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Lightyear stops production on $270K solar-powered EV

It'll focus on the affordable Lightyear 2 model instead

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Lightyear announces its second solar-powered EV, below $40,000

Impressive range and a decent price might make this a contender

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Sono Motors solar-powered EV hatchback first ride: Here comes the Sion

Boxy, bumpy, budget EV is roomy, quick and gathers some moss — yes, actual moss

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Aptera debuts new solar EV prototype called Gamma

The company is getting close to a production-ready prototype

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Mercedes-Benz EQXX First Drive: The Mercedes EV benchmark for years to come

Record-setting electric car showcases engineering that will guide future Mercedes

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2023 Living Vehicle travel trailers just add water

Air-to-water generator can make 5 gallons of water per day

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Mercedes-Benz to offer solar roofs on EVs starting in 2024

We get a sneak peek of what's to come in the Vision EQXX

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EdisonFuture hopes to build electric pickup, van by 2025

Another EV entry shows long load luggers with novel solar integration

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Sono Motors, developing an EV with solar panels, may go public

$1 billion valuation, but it has no orders in hand for the car

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Tesla chief Elon Musk's trial postponed due to coronavirus

Shareholders complained SolarCity deal benefitted Musk at their expense

Elon Musk's expected defence of a $2.2 billion (1.75 billion pounds) deal in court was postponed on Friday from its expected Monday start, due to the coronavirus outbreak. The case relates to Tesla's purchase of SolarCity in 2016, a deal that was criticized by shareholders as benefiting Musk at the expense of Tesla Inc , and the outcome may depend as much on the chief executive's temperament as on the facts of the case. It remains to be seen which Musk will show up at a Delaware court,

Tesla advertises for solar, energy storage staff in China

Tesla said it would announce solar projects in China and Europe soon

Tesla Inc has advertised for solar and energy storage project managers in China, as the U.S. electric vehicle maker moves to expand its energy business into the country. The two posts on the Tesla human resources department's official WeChat account mark the first time the California-based automaker has looked to hire for such roles in China. Tesla did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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See the Fisker Ocean electric crossover on video for the first time

New details trickle out along with the running footage

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Panasonic pulls out of Tesla solar plant in New York

Panasonic will continue its automotive battery joint venture with Tesla in Nevada

TOKYO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp said it would exit solar cell production at Tesla Inc's New York plant, the latest sign of strain in a partnership where Panasonic's status as the U.S. electric vehicle (EV) maker's exclusive battery supplier is ending. The move increases uncertainty over Tesla's solar business which is already under scrutiny, having been drastically scaled back since the U.S. firm bought it for $2.6 billion in 2016. Tesla has informed New York that Panasonic's wit

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Toyota tests maritime hydrogen fuel cell tech in Energy Observer catamaran

It uses hydrogen electrolyzed from seawater using wind and solar for energy autonomy

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Sono Motors says it has raised $55.42 million for solar powered car

The Sion also features dashboard moss

German solar-powered electric car startup Sono Motors said it had raised 50 million euros from a crowd-funding campaign to develop a solar-powered vehicle. Munich-based Sono has attracted engineers from Nissan , Opel and Honda to develop the Sion, an electric car clad in crystalline silicon cells, which give the vehicle up to 30 km (18.6 miles) of electric charge a day.

These solar roadways create renewable energy

They can even withstand the weight of a semi-truck

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Tesla's new Solar Roof costs less than a new roof plus solar panels

The company aims for an install rate of 1,000 per week

Tesla has launched the third iteration of its solar roof tile for residential home use, which it officially detailed in a blog post on Friday and in a call with media. Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicked off the call with some explanatory remarks on the V3 Solar Roof, and then took a number of questions. The company says it'll begin installations in the coming weeks (Musk says some installations have already begun) and that it hopes to ramp production to as many as 1,000 new roofs per week.

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Belgian solar car team wins 3,000-km race through Australian outback

University of Michigan finishes third, while a Dutch car catches on fire

A team from Belgium's KU Leuven University has won a 3,000-km (1,864-mile) race for solar-powered cars through the Australian outback, organisers said, as the cars arrived in the South Australian capital of Adelaide on Thursday. The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge is one of the world's most prestigious solar car races created to foster development of experimental, solar-powered vehicles by university students. "For the first time in the history of our solar team we are WORLD CHAMPIONS," the

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