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Lightyear One, the electric car with 750km of autonomy

Solar panels on the roof and front hood for record autonomy: Lightyear One amazes for performance. But what prices!

June 25 2019
Gianluca RiccioGianluca Riccio
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Lightyear, a company founded by former engineering students who won the World Solar Challenge in 2016, has unveiled Lightyear One, the prototype of a solar car that amazes for its features.

Lightyear One, a 5-seater sedan that counts on 4 independent electric motors inserted in the wheels, can be booked for the launch scheduled for 2021.

A sporty and elegant vehicle that has an amazing feature: 725km of autonomy.

It is a range that places the car far ahead of Tesla for autonomy, counting on the help of panels on both the roof and the front hood. In fact, Lightyear One is an electric car with a photovoltaic "little help".

The extent of this solar support naturally varies according to the context. A Dutch customer, for example, will be able to count on a good 40% of energy coming from the sun. Others, according to the company, can 100% meet the car's energy needs with solar panels alone. I believe it? More no than yes.

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Solar panels along the highways: why not?

In numbers

Yes and no. While with fast charging Lightyear One can get 570km of autonomy in one hour, its solar panels can increase the autonomy of "only" 12km for every hour of exposure. It is clear that keeping the car around with solar energy alone is possible, but not for long and driving very slowly. Unless you are Aran Banjo, for those who remember the genre: but at that point with the sun you do what you want.

The panels will however be very useful in case of low battery, allowing that extra bit of autonomy to find the closest charging point.

The painful notes

Lightyear One has a starting price of € 149,000, with a monthly lease of around € 1900.

Lightyear One, what prices

While the addition of a solar supplement can be useful, perhaps the price discourages those less daring, and leads to choosing a model with less autonomy and more convenience.

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