Kia America found a clever way to protect newly assembled vehicles from hail. The hail protection system that’s being installed at its factory in Georgia integrates solar panels. The 17,000 solar ...
DALLAS, April 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VPS, Vehicle Protection Structures (VPS), in partnership with Kia Georgia, today announced the completion of a large-scale hail protection and solar canopy ...
When golf ball-sized hail started hammering Texas last spring, solar panels across the state faced their ultimate test. The verdict? Most panels emerged unscathed, proving that today's solar ...
The Earth is getting hotter and the storms costlier. In March 2023, a hailstorm in Georgia damaged more than 13,000 vehicles at Kia’s West Point assembly plant. As the automaker sought a way to ...
A study by underwriter GCube Insurance found that while hail damage accounted for just 1.4% of insurance claims filed for US solar projects in the five years preceding the study, those claims made up ...
Typical modelling approaches can significantly underestimate the likelihood of hail damage to PV systems. Image: Nextracker. New data suggests the traditional assumptions behind hail stow modelling ...
Manufacturers are working to address the impact of ultraviolet-induced degradation (UVID) on TOPCon cells, according to a webinar held as part of pv magazine Week Europe 2025. Klaus Hofmeister, ...