Back in 1984, the founders of SEV actually developed the first car powered exclusively by solar energy with a 1.2-kW solar array, a 1-hp wheel motor and no batteries, which ran at speeds of up to ...

Now there's a formula for determining how large a photovoltaic array should be to power an electric vehicle. I attended an energy symposium earlier this year and someone calculated that a solar ...

The newest model of the Hyundai Sonata hybrid is equipped with a 205W solar PV array that directly charges the car’s battery. It is estimated the PV will add about 2.5 miles of range per day.