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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One automaker is finding a new way to reduce the weight of a body panel while still giving it a familiar steel skin — using a composite plastic core between two thin steel sheets in a production ...