In 1885, Karl Benz drove the first automobile. Though it only had three wheels and heavily resembled a tricycle, it was the birth of one of the most popular forms of transportation in the world. Since ...

The group is creating its own solar-powered race car from scratch, a task that takes three years. But they will be ready to compete soon. Three years. That is how long the Michigan State Solar Racing ...

On 18 November, 43 racing cars will be jostling for position at the start of the 6th World Solar Challenge in Darwin, Australia. Among them, a slick student-built machine that profits from space ...

AMES, Iowa – Yes, of course, Team PrISUm will race to defend last year’s solar car title, said Matt Goode, the team’s project director. But – over eight days and 1,800 miles of racing from Ohio to ...

A proposed solar farm in New Mexico aims to finish construction by 2029 or 2030. But the developer that hopes to build it now plans to buy solar panels for the project early—so it could potentially ...

ATLANTA — Students at Georgia Tech are lighting up a new lane on campus. One hundred students designed a first-of-its-kind four-door solar car. It's turning heads and powering the future of ...

AMES, Iowa – The students of Team PrISUm jogged along and behind their solar racing car, chanting in the rain: “Cyclone – Power! Cyclone – Power!” There were even a few rounds of “Da-da-da-daaa … Go ...