The tagline of Lightyear One's website reads "Lightyear One | The electric car that charges itself with sunlight," and while, yes, this is technically true, in practice it's really sort of bullshit.

The original concept was revealed back in 2019. Now, just three years later, the Lightyear 0 solar car has entered production. The sleek hatchback is the world's first solar-powered vehicle and ...

The team behind Lightyear started with a dream. They wanted to be pioneers in the field of zero-emission transport. It took them six years. Now the Lightyear 0 is here as the first proper solar car ...

In 2019, Dutch EV startup Lightyear revealed a concept for a sleek hatchback with in-wheel motors and solar panels spanning the hood and roof. On Wednesday, production finally got underway at a plant ...

Owners of the new Lightyear One solar car might not need to charge their vehicles for months. That’s because the new EV can charge via solar panels while driving for up to 70 kilometers of range ...

Watch the team of Paly students put the finishing touches on and test their fully solar-powered vehicle. A group of Palo Alto High School students is headed to Texas to compete in the biennial Solar ...

This solar-powered car's narrow streamlined shape and lightweight carbon fiber exterior helped it take home the top prize at the 2023 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge: Every two years, engineering ...

I recently came across a September 18 article by the “future technology” editor at The Wall Street Journal, “Solar-Powered Cars and Trucks Are Almost Here” (sorry, behind paywall, but your local ...

Solar-powered cars face significant challenges due to limited space for solar panels and high energy requirements for driving. Some companies, like Lightyear, are developing solar EVs but face ...