A solar powered car could be hitting the road next year

Jan 10, 2018

A car drives along the territory of a solar energy power station near the Okhotnikovo village in the Crimea's Saksky district September 16, 2011. The solar power plant is capable of producing 25 thousand megawatt-hours of environmentally clean electrical energy per year, according to local media. REUTERS/Stringer (UKRAINE - Tags: ENERGY ENVIRONMENT) - GM1E79H027W01

For years, the concept of “solar-powered cars” has loomed over the electric car industry as a hopeful, possible future. Image: REUTERS/Stringer

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