The Mini Solar Car brings new meaning to “compact”. Running a snug 33x22mm, it might not fit you wife/kids/self, but that’s the price for carbon neutrality. As the rest of the world depends ...

Picture this. You're in a field in central Wisconsin. You're one of hundreds of people squeezing as close as possible to a 16-by-12 foot elevated track as… ...

The Squad Solar City Car takes up just 2 square meters (21.5 square feet), and four can park in the space of a standard SUV. They offer seat belts and roll cages for added safety.

The Squad solar electric city car is launching in the US and it starts at $6,250. ... resulting in the relatively small solar panel on top with up to 31 km (19.2 miles) of range on a sunny day ...

Squad stands for Solar quadricycle, a neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) that is fitted with solar panels on the roof and 2 small, portable, chargeable batteries for backup and extended range. It ...

Solar cars have to be small and sleek, Dasgupta explained, because of inefficiencies in solar panels. Photovoltaic cells are limited in what wavelengths they can turn into electricity.

The solar-powered Lightyear 0 car is now in production in Finland. The four-door can generate up to 43 miles-worth of electricity from solar panels mounted on it.

Hundreds of students from around Sacramento are facing off in a competition to race cars powered by the sun. SMUD’s annual solar car race took place Thursday on the Sacramento State campus. See ...

Hundreds of students from around Sacramento are facing off in a competition to race cars powered by the sun.SMUD’s annual solar car race took place Thursday on the Sacramento State campus.

When you put a solar panel on your roof, your home becomes a mini-power plant. When you buy an electric vehicle, you suddenly control an automobile-shaped energy-storage device.