Former Audi Exec Sticks With Revived Solar Car Manufacturer Lightyear, Something's Off
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
Lightyear Will Try a Comeback With a Group of 225 Investors and €8 Million
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
Aptera, Lightyear and Sono Motors' Main Link Is Not Being Solar, But Rather Being Startups
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
Lightyear (Atlas Technologies) Is Officially Bankrupt, and Lightyear 2 May Go Extinct Too
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.
Lightyear Announces the 0 is Dead – Long Live the Lightyear 2?
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.
Lightyear Just Secured a Generous Pre-Order From Europe's Top Vehicle Leasing Company
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
Lightyear 2 Solar Car Makes Its First Appearance in Official Teaser Images
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.
Lightyear 0 Production Starts in Finland With Valmet Automotive
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
Lightyear 0 Proves Another Advantage of Sharp Aerodynamics: Coasting Gets You Further
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
Lightyear 0 Will Be the World's Most Aerodynamic Production EV Until the Aptera Arrives
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.
Lightyear Publishes What Will Be Known as Its Master Plan for Solar Cars
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
Lightyear Receives Koenigsegg Investment; Will Use Its Tech on the Lightyear 2
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.
The World's First Solar Car Will Be a Fashion Statement at Most, Here's Why
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
The World's First Production-Ready Solar Car Is Here, Meet the Lightyear 0
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
Lightyear One In Production Guise Will Have Its World Premiere on June 9
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
Ferrari F1 Drivers Leclerc and Sainz Doing Voice Cameos in Disney Pixar’s Lightyear Movie
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
Lightyear Want More People to Drive the One and Two With MyWheels Car-Sharing Help
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
Lightyear One Senior Project Manager Updates Us on Production-Intent Prototypes
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.
Lightyear One Solar EV Reaches New Milestone, Claims to Be the World's Most Efficient Car
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
Lightyear CEO Suggests Lightyear Two Will be Even More Efficient than the One
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