Lightyear One preview: ‘Powered on sunshine’ | Martin Love
by Martin Love from Technology | The Guardian on (#4KKAK)
A Dutch solar-electric prototype with a range of up to 450 miles could be a ray of hope in the dark
Lightyear One
Power Solar
Range 450 miles
Available 2021
Reservations 3,600, lightyear.one
We talk a lot about how 'clean' electric cars are and how much better they are for the environment, because they have zero emissions. But, of course, an EV is only as clean as the electricity you use to charge it. What they cleverly do is shift the source of the pollution they create from their tailpipes to the power station - out of sight, out of mind. So, imagine a car that generates some of the power it needs as it travels. Step forward the new Lightyear One - possibly the world's first solar-powered car that might actually make it to the consumer market.
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