It may not be the sleekest design, or offer the amount of leg room that most consumers require, but the “IVy,” a solar cell car built by the Sunswift team at the University of New South Wales, has something else to boast about—its ability to reach an impressive 55 miles per hour using the same [...]

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The Paris Motor Show 2010 presented a lot of electric and hybrid vehicles. These are revolutionary, indeed, but within a certain niche, a certain small, entirely solar-powered car was the most interesting idea of all. Helios IV, as it was named, is the brainchild of the HEI University in Lille, France, and has attended the World Solar Challenge (WSC) six times.

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From Spring 2009, French battery/supercapacitor manufacturer Bolloré and Italian car designer Pininfarina have finally reached the production line with their five-door hatchback electric Bluecar, and have started accepting online orders for it.

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