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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 664559" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>The full story</p><p></p><p>"the production-ready Lightyear Zero went on sale in Europe <a href="https://www.drive.com.au/news/solar-powered-electric-car-that-can-be-driven-for-months-without-charging-goes-on-sale/" target="_blank">in February 2022</a>, priced from $AU231,000".</p><p></p><p>"Lightyear claims the Zero’s bodywork incorporates five square metres of solar panels, which can add up to 12km of driving range every hour on a sunny day......validation prototypes typically add 25 miles' worth of solar energy to the battery on cloudy days. The car is charging itself anytime the sun is shining, but when it's driving, it's probably consuming most of that charge. Clearly nobody is crossing the outback without stopping in this rig .......Nevertheless, to ensure nobody gets stranded there's also a 60-kWh battery onboard, which you can top up using a normal EV charger. This effectively renders the solar array a range-extender, much like the tiny gas engines used in some EVs to extend the range of the battery while on the go or far from chargers".</p><p></p><p>Ah well, why go out on cloudy days?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 664559, member: 4386"] The full story "the production-ready Lightyear Zero went on sale in Europe [URL='https://www.drive.com.au/news/solar-powered-electric-car-that-can-be-driven-for-months-without-charging-goes-on-sale/']in February 2022[/URL], priced from $AU231,000". "Lightyear claims the Zero’s bodywork incorporates five square metres of solar panels, which can add up to 12km of driving range every hour on a sunny day......validation prototypes typically add 25 miles' worth of solar energy to the battery on cloudy days. The car is charging itself anytime the sun is shining, but when it's driving, it's probably consuming most of that charge. Clearly nobody is crossing the outback without stopping in this rig .......Nevertheless, to ensure nobody gets stranded there's also a 60-kWh battery onboard, which you can top up using a normal EV charger. This effectively renders the solar array a range-extender, much like the tiny gas engines used in some EVs to extend the range of the battery while on the go or far from chargers". Ah well, why go out on cloudy days? [/QUOTE]
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