This car is literally faster than the wind…in both directions. Looking more like a windmill on wheels than an automobile, the Blackbird has set a record by a wind-powered car heading directly ...

March 29, 2009 With a wind speed of just 30mph (48kmh), British engineer Richard Jenkins has set a new land speed record for a wind-powered vehicle at blistering 126.1mph.

Oceanbird might look like a ship of the future, but it harks back to ancient maritime history – because it’s powered by the wind. The transatlantic car carrier is being designed by Wallenius ...

Meet Oceanbird, the wind-powered car carrier that aims to change the way we do transportation by sea. Oceanbird is a mere concept for the time being, but not for long.

At present, the wind-powered land speed record stands at 202.9km/h – set in 2009 by Richard Jenkins onboard his ‘Greenbird’ in the USA (shown in the lead image at the top of this story).

Volvo Cars chooses offshore wind power. ... The world is facing a massive challenge due to the climate crisis. Volvo Cars has a goal to only sell fully electric cars by 2030.

High school students used solar- and wind-powered cars Monday as part of an educational program developed by Northwestern University to spark interest in STEM fields.

Simply sign up to the Renewable energy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Cars were a novelty once; so were oil wells, plastic bottles and coal-fired power stations. Novelty wears ...

Oceanbird might look like a ship of the future, but it harks back to ancient maritime history – because it’s powered by the wind. The transatlantic car carrier is being designed by Wallenius ...