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Three-Wheeled Electric Vehicles Are Coming For Your Fossil Fuels

January 11, 2025 admin 0 Comments aptera, autocycles, clean power, clean transport, electric cars, electric three-wheelers, Electric vehicles, Energy, renewable energy, solar cars, Solar energy, three-wheelers

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:31:08 +0000

The US startup Aptera deploys embedded solar panels to raise the bar on autocycles in the electric vehicle market.

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Electric Cars In Every Garage, With Solar Panels

September 27, 2024 admin aptera, autocycles, clean power, clean transport, crowd funding, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy, green economy, investors, lightyear, renewable energy, solar car, solar cars, Solar energy, solar panels, startups, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 12:43:37 +0000

The idea of putting solar panels on electric cars is gaining more traction, both as a charging convenience and as a contribution to grid reliability and resilience.

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U-M Solar Car Team Returns To The American Solar Challenge

July 24, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Michigan, research, solar car races, solar cars, Solar energy, university of michigan, world solar challenge

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 13:22:25 +0000

For the first time since 2018, the University of Michigan solar car team will stake their claim as one of the nation’s best Sporting a brand new roll cage, the University of Michigan solar car team’s latest vehicle will speed down parts of the Oregon Trail and seven other national historic … [continued]

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Toyota Invests In Perovskite Solar Cells, And The World Will Never Be The Same

July 21, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, green economy, investment, Japan, perovskite, perovskite solar cell, perovskite solar cells, perovskite solar modules, renewable energy, solar car, solar cars, solar cells, Solar energy, toyota, toyota prius, toyota prius prime

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 18:26:54 +0000

The solar car of the future is already emerging, and Toyota could get a jump on the ball with new perovskite solar cells.

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Army Of Pickup Trucks To Ding Diesel And Gas With New Solar Panels

January 21, 2024 admin Canada, clean power, clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, ford, general motors, perovskite solar cells, pickup trucks, ram pickup trucks, renewable energy, solar cars, Solar energy, solar panels, solar vehicles, stellantis, usa, worksport

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:11:52 +0000

The Canadian firm Worksport is on track to send solar panels flying onto millions of pickup trucks, electric or not, in the form of tonneau covers.

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Tesla Model Y Powered By Solar Panels On Its Roof — Smart Move?

January 20, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, rooftop solar, solar cars, Solar energy, solar panels, solar-powered cars, solar-powered vehicles

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 18:49:19 +0000

An intrepid DIY Tesla Model Y owner has done what many dream of doing — directly powered his Tesla with … [continued]

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EVs & Solar

December 24, 2022 admin cars, clean power, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, solar cars, Solar energy, solar-powered cars, University of Kentucky

Credit to Author: Stuart Ungar| Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 23:23:14 +0000

EVs and solar panels go together like peanut butter and jelly. One thing I’ve noticed in the eight years since starting Evolve KY, Kentucky’s non-profit electric vehicle group, is that typically those with EVs want rooftop solar and those with solar want an EV. So you put those two together and it’s no wonder about […]

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6 Minutes to Spare as Sunswift 7 Solar Car Sets Provisional World Record!

December 23, 2022 admin Australia, cars, clean power, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, guinness world records, solar cars, Solar energy, solar-powered cars, sunswift, Sydney, university of new south wales, unsw

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 21:24:56 +0000

Sydney’s University of New South Wales Sunswift 7 solar-powered electric car has claimed a provisional Guinness World Record by going 1000 km (620 miles) on a single charge in under 12 hours. The car, designed and built by students, posted a time of 11 hours 53.32 minutes for the distance at the Australian Automotive Research […]