Say what you will about technology taking the joy out of driving, but there’s one major upside to putting cutting-edge features in a vehicle – we’re getting some pretty cool stuff. While the majority ...

A car powered by its own body panels could soon be driving on our roads after a recent breakthrough in nanotechnology research. Researchers have developed lightweight 'supercapacitors' that can be ...

In a sea of electric-car startups, Sono Motors has no problem standing out. The Munich-based company aims to build an unpainted plastic-paneled, solar-cell-covered urban hatchback primarily for Europe ...

The purchase of an electric car that plugs into the power grid to recharge its battery often gets drivers thinking about the source of their energy. We haven't seen data from recent years looking at ...

Car companies are attaching solar panels to the roofs of cars to harness added electric power while parked or on the go. Hyundai’s new Sonata Hybrid has solar panels, which can power a few extra miles ...

Once again, we see great buzz around the idea of an electric car with a solar panel on it, in this case a new Hyundai Sonata (not yet available in the USA.) Sadly, it is necessary to point out the ...

Ready to drive to work using energy from sunlight and sunlight alone? Toyota, one of the world’s largest automakers, last week unveiled a new solar-equipped version of its Prius plug-in hybrid that ...

Carbon fiber as we know it is one of the most impressive materials in our toolkit. Its incredible lightness and strength has seen it take hold in everything from competitive cycling, to supercar ...