SOUTHFIELD–Lawrence Technological University’s Formula Electric motorsports team earned a third-place finish in national competition. The Formula Hybrid and Electric competition took place earlier this month at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. A total of 17 teams from the United States and Canada participated in the event for half-scale Indy-style race cars powered by
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The Dutch company Lightyear has just announced that its Lightyear 0 model is being manufactured. The Lightyear 0 can charge literally any time the car is in the sun, meaning while parked or on the go. The vehicle, which would be the first of its kind, comes after years of innovation and development. This
DETROIT - After decades of attempts to power cars with energy from the sun, the solar automotive age might finally be upon us. Germany’s Sono Motors, which went public on the Nasdaq last year, may have cracked the code with a $25,000 electric SUV called the Sion that's covered pretty much bumper to bumper in
SAN DIEGO - California startup Aptera has purchased a factory for its solar cars — and instead of rolling down an assembly line, the vehicles will be carried from station to station by autonomous robots. The vehicle is lightweight, with an aerodynamic body and just three wheels. Those design decisions alone make it incredibly energy efficient,
ADELAIDE, Australia - In an innovative, bullet-shaped car, the University of Michigan Solar Car Team took an historic second place today in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, an 1,800-mile race across the Australian Outback. Not only was U-M the first American team to complete the race, the students are celebrating the most successful finish at
ANN ARBOR - In a bullet-shaped car powered by the sun, the nation's top solar car team from the University of Michigan will soon race across Australia in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. The 1,800-mile journey, which takes place every other year, starts this weekend. A team from Michigan Engineering is traveling with the race
ANN ARBOR—The sun-powered vehicle that the University of Michigan’s top-ranked Solar Car Team will race in a global contest this fall is the smallest and most aerodynamic that any U-M team has ever built. The long, skinny, single-fairing car is named Novum—Latin for “new thing.” For a week in October, a 17-member race crew will
ANN ARBOR - Despite nearly sunless conditions in the final two days, the University of Michigan Solar Car team has successfully defended its decade-long reigning championship, winning the 2016 American Solar Challenge for the sixth consecutive time. The team crossed the finish line at 5:30 p.m. ET Saturday in Wind Cave National Park in North
