Electric car with solar panels Lightyear One drove 710 km on a single charge

Lightyear, a company from the Netherlands, has shared the results of its car's trip to the

On the test track, the Lightyear One prototype drove 709.7 km on battery and solar panels, at a speed of 85 km/h with a 60 kWh battery.

From the very beginning, the startup promised that itsThe development will have a voluminous range of approximately 725 km on a single battery charge: the latest Lightyear prototype is just a few kilometers from reaching the promised milestone.

After four years of hard work and development, thisa very important engineering and technological achievement. It validates the performance of our patented technology and shows that we can deliver on our promise to build the most efficient electric vehicle. The range of this prototype is 710 km with an energy consumption of only 85 Wh/km at a speed of 85 km/h. Even the most efficient modern electric vehicles on the market consume approximately 50% more energy at such relatively low speeds. 

Lex Hefsloot, Director and Founder of Lightyear

Overall, the prototype drove a little less than nine hours, although the entire test took about ten hours as the drivers were replaced every two hours.

The launch of serial production of the five-seater Lightyear One sedan is scheduled for the first half of 2022. The company plans to enter the mass market in 2024.

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