Da sha'awar na makamashi hasken rana shine amfani da hasken rana don canza shi zuwa makamashin lantarki. Don aiwatar da wannan gyare-gyare, ana amfani da ƙwayoyin photovoltaic (bangarorin hasken rana), waɗanda ke da alhakin canzawa da fotos (haske) a ciki lantarki (wutar lantarki)
A cikin 2014, ƙungiyar ɗaliban Dutch sun ba kowa mamaki yayin duniya Solar Challenge, gabatar da wata mota mai amfani da hasken rana wacce zata iya jigilar mutane 4 na kilomita 600 a jere. Har zuwa yanzu, motocin da ke cikin Ostiraliya sun kasance game samfoti cewa suna da 'yanci kaɗan, kuma ba za su iya ɗaukar sama da mutum ɗaya ba. Stella (sunan wannan motar) ya zama na farko motar hasken rana saba da duniya.
Baya ga wannan, Stella Yana ɗayan motoci mafi sauƙi tunda yana da nauyin kilogiram 380 kawai, ana yin chassis da shi aluminium da carbon fiber, kayan wuta masu haske, wadanda suke fifita su gudun da cin gashin kan abin hawa. An shigar da bangarorin hasken rana a kan rufin da murfin motar don yin mafi yawan makamashi hasken rana.
Stella na iya yin tafiyar kilomita 600 kai tsaye kan caji guda ɗaya, kuma yana cin ƙasa da ƙasa yayin wannan tafiyar makamashi fiye da abin da hasken rana ya samar, kuma zai iya adana rarar a cikin baturin wanda ke ba motar iko lokacin da babu haske hasken rana.