Army Of Pickup Trucks To Ding Diesel And Gas With New Solar Panels
The Canadian firm Worksport is on track to send solar panels flying onto millions of pickup trucks, electric or not, in the form of tonneau covers.
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Tesla Model Y Powered By Solar Panels On Its Roof — Smart Move?
An intrepid DIY Tesla Model Y owner has done what many dream of doing — directly powered his Tesla with solar panels. That’s right, not happy with simply powering his car with house rooftop solar panels, he’s doing it with a solar panel array on the roof of his crossover. … [continued]
The Race For Humanity’s Future: Solar-Powered World Records
While looking something up for another article, I fell into a very interesting rabbit hole: the Guinness World Records website. If you’re old enough to remember a time when there wasn’t an internet connection in every home and classroom (and almost every pocket), you probably remember finding a copy of … [continued]
EVs & Solar
EVs and solar panels go together like peanut butter and jelly. One thing I’ve noticed in the eight years since starting Evolve KY, Kentucky’s non-profit electric vehicle group, is that typically those with EVs want rooftop solar and those with solar want an EV. So you put those two together … [continued]
6 Minutes to Spare as Sunswift 7 Solar Car Sets Provisional World Record!
Sydney’s University of New South Wales Sunswift 7 solar-powered electric car has claimed a provisional Guinness World Record by going 1000 km (620 miles) on a single charge in under 12 hours. The car, designed and built by students, posted a time of 11 hours 53.32 minutes for the distance … [continued]
Sunswift 7 Solar Electric Car Seeks World Record in Australia
While the students from the University of New South Wales wait for the ratification of their recent Guinness World Record attempt for the fastest solar electric car over a distance of 1000 km (620 miles), let’s have a look at the background. The Sunswift 7 car was the culmination of … [continued]
Lightyear 0 Solar-Powered Car Begins Series Production
The Lightyear 0 solar-powered sedan is now in production and will sell for $260,000. A lower priced car is coming in 2025.
Hymer Puts Venture S Solar-powered RV Into Production
If you work hard and save money, you too can live in a van down by the river.
Sustainable Electric Car That Cleans The Air While Driving — Zem
TU Eindhoven students develop passenger car that captures more CO₂ than it emits while driving TU Eindhoven student team TU/ecomotive has developed a sustainable electric passenger car that captures more carbon dioxide (CO₂) than it emits while driving. It is a prototype, called Zem, that purifies the air through a special filter. … [continued]
ASU Gives Us A Deeper Look Into Solar Car Competitions
Unlike many press releases we see about solar car races, a recent one from Arizona State University gives us a lot more detail on the effort that goes into making a solar racecar. Before we dive into the process, let’s look at why this matters and what we usually get … [continued]
