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 ...

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 ...

Innoptus Solar Team is known as the"king of solar car racing". Since its establishment in 2002, the team has won numerous international titles, including the BWSC World Championship. Its racing car ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Student solar car teams from Canada’s Polytechnique Montréal and École de technologie supérieure made it to the podium at the Electrek American Solar Challenge 2024, a distance-based competition for ...

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 ...