High school students from across the country are putting solar power to the test this week, racing student-built cars more ...

24 teams of high schoolers, including 10 from Texas, are building cars to compete in the Solar Car Challenge, an ...

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 ...

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Solar Car Challenge for high school students, introducing an exciting new cruiser division to the competition.

Phoenix Racing, the team from Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland, is competing with its solar-powered vehicle in two ...

A Palo Alto-based team of high schoolers worked for months to build a fully-functional solar powered car, and are now taking ...

I recently came across a September 18 article by the “future technology” editor at The Wall Street Journal, “Solar-Powered Cars and Trucks Are Almost Here” (sorry, behind paywall, but your local ...

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 ...

Finally, a major automaker figured out how to blend solar tech into an EV without making it look like a science fair project, but it’s still very much a concept. Solar-powered cars struggle with ...

What Happened: Nissan just showed off a pretty wild new idea for its electric cars. They’re calling it the “Ao-Solar Extender,” and it’s basically a solar-powered charger that’s built right into the ...

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 ...