I came to this article about the Sunflower’s Fresnel lens . Those lens concentrates sunlight more than 1,000 times, enabling cheaper electricity than traditional photovoltaics. The system is self-powered.
Technical specifications:

200-watt system
features trackers that shift with the sun’s location, as well as a controller and communications system.
The low-slung Sunflower is built to withstand winds, and it [...]

Tata Motors has turned to its Indica platform for the development of its electric car. According to industry sources, the company is currently working on five prototypes of electric vehicles.
“These will use lithium ion batteries for high energy and power density,”

The electric car would have an approximate range of 200 kilometres.

At Tata Motors’ annual general [...]

The electric cars that Nissan Motor plans to start selling by 2010 will have varying capabilities depending on a given country’s driving patterns, but all will be priced competitively and will generate profits.
To help in its development of electric cars, Nissan said Tuesday that it would work with the state of Tennessee and its largest [...]

Today I’d like to present you a company which is going to colaborate with Nissan. The company’s name is ICP Solar. The new cars from Nisan will feature new solar chargers from ICP Solar. The chargers
will serve to keep the 12-volt batteries of new Nissans charged while they are parked on sales lots.
“With the [...]

A Japanese newspaper reported recently that Toyota is going to be adding a solar powered Prius to the world’s most popular hybrid. Now don’t go getting too excited just yet - solar panels aren’t yet at a place where they can provide all the power your vehicle needs. Rather, they’ll be providing power for the [...]