Considering how much gas prices have been going up, it is no surprise that alternative energy cars are starting to make some serious headway in the international auto market. Not only are the hybrid electric/gas cars becoming more and more common, but some designers are experimenting with solar panels on automobiles.

A recent development by a Swiss company named Mindset AG has put solar panels on their prototype model, the Six50. The designer, Mura Guntak, expects this car to run 62 miles per charge. The car itself is a 2+2 seater, and is about 13 feet long. Not only that, it can also go 0-60 in about 7 seconds.

With gasoline prices on the rise and extreme discord in oil producing nations it seems almost rudimentary that we would be looking for other alternatives to gasoline cars. As a nation, we are, more than 140,000 Prius’, a hybrid electric car, were sold this year. However, the electric car has been around since 1996, in more »