Inzalo ye amandla i-solar ukusebenzisa ukukhanya kwelanga ukukuguqula kube amandla kagesi. Ukwenza lokhu kuguqulwa, kusetshenziswa amaseli we-photovoltaic (ama-solar panel), anomthwalo wokuguqula i- izithombe (ukukhanya) ku ama-electron (ugesi).
Ngo-2014, iqembu labafundi abangamaDashi lamangaza wonke umuntu ngesikhathi se- Umhlaba I-Solar Challenge, wethula imoto yelanga ekwazi ukuhambisa abantu abane ngamakhilomitha angama-4 kulandelana. Kuze kube manje, zazikhona cishe izimoto ezazikhona e-Australia prototypes ukuthi babenokuzimela okuncane kakhulu, futhi babengeke bakwazi ukuhambisa abantu abangaphezu koyedwa. UStella (igama lale moto) waba ngowokuqala imoto i-solar ajwayelekile emhlabeni.
Ngaphezu kwalokhu, Stella Ingenye yezimoto ezilula kakhulu njengoba inesisindo esingu-380 kg kuphela, i-chassis yenziwa ngayo i-aluminium kanye ne-carbon fiber, izinto ezilula kakhulu, ezithanda i- velocity nokuzimela kwemoto. Amapaneli elanga afakwe ophahleni nasekhanda lemoto ukuze kusizakale kakhulu amandla i-solar.
UStella angahamba ngokuzimela amakhilomitha angama-600 ngecala elilodwa, futhi asebenzise okuncane phakathi nalolu hambo amandla kunalokho okwenziwe yiphaneli elanga, futhi ingagcina insalela kufayela le- ibhetri enika amandla imoto uma ingekho ukukhanya i-solar.