVs but face ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Pour Standards, Staten Island’s homebrew club, will host its annual Pour Mania 2025 event on Saturday, Oct. 25, to raise funds for a local nonprofit that teaches students to ...

The vehicle’s carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) body at the assembly stage in Aptera’s facility. The body in carbon (BinC) structural approach uses carbon fiber sheet molding compound (CF-SMC) ...

In this episode, we spotlight three revolutionary solar car projects changing how we think about driving. From Lightyear's bold Lightyear Zero to Aptera’s ultra-efficient design and Sono Motors’ solar ...

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 ...