Lightyear announces its second solar-powered EV, below $40,000
is expected to enter production at the end of 2025 and go on sale with a starting price below $40,000.compared to a traditional EV. The vehicle also promises 500 miles of range between charges, and the company says it has received 21,000 preorders from car-leasing and ride-sharing companies. Though the amount of solar-powered range was not shared specifically, the car will add several miles each day from its solar panels, the amount determined by the level of available sunlight.
Lightyear shared few other details, other than that the car will offer an impressive 0.175 drag coefficient, which will make it one of the slipperier cars around. The company did say its 500-mile estimate is based on how much sun would contribute to range during 15,000 miles of driving per year in Chicago.. That car features a range of 388 miles, and the company says its solar panels can add more than 6,800 miles per year.
Lightyear announced that hopeful buyers could enter their information to get on the waitlist for the car, but a spokesperson toldthat the waitlist is more of an email list to distribute information. Signing up gives priority when preorders and reservations do open, though, so it's probably best to sign up if you're at all interested.
If you haven’t been paying close attention, it might seem like solar-powered EVs are coming out of nowhere, but there are at least a couple of other companies in the mix. The
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