Solar Electric Vehicle Company

The lightyear one a new solar powered electric car developed by several times solar challenge winners has been unveiled today and the startup claims an unbelievable range of 450 miles 725 km.

Solar electric vehicle company. Lightyear has unveiled the first prototype of the lightyear one an electric vehicle covered in solar panels that it plans to start delivering to consumers in 2021 the car company was founded in. Their leading electric vehicle is the ford focus electric an electric version of the popular ford focus the focus electric is an affordable ev with all the look and feel of a standard vehicle but with over 100 miles per charge in its battery. The company s nearly 30 foot long v8100 electric medium duty panel van can carry a 3 ton payload. Solar panels are a cost effective way to fuel your electric car and may require anywhere from 6 to 12 solar panels.

But whether it s really a solar powered car depends on how you drive it. What s more the van s lithium ion battery pack holds enough charge for a 150 mile range. Most of these companies are from a report by research and markets which forecasts the electric vehicle charging stations market will grow from 5 3 billion in 2018 to more than 30 billion in 2023. One company aiming to electrify the package delivery industry is a los angeles based chinese backed startup called chanje.

A solar vehicle is an electric vehicle powered completely or significantly by direct solar energy usually photovoltaic pv cells contained in solar panels convert the sun s energy directly into electric energy the term solar vehicle usually implies that solar energy is used to power all or part of a vehicle s propulsion. Even if you plan on buying an electric car two or three years down the road you will want to plan your solar project with that taken into account because it can have impacts on the type of inverter and number of panels you will need. The lightyear one is a car with solar panels stretching across its roof to charge the electric vehicle s batteries. And last but not least bosch one of the world s largest suppliers of automotive technologies also makes ev chargers.