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The vehicle is manufactured by Squad Mobility BV based in the Netherlands which was founded by Robert Hoevers and Chris Klok that previously worked at Lightyear. [4] It is set to start production for the EU market in 2025, and sales in the US starting in 2025. [5] [6] The solar roof can add up to 21–30 kilometers (13–19 miles) per day of range.
The Lightyear company claims the 782 solar cells across the car can add 70 km (43.5 miles) of range per day during summer. [6] [7] The aerodynamics of the vehicle were stated to produce a record-low drag coefficient of Cd=0.175. The car is all-wheel drive, with four in-wheel electric hub motors powered by a low-mounted battery. [8]
The 5-seater solar car Lightyear One is built by the company Lightyear, [19] whose founder and CEO Lex Hoefsloot has already won the World Solar Challenge several times, e.g. in 2013 with the car "Stella" (Solar Team Eindhoven, Technical University Eindhoven). [20] The car was scheduled to go into production in 2021. [21]
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Nuna7 is a solar-powered racing car in the Nuna series built by the Dutch Nuon Solar Team. The team finished first with Nuna7 at the World Solar Challenge 2013, a race of 3000 km through the outback of Australia. The Nuon Solar Team consisted of 16 students of Delft University of Technology.
Nuna is the name of a series of crewed solar powered race cars that have won the World Solar Challenge in Australia seven times: in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015 and 2017. The vehicles are built by students who are part of the "Brunel Solar Team" (formerly Nuon Solar Team and Vattenfall Solar Team) at the Delft University of Technology in ...
Stella Lux (2015 evolution) solar-powered family car prototype. Stella and its successors Stella Lux, Stella Vie and Stella Era are a series of solar racing family cars, built for the World Solar Challenge in Australia, sofar winning its Cruiser Class all four times it was held – in 2013, 2015, 2017 and in 2019.
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