Tag: Lightyear

Lightyear becomes the first company to start series production of a solar electric vehicle

Stuart Mitchell

Lightyear, the Dutch high-tech company developing the world’s first solar-electric car, writes history by officially commencing production of its first vehicle, Lightyear 0, at Valmet Automotive’s facility in Finland. The company plans on producing one car a week and gradually scaling up its production in the first quarter of 2023. It is the first automotive company to manufacture an electric vehicle that generates power directly from sunlight. After six years of developing its own technologies, Lightyear has surpassed one of the most challenging phases for new automotive companies: entering the…

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Lightyear unveils the first long-range solar car on June 25

Stuart Mitchell

The prototype of the first long-range solar car will be unveiled in the Netherlands on June 25th. The announcement was made today by Lightyear, the Dutch pioneer in clean mobility. The Lightyear One, their proof of concept car, will be the first concrete step towards Lightyear’s mission of making clean mobility available for everyone, everywhere. Designed to maximize solar and battery rangeLightyear’s approach uses several innovations to free the driver and take the car anywhere. The Lightyear One was designed from the ground up to solve two of the biggest…

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