Belgian Students Win Australian Solar Race Driving Bullet-Shaped Car With Retractable Fin
30 Oct 2023, 09:41 UTC · By: Ancuta Iosub / Infinite is a light, small, and incredibly aerodynamic vehicle with a bullet-shaped design and clad in photovoltaic solar panels
Student-Designed 'Stella Terra' Off-Road Solar Car Is the First of Its Kind
9 Oct 2023, 14:51 UTC · By: Ancuta Iosub / Designed to be self-sufficient, Stella Terra has solar panels mounted on the roof to collect solar energy, thus eliminating the need for charging stations
Former Audi Exec Sticks With Revived Solar Car Manufacturer Lightyear, Something's Off
31 Jul 2023, 20:45 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Back into the automotive game after a short-term bankruptcy, Lightyear is looking to kickstart its venture into the sector with a couple of seasoned experts
Lightyear Will Try a Comeback With a Group of 225 Investors and €8 Million
20 Feb 2023, 22:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Arnoud Aalbersberg started a WhatsApp group that managed to raise the money the company needed to get back into business
Aptera, Lightyear and Sono Motors' Main Link Is Not Being Solar, But Rather Being Startups
6 Feb 2023, 11:33 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / They emerged when there was easy money flowing around and the perspective of profitable IPOs, but those times are now gone
Aptera Believes It Can Sell 600,000 Solar Trikes Per Year, But Does the Math Add Up?
2 Feb 2023, 15:04 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company disclosed on its investment page that it believes its potential customers are bikers, couples that ride together, and energy-efficiency advocates
Lightyear (Atlas Technologies) Is Officially Bankrupt, and Lightyear 2 May Go Extinct Too
28 Jan 2023, 20:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The trustee will now evaluate how the Lightyear concept can be continued, but there is nothing to be optimistic about at this point.
Aptera Gamifies Fund-Raising Process To Obtain More Than $20 Million
28 Jan 2023, 18:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company disclosed a new way to buy the Aptera Launch Edition: those putting down more than $10,000 earn an earlier spot on the line
SaveSion Campaign Hits Deadline Without Meeting Goal, Sono Motors Now Playing Waiting Game
26 Jan 2023, 19:55 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The question now is: will anybody believe Sono Motors when it announces the Sion will proceed because the campaign went as planned?
Aptera Launch Edition Has Everything Set for Production Start Except for $50 Million
21 Jan 2023, 13:23 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company will hold an investor’s webinar to try to raise the money that it still needs to buy equipment and start making the world’s most efficient vehicle
Lightyear 2 Solar Car Makes Its First Appearance in Official Teaser Images
5 Jan 2023, 16:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Expected to arrive by 2025, the affordable solar car from the Dutch company did not seem to wait to get under development ASAP.
Sono Motors Gets Fully Paid for 1,224 Sions, Still 2,276 EVs Away from Saving the Project
28 Dec 2022, 12:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After 20 days of the 50-day campaign, Sono Sion fans have to step on the gas if they want the solar hatchback to see the daylight
Sono Motors May Ditch Sion Program If Reservation Holders Do Not Help It Keep Going
8 Dec 2022, 19:17 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The first affordable solar car may only see the daylight if 3,500 brave reservation holders pay the total price for the Sion
Sono Motors Wants Continental to Help Even More With Developing the Sion Solar Hatchback
21 Nov 2022, 16:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The German supplier already helped Sono develop the electric motor the Sion uses. Now, it will give the hatch an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS)
Lightyear 0 Proves Another Advantage of Sharp Aerodynamics: Coasting Gets You Further
13 Oct 2022, 16:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Aerodynamic drag is one of the things that get in the way of inertia. Reducing it to the degree that Lightyear managed to reduce helps it travel more miles
Sono Motors Goes to New York and Other U.S. Cities, Wonders About Selling the Sion There
11 Oct 2022, 22:48 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The new electric hatchback’s production will only start in the second half of 2023, which may give the company to homologate it to American customers
Aptera Will Get Its Automotive-Grade Curved Solar Cells From Maxeon Solar Technologies
4 Oct 2022, 19:08 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The improvements the company developed to use these photovoltaic cells in the solar trike may even help with regular solar panels
Sono Motors Lands Another Order for Its Sion Solar Vehicle, Will Sell 12,600 Units to FINN
8 Sep 2022, 09:11 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Sono Motors keeps growing its reservation list for the "world's first solar electric vehicle", the Sion, with FINN recently agreeing to buy 12,600 units
Sono Motors Already Earned €40 Million From Buyers Without Delivering a Single Sion
5 Sep 2022, 08:16 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The last time we checked, Tesla had received 1.5 million reservations for the Cybertruck. At $100 a pop, that has made the company earn $150 million without del
Lightyear Publishes What Will Be Known as Its Master Plan for Solar Cars
22 Aug 2022, 13:04 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It is relatively straightforward: sell an expensive car, and make money with it to fund a mass-production solar vehicle… It should remind you of something