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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A top car manufacturing company is developing a new type of paint that could generate electricity. Mercedes-Benz's engineers ...

Instead of relying solely on charging stations or placing a solar panel atop its cars, Mercedes-Benz is now looking towards a new innovation which it calls the 'solar paint' which will no longer need ...

We've seen a few key improvements in both paint and electric vehicles over the past year. And while those two industries might not seem all that connected beyond EVs having paint on them, Mercedes ...

In the company's cloudier home of Stuttgart, where Benz drivers cover an average of 52 km (32 miles) daily, the paint would allegedly generate more like 62% of the required energy. The solar paint, ...

Electric vehicles have come a long way, but they still have significant hurdles to overcome. One of the biggest pain points is recharging, but Mercedes is working on a clever solution to deal with it.