The unprecedented Lightyear One has already started its test drives on a high-speed circuit. The Dutch company is in the validation phase of the technical characteristics of its prototypes, such as autonomy. But what they have never seen, until now, have been the used mules.
The Lightyear one has already started its validation tests at a German test center. Since last June, the camouflaged prototypes of the future solar car to hit the market in 2022 they follow an ambitious testing program.
Some trials that have already established record-breaking range on a single charge: 710 kilometers. Now, the question is to achieve a legal speed worthy of the highway and to maintain as far as possible the autonomy achieved in this special branch of electric cars. A milestone for a 60 kWh capacity battery, but one that Lightyear engineers know will be a significant loss. What It has never been seen spy photos or the mules used for solar car.
The Lightyear One promises to be the solar electric car of 2022
The Dutch have used Modified Tesla Model 3 units for your technical benefit, and thus not launching early production units with the final design on the street. Instead, they have used the American model with a modified upper. The sheet metal roof has been removed to include a solar cell panel instead, the equipment used to recharge the battery.
These are, indeed, the only spy photos of the development of the Lightyear One, issued by the brand and taking advantage of technical tests through the flowery fields of the Netherlands, from where they have now left to go to the German test center. Absolute secret for a model that still has an intense period of tests to offer to offer a high performance at its price.
For now, the firm has not provided details of its technical specifications, beyond the fact that it will be able to recharge 400 kilometers at a charging point. The manufacturer will open the order books before the end of the year, from 946 units that make up the first series, and that will be delivered at the end of the first half of 2022. In a few months, we expect to have the technical details of the first luxury solar car.