Cars & Concepts

Production of world's first solar car begins

Lightyear0 solar car — Lightyear says sun-derived power will add as much as 70 km (43 miles) of driving range each day to the Lightyear 0. (LIGHTYEAR)

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Bloomberg

December 01, 2022 09:47 AM

Dutch startup Lightyear started making the world’s first series-production electric vehicle that generates power directly from sunlight.

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