Lightyear commences small-scale production of solar roof
Lightyear has started preliminary production of solar roofs for external car manufacturers.
Lightyear has started preliminary production of solar roofs for external car manufacturers.
Well into the 21th century, the Brainport hasn’t shaken off the not-invented-here syndrome.
Lightyear is continuing its mission by setting up a new company fully focused on model 2, its affordable solar electric vehicle.
With the Lightyear 0 having been declared bankrupt, the Helmond-based solar car trailblazer wants to go all-in on its low-end model 2.
For years, a dozen engineers within Next Level Electronics developed power converters outside office hours, while most of them worked part-time for Lightyear. Lightyear’s acquisition of NLE straightens this out.
Less than two months ago, Lightyear announced an €81M injection of cash aimed at accelerating and expanding its clean-mobility ambitions.
Solar car trailblazer Lightyear has received 81 million euros in additional capital.
Five Dutch deep-tech companies have been included in the EIC Scalingup Top 50: Effect Photonics (tunable optical transceivers), Lightyear (solar car), Photanol (bacteria-driven chemical synthesis), Physee (power-generating windows, link in Dutch) and Smart Photonics (integrated photonics contract manufacturing).
Lightyear has signed a follow-up agreement with Leaseplan to reserve 5,000 cars of its second model, which is scheduled to go into production by 2024/2025.
Dutch EV developer Lightyear has revealed its latest investment.