The Solar Car Challenge is a STEM initiative for high school students, teaching them to build a car from the ground up.

This July, the 2026 Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP) and American Solar Challenge (ASC) head north to Minnesota. Meanwhile, I caught up with one of the teams making the trip, and they’ve been ...

Solar-powered cars face significant challenges due to limited space for solar panels and high energy requirements for driving. Some companies, like Lightyear, are developing solar EVs but face ...

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 ...

In brief: Solar-powered cars are still not practical at full scale. Panels are cheaper and more efficient than they used to be, but they do not generate enough energy to move a standard vehicle over ...