‘And for Lightyear 0, the range doesn’t start and finish with plugs and sockets. The company claims that its technology allows users to transform any power outlet across cities into a charging station, stating that even when the vehicle is plugged into a regular home socket, Lightyear 0 can still charge 32 kilometers of range per hour. In sunnier countries, that could be up to seven months,’ the company shares. ‘In cloudy climates, based on the average commute of around 35 kilometers per day, you can drive for up to two months before you need to think about charging. What makes the vehicle solar-ready lies in its optimized solar roof, a design approach that means the car can drive for weeks, even months, without charging. Forming part of his personal response to what he deems an industry challenge, he co-founded the company Lightyear and has recently introduced Lightyear 0 to the public, a solar-ready car that imbues his strategy of delivering more range with less battery, reducing weight and CO₂ emissions per vehicle. That increases the carbon footprint of production and, in turn, boosts weight and the need for high-power charging stations,’ he shares. To minimize plug-charging and maximize range, the industry’s strategy, so far, has been to add batteries. Access to charging stations will not keep up with the demand for electric cars. Lex Hoefsloot believes that the use of electric cars moves society in the right direction, but the car designs have a scaling problem and that by 2030, 84 million electric vehicles (EVs) can be expected to run on roads in Europe alone.
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