The solar racing team is working on Car 2: Sunburst, a solar-powered vehicle the team will use in competitions.

A student engineering team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison rolled out a new solar-powered race car this week. The ...

The solar-powered vehicle that many people in the United States are keeping their eyes on is the much-anticipated Aptera. In ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why aren’t there solar-powered cars? – Emma, age ...

Listen and subscribe to Opening Bid Unfiltered on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. Aptera Motors (SEV) is being fueled by the sun — and a ...

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 ...

Discover NTU scientists' breakthrough in creating ultra-thin, transparent solar cells using perovskite technology, with ...

In brief: Solar-powered cars are still not practical at full scale. Panels are cheaper and more efficient than they used to be, but they do not generate enough energy to move a standard vehicle over ...