The Lightyear One is powered by the sun using 54 square feet of solar panels covering the roof and hood. And Lightyear's 29-year-old CEO thinks his car can change the electric car market.

RenEnergy, a UK-based renewable energy specialist, has commissioned ongoing research to evaluate how many parking spaces are suitable for installing solar car ports. Sitting above the spaces ...

Multiple hurdles prevented Lightyear from achieving success with its solar car commercialization process. The solar panels proved to be the main limitation during development. Although the panels ...

The list also includes a sports car, a high-quality coffee machine and solar panels, with nearly a third (31 per cent) of Brits agreeing that solar panels are a sign of social standing in UK ...

Despite 173 trillion kilowatts of power hitting Earth every hour, solar-powered cars are still far from being a reality. According to Engineering Explained, if a vehicle's roof was equipped with ...

The solar panel used by Toyota is reportedly made by Kyocera and is used to power the car's climate control (including the air-conditioning motor), reducing the burden on the battery and petrol motor.

A research team at Italy’s University of Bologna carried out crash simulations to qualify a novel solar-powered 4-seater car that will participate in the 3,000 km Bridgestone World Solar ...

Last year’s figures marked the first time the market saw sustained, subsidy-free growth across residential, commercial and utility scale projects, according to trade body Solar Energy UK.