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 ...

Jul. 22—It was an accomplishment that shines as bright as the sun. The Somerset High School Solar Car team, known as the Solar Jumpers, came home Friday to a hero's welcome, as they brought home the ...

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 ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KGO) -- A group of Mountain View High School students are hard at work building their very own solar-powered car. It's all by hand and from scratch - some of the students are ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A sun-powered car built entirely by college students is getting ready to hit the road for an annual cross-country race. The Western Michigan University Sunseeker Solar Car Project ...

AMES, Iowa -- Team PrISUm turned a race-high 78 laps on Saturday, nearly storming back for the Formula Sun Grand Prix title. But the comeback effort fell two laps short. Over three days of racing, ...

AMES, Iowa – The last time Team PrISUm raced around the Formula 1 track in Austin, Texas, the team turned the fastest lap of the 2014 Formula Sun Grand Prix. Iowa State’s solar racing car negotiated ...

SEATTLE, WA. — Twenty-seven teams of high school students from across the United States will head to Fort Worth, Texas to race a car they designed and built. The one thing these cars have in common is ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — The engineering students at Florida Polytechnic don’t feel the need for speed. They pine for sunshine. The Phoenix Racing team got a big boost earlier this year when TECO became one ...

ANTWERP, Belgium, May 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Global solar technology leader LONGi officially announced a strategic partnership with Belgium's Innoptus Solar Team at the unveiling ceremony held in ...

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 ...