A man has built one of the coolest cars we’ve ever seen, a solar-powered electric car, and traveled nearly 20 miles on it without needing to use the battery. YouTuber Simon Sörensen used parts from an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a recent drive along the California coast, I passed gas stations knowing that the sun was filling my tank free of charge. Gas ...

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 ...

A group of Stanford students drove across eight states earlier this summer — a trip fueled not by gas or electricity but ...

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 ...

CES is usually a great time for companies to show off things they are working on. This includes products that will actually make it to the market and products that are futuristic concepts. At CES 2025 ...

Fuyao Glass, one of the world’s largest suppliers of automotive glass, has listed a new product for sale that it says can generate electricity from a car’s roof glass. But before you get too excited: ...

There have been many ways of traveling Route 66 during this Centennial Year of the Mother Road, which tied America together in so many ways. But one of the most unique has been the 2026 Electrek ...

The group is creating its own solar-powered race car from scratch, a task that takes three years. But they will be ready to compete soon. Three years. That is how long the Michigan State Solar Racing ...

Solar car teams from Canada outperformed in two categories of the latest Electrek American Solar Challenge. The student team from Polytechnique Montréal won first in the multiple occupant vehicle ...

Student teams representing Appalachian State University and KU Leuven took first place in this year’s American Solar Challenge (ASC) which concluded on August 5 with a cross-country race to the finish ...

The annual Solar Car Challenge for high school students celebrates its 30th year anniversary with a high-stakes trek across Texas. The annual Solar Car Challenge for high school students celebrates ...