The World Solar Challenge has kicked off for another year, with Holland's Nuon Solar Team taking an early lead. The challenge has competing teams from all over the world race solar-powered vehicles ...

TOKYO — The upcoming Bridgestone World Solar Challenge will highlight the capabilities of sun-powered electric vehicles, and it gives Bridgestone Corp. a stage to showcase its Enliten tire technology.

Innoptus Solar Team, a bunch of students from Belgium, came up victorious in the world championship for solar cars after driving a little over 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) through the challenging ...

Big thanks to this year’s event sponsors: Velotric, NIU, Altair, Bridgestone, MathWorks, Generac, IOSiX, SunCat Solar, Tesla, and Event Partner, the National Park Service It’s been another extremely ...

Greener energy is a burning issue in the battle against climate change, but one car race across Australia has been chasing the sun for 20 years. The World Solar Challenge has become a testing ground ...

VICTORVILLE — As temperatures soared over 100 degrees, a fleet of solar-powered cars made a pit stop locally just before the student-driven vehicles headed toward their final destination. Driver Kaya ...

The Nuon Solar Team was fast out of the blocks on day one of the World Solar Challenge, and with day two now done and dusted it is showing no signs of slowing down. The Dutch solar racing powerhouse ...

We’re proud to announce Electrek is sponsoring the American Solar Challenge this year. The 2018 event (PDF Flyer), which begins next weekend, will see racers take their Solar-powered “cars” from Omaha ...

Although a car powered solely by solar power is far from reality, the 30th anniversary of the World Solar Challenge showcased just how far the technology has come. World Solar Challenge kicked off its ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — More than 20 teams of high school students from across the United States are preparing to set off on a 1,400-mile trek from Fort Worth, Texas, to ...

The University of Michigan solar car team raced under challenging conditions at the American Solar Challenge, placing second on July 22 after a nine-day, 1,700-mile race along the Oregon National ...

Solar power is a great source of renewable energy, but has always had its limitations. At best, there’s only 1,000 Watts/m 2 available at the Earth’s surface on a sunny day, and the limited efficiency ...