Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2024 02:36:54 +0000
This solar powered electric car from Aptera could succeed where others have failed, now that autocycles are trending again.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 16:45:38 +0000
The gloves are off: solar electric cars have caught the eye of a leading international fleet operator and its high-flying parent company.
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 17:50:43 +0000
A recent article at Technician Online tells us about an interesting and successful solar car project at North Carolina State University, built by the SolarPack solar racing team. Not only did it set a record, but it’s built on a normal car’s body (something most university teams would never even consider). This shows us how […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 23:50:56 +0000
Earlier this month, we ran an article about the Formula Sun Grand Prix, a track race that also serves as the qualifier for the American Solar Challenge, an overland race for college solar car teams. One of the cool things about this year’s race is that they added classes for slightly more practical cars to […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 21:55:25 +0000
Recently, Sono Motors hosted its first “Celebrate the Sun” community event with over 2000 attendees. The Munich-based OEM celebrated the debut of the world’s first affordable solar electric vehicle (SEV), the Sion, in its production design, as well as the unveiling of its novel ‘Solar Bus Kit,’ a scalable B2B solution for public transportation. “We […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 15:26:12 +0000
A recent article at Slash Gear attempted to tackle the problem of solar-powered cars. The topic did hit the news last month with cars like the Vision EQXX concept and Hyundai’s hybrid Sonata sporting solar panels, and if those cars were all we had to go on, the science mentioned in the article would be […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 17:25:42 +0000
When we think about solar car races, it’s usually multi-million dollar cars being raced by college teams across vast areas. With their only power coming from the sun, it’s a big challenge that often results in average speeds of around 15 MPH, and takes a grueling amount of time to complete. But, there’s another way […]
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 06:06:45 +0000
CleanTechnica and EVObsession appreciate the innovative, including early EV adopters. Although we support the wonders of icons such as Elon Musk and his oh so Zen Teslas, we also value every other EV. Being an old organic farmer raised in innovative cultures of do-it-yourself lifestyles, I certainly value action-oriented individuals such as Sam Elliot. Sam is one of the doers not afraid of smaller range EVs to live the zero-emissions way of life. His innovative work helping him to use a smaller-range EV without that any range anxiety is one to be validated and cheered