{"id":425863,"date":"2022-12-01T09:32:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T08:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?post_type=selected&p=425863"},"modified":"2022-12-01T09:32:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T08:32:58","slug":"lightyear-starts-series-production-of-a-solar-electric-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"selected","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/selected\/lightyear-starts-series-production-of-a-solar-electric-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightyear starts series production of a solar electric vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As soon as possible, we have to get rid of mobility on fossil fuels. With it’s solar car, Lightyear makes this possible. That’s why Innovation Origins chose to select this press release. <\/p><\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n

Lightyear, the Dutch high-tech company developing the world’s first solar-electric car, starts the production of its first vehicle, Lightyear 0, at Valmet Automotive\u2019s facility in Finland. The company plans on producing one car a week and gradually scaling up its production in the first quarter of 2023, says Lightyear in a press release<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the first automotive company to manufacture an electric vehicle that generates power directly from sunlight. After six years of developing its own technologies, Lightyear has surpassed a challenging phase for new automotive companies: entering the market with novel technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One step closer to clean mobility<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have hit many milestones in recent years, from major funding achievements to great partnerships. However, today is the most significant, and probably the most challenging, milestone we have reached so far\u201d, says Lex Hoefsloot, CEO and Co-Founder of Lightyear. \u201cStarting production of Lightyear 0, the first solar car, brings us a big step closer to our mission of clean mobility for everyone, everywhere. We may be the first to achieve this, but I certainly hope we aren\u2019t the last.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lightyear 0 is the company\u2019s first step in its attempt to transform the mobility sector: by creating an efficient vehicle with a smaller battery capacity (60kWh), Lightyear wants to enable consumers to skip the charging grid and drive more sustainably. Six years after its founding, the company has progressed into a scale-up with over 500 employees and established a reliable supply chain through reputable partners such as Valmet Automotive, Bridgestone, and Koenigsegg. With that, Lightyear proves that it can translate its aspiration into action.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Here comes the sun – how Lightyear’s solar panel technology works<\/div>
What does it take to efficiently integrate solar panels into a car? Innovation Origins had a chat with Emanuele Cornagliotti, Lightyear\u2019s solar lead engineer.<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1780,"featured_media":511930,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":""},"categories":[26049],"tags":[11611,4045],"location":[53484],"internal_archives":[],"class_list":["post-425863","selected","type-selected","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobility","tag-lightyear-en","tag-zonneauto","location-finland-nl"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"featured_img":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1280x0.png","coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/author\/elckevels\/","display_name":"Elcke Vels"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on December 1, 2022","modified":"Updated on December 1, 2022"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on December 1, 2022 9:32 am","modified":"Updated on December 1, 2022 9:32 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"category":{"linked":["Mobility<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Mobility<\/span>"],"slug":"category","name":"Categories"},"post_tag":{"linked":["Lightyear<\/a>","zonneauto<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Lightyear<\/span>","zonneauto<\/span>"],"slug":"post_tag","name":"Tags"},"language":{"linked":["EN<\/a>"],"unlinked":["EN<\/span>"],"slug":"language","name":"Tags"},"post_translations":{"linked":["pll_6388651d0439e<\/a>"],"unlinked":["pll_6388651d0439e<\/span>"],"slug":"post_translations","name":""},"location":{"linked":["Finland<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Finland<\/span>"],"slug":"location","name":"Locations"},"internal_archives":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"internal_archives","name":"Internal Archives"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/selected\/425863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/selected"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/selected"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425863"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=425863"},{"taxonomy":"internal_archives","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal_archives?post=425863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}