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Nowadays, there are so many options for cars from fuel-efficient vehicles, to EVs, to solar cars. But which one is better, and which is right for you?

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 ...

More than 30 college teams are showing off their innovations in solar car technology this week at a three-day race in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Adam Doud had the opportunity to visit the show floor at the Chicago Auto Show before it opened to the public. Here are the cars that caught his eye.

The car has a 60 kilowatt-hour battery pack with 4 electric motors, and its exterior surface is decked out with 5 square meters (53.8 square feet) of “double curve solar arrays.” The 174-horsepower ...

On a sunny day at Georgia Tech, the Solar Racing team is turning sunlight into motion, showcasing the future of sustainable transportation.

Their original race car began 10 years ago as a go-kart and, since then, has developed into an award-winning Formula hybrid vehicle. Gone are the internal combustion engine and hybrid electrical ...

Teams of racers drove thousands of miles in a three-day grand prix held this weekend at the National Corvette Museum’s ...

Audi Sport Quattro has become the first car in the world to run a new solar gasoline, developed by Synhelion. The Swiss ...

A Dutch startup called Lightyear let us drive a pre-production prototype of its 0 sedan, which is billed as the world's first "solar electric car." ...

It wasn’t exactly “Racers, start your engines.” More like, “Racers, remove your covers.” But the solar car challenge put on by CalTeach and the Solar Energy Association at UC Merced ...