31 Jul 2023, 20:45 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Back into the automotive game after a short-term bankruptcy, Lightyear is looking to kickstart its venture into the sector with a couple of seasoned experts
20 Feb 2023, 22:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Arnoud Aalbersberg started a WhatsApp group that managed to raise the money the company needed to get back into business
6 Feb 2023, 11:33 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / They emerged when there was easy money flowing around and the perspective of profitable IPOs, but those times are now gone
28 Jan 2023, 20:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The trustee will now evaluate how the Lightyear concept can be continued, but there is nothing to be optimistic about at this point.
24 Jan 2023, 10:24 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Forget that story about a master plan to earn money with the Lightyear 0 so that it could fund the Lightyear 2 project. It is not going to happen anymore.
16 Jan 2023, 14:24 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Lightyear’s solar-powered car just started production in Finland. However, today’s star isn’t the very expensive Lightyear 0. Here’s the deal
5 Jan 2023, 16:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Expected to arrive by 2025, the affordable solar car from the Dutch company did not seem to wait to get under development ASAP.
1 Dec 2022, 10:45 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The plan is to manufacture one vehicle per week in the beginning and improve production in the first quarter of 2023 to reach 946 units
13 Oct 2022, 16:22 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Aerodynamic drag is one of the things that get in the way of inertia. Reducing it to the degree that Lightyear managed to reduce helps it travel more miles
15 Sep 2022, 09:30 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The last time we checked, the Aptera had a drag coefficient of 0.13, while the Lightyear 0 presents a 0.175 figure, the best one for a four-wheeled vehicle.
22 Aug 2022, 13:04 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It is relatively straightforward: sell an expensive car, and make money with it to fund a mass-production solar vehicle… It should remind you of something
30 Jul 2022, 20:48 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Only the Dutch company shared the news, which is pretty unusual when it comes to deals celebrated between two relevant companies.
24 Jun 2022, 23:02 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / I hoped European automotive innovation will sprout a new, real competitor for Tesla. It looks like it won’t happen. Not like this, and not with Lightyear
9 Jun 2022, 21:38 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / After six years of research, prototypes, testing, and trying to get things right, Lightyear brings us the solar car. It’s a proper first
1 Jun 2022, 18:19 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The ultra-efficient solar EV now states even better numbers than the prototype achieved: 725 kilometers (450 miles) with a 60-kWh battery pack
26 May 2022, 09:59 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Scuderia Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz will voice the same character, with Leclerc doing the Italian version and Sainz the one in Spanish
20 Apr 2022, 09:35 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The two companies announced a partnership that will put 5,000 Lightyear Two units and an undisclosed number of Lightyear Ones in customers' hands
12 Apr 2022, 16:01 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After the validation prototype ended its mission, it is now time for these other prototypes to prepare the solar car for manufacturing.
10 Feb 2022, 15:37 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Lightyear's One solar electric vehicle has reached a new milestone in the latest tests, claiming to be the most efficient car on the current market
16 Dec 2021, 21:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We even got the impression that the Lightyear Two will be a better car than the Lightyear One for a fraction of the price: a fifth, to be precise