In the future, your electric vehicle could be covered in solar panels—not only on the roof, but all over the exterior of the car—thanks to a special paint coating. Whether driving or parked, that ...

It sounds like an idea straight out of a five-year-old’s imagination: A car covered in solar panels runs entirely on energy from the sun. As far-fetched as it seems, this isn’t pure fantasy.

In a nutshell: Mercedes-Benz is developing an innovative "solar paint" capable of generating electricity when applied to a car's entire body. The technology could potentially provide enough energy to ...

A group of researchers at the University of Notre Dame have successfully created an effective – and inexpensive – form of “solar paint.” A glob of the team’s “solar paint.” The idea behind this ...

A photovoltaic paste under development could turn ordinary body panels into solar panels. It sounds like an idea straight out of a five-year-old’s imagination: A car covered in solar panels runs ...