2021 Lightyear One Specs, Range, Performance

Lightyear One is an EV, with a body covered with solar panels generating energy, which is accumulated in the batteries and provides the electric car with a certain range. This is Lightyear’s first mass-produced electric car to be launched as a full-fledged consumer product.

Lightyear One is equipped with a 60 kWh battery, which provides the 725 km range in the WLTP cycle. The electric car can be charged from sources of alternating current with a power of 3.7 kW (one phase), three-phase alternating current with a power of 22 kW and at fast charging DC stations with a power of up to 60 kW. The recharge rate of the battery capacity for each source is 35, 209 and 507 km per hour, respectively. The novelty has an extremely aerodynamic design. The company focused on efficiency, using its knowledge gained over the years of development of car for the Solar Challenge.