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 ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Teams from two South African universities have taken solar-powered cars to Australia to compete in an international rally and showcase their ...

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 ...

Aptera Motors, based in San Diego, CA, has just successfully completed its first low-speed function test of its fully solar-powered electric vehicle (sEV). The PI2 doesn't need to be plugged in to ...

These seven solar technologies from CES 2026 reveal how automation, new materials, and recycling are reshaping the future.

EV drivers may relish that charging networks are climbing over each other to provide needed juice alongside roads and highways. But they may relish even more not having to make many recharging stops ...

SEATTLE, WA. — Twenty-seven teams of high school students from across the United States will head to Fort Worth, Texas to race a car they designed and built. The one thing these cars have in common is ...

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 ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - More than 40 racing teams from 21 countries left Darwin on Sunday to race across Australia to the southern city of Adelaide in the world's fastest solar powered cars. The 3,000 ...

In terms of sustainability and environmental friendliness, hybrids and electric cars are good. But cars powered at least partly by the sun? That’s even better. Here are two steps in that direction.