{"success":true,"data":{"id":"8e60f663-1d24-4423-abd0-1d2ee41da370","title":"The grueling, 630-mile road race where the only fuel is sunlight","summary":"The 2018 Solar Car Challenge was the last time participants took their designs out on the open road. Image: Lehman Marks / Solar Car Challenge On July 19th, dozens of teams of high school students will begin a five-day, 630-mile road race from Fort Worth to Fort Stockton in Texas. But this is not your typical contest. The students design and build the cars themselves, using off-the-shelf parts and 3D printed materials. The winner is the team that accumulates the most driven miles. And the only fuel they can use to power their Frankenstein-looking vehicles comes from that mass of incandescent gas that hangs in our sky: the Sun. This year is the 30th anniversary of the annual Solar Car Challenge, a contest that brings together high school students from around the country with the on … Read the full story at The Verge.","content":"The 2018 Solar Car Challenge was the last time participants took their designs out on the open road. | Image: Lehman Marks / Solar Car Challenge On July 19th, dozens of teams of high school students will begin a five-day, 630-mile road race from Fort Worth to Fort Stockton in Texas. But this is not your typical contest. The students design and build the cars themselves, using off-the-shelf parts and 3D printed materials. The winner is the team that accumulates the most driven miles. And the only fuel they can use to power their Frankenstein-looking vehicles comes from that mass of incandescent gas that hangs in our sky: the Sun. This year is the 30th anniversary of the annual Solar Car Challenge, a contest that brings together high school students from around the country with the on … Read the full story at The Verge.","source_name":"The Verge","source_url":"https://www.theverge.com/transportation/966701/solar-car-challenge-high-school-student-race-texas","url":"https://www.theverge.com/transportation/966701/solar-car-challenge-high-school-student-race-texas","author":"Andrew J. Hawkins","author_name":"Andrew J. Hawkins","published_at":"2026-07-19T11:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2026-07-19T11:00:00.000Z","image_url":"https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/6day44.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0,100,100","category":"tech","topic":"tech","tags":[],"political_bias":null,"bias_score":null,"confidence_score":null,"credibility_score":null,"factual_quality":null,"reading_time":1,"word_count":145,"view_count":0,"breaking":false,"breaking_news":false,"ai_analysis":null,"fact_check_status":"unverified","archive_status":"hot","language":null}}