Nuna is a series of solar-powered vehicles.

There are also some solar-powered vehicles for unusual cases, like the first rovers on Mars.

Are solar-powered vehicles still a possibility?

He began building solar-powered vehicles when he was in high school, working with electric motors and a solar cell he bought at Radio Shack.

Instead, Mr. Worden says he wants to design and sell small solar-powered vehicles for short-distance commuting.

The company is probably most well known for developing a series of lightweight human-powered and then solar-powered vehicles.

For instance, the Eco-marathon places solar-powered vehicles in their own class and are excluded from winning the $10,000 grand prize.

In time, lasers might grow powerful enough to help keep solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicles aloft for months at a clip.

Thus, it is usually more practical to create a solar-powered electric vehicle from scratch or specially made parts.

It helps that the solar-powered vehicles shown puttering through the blazing Australian desert are neither speedy nor glamorous.