Catawba's Solar Racing Team Goes the Distance

Catawba's solar racing team goes the distance

SALISBURY — Catawba College arrived in Minnesota this summer ready to race a solar-powered car. By the time the team reached Amarillo, Texas, nearly two weeks later, its students had […]

World's first solar-powered ambulance brings healthcare off-grid – Democratic Accent

What if the nearest hospital was hours away and there was no reliable electricity once you got there? A group of university students in the Netherlands is tackling that problem with a vehicle unlike any ambulance you have probably seen. Solar Team Eindhoven has unveiled Stella Juva, which the team calls the world’s first solar-powered ambulance. Instead of focusing on getting patients to a hospital, the vehicle is designed to bring medical care …

World's first solar-powered ambulance brings healthcare off-grid

Stella Juva, a solar vehicle built by Eindhoven University students, functions as a mobile clinic that powers its own medical equipment using sunlight in remote areas.