Bridgestone return as World Solar Challenge title sponsor

The Bridgestone brand will again act as title sponsor of this year’s World Solar Challenge – which will be known, as you’ve already probably...

World Record holders Sunswift launch Pozible to fund refit of car for road registration

UNSW’s solar racing team Sunswift has launched a crowd-funding campaign to raise money to rebuild their car for Australian road registration...

Tesla Model S Vs Sunswift eVe.. 500 km range on 1/5 the battery capacity

Recently EV News had the opportunity to test drive two electric vehicles with 500 km range within a fortnight of each other. One, a Tesla M...

Ford C-MAX Solar Energi Hybrid Concept Goes Off the Grid [VIDEO]

Ford Motor Company announced today the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, a first-of-its-kind sun-powered vehicle with the potential to deliver the...

Team Eindhoven Win Bridgestone World Solar Challenge Michelin Cruise Class [VIDEO]

The Dutch have dominated this year’s 2013 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge . Having already won the elite Schneider Electric Challenger Cla...

Top Teams Nuon and Tokai Race to World Solar Challenge Finish [VIDEO]

A familiar scenario is being played out between two champion teams in the 2013 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge . After nearly 2,800 kilome...

Nuna 7 Takes Early Lead in 2013 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge [VIDEO]

Team Nuon from the Netherlands, in their solar car Nuna 7, took an early lead in the Schneider Electric Challenger Class of the 2013 Bridges...

Underdog Team Scores World Solar Challenge Pole Position [VIDEO]

Qualifying day for the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge at Hidden Valley Raceway didn't follow any script with an underdog team settin...

Top Gun Scrutineering for the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge [VIDEO]

The Clipsal and Schneider Electric Challenger Class single seat aerodynamic masterpieces were presented to Scrutineering on day 2 of the Bri...

World's Most Efficient EVs Travel 3,000 km without Plugging-In

This time next week the world's most energy efficient electric cars will be hitting speeds of up to 130 km/h (81 mph) as they race 3,000...

World’s first solar powered family car set for stellar performance [VIDEO]

With just 17 days to go before 43 teams from 24 countries take to the start line in Darwin on October 6 to contest the Bridgestone World Sol...

Panasonic Announce Tokai University Solar Car Team Sponsorship

Panasonic Corporation today announced that it has agreed to provide technical support to Tokai University's solar car team, which will c...

Bridgestone Sponsors World Solar Challenge 2013

Bridgestone will be the title sponsor of the World Solar Challenge 2013, which will be held in Australia October 6-13. Dubbed “The Bridgesto...

UNSW Sunswift launch 140 km/h “eVe” Cruiser Class Solar Racecar

UNSW Solar Racing Team Sunswift revealed their solar racing car eVe at the University of New South Wales last Friday. The latest addition t...

Formula Sun Grand Prix | TRANSLOGIC 134 [VIDEO]

Translogic head back to the Circuit of the Americas race track in Austin, Texas to check out Formula Sun. The Formula Sun Grand Prix solar ...

Four time World Solar Challenge winners unveil - Nuna 7

The team that won the World Solar Challenge four times consecutively between 2001 and 2007 have unveiled their latest solar racer. The Nuna...

Sunswift's solar racer gets radical redesign [VIDEO]

The future of solar-powered vehicles in Australia is being re-imagined by a group of talented UNSW students determined to transform a once &...

University of Michigan wins the 2012 American Solar Challenge [VIDEO]

University of Michigan Solar Car Team won the 2012 American Solar Challenge with their car Quantum for a fourth consecutive time. The Unive...