Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 20:05:57 +0000
Arcimoto, the 3-wheeled tandem-seating EV company, has been deep into financial problems and was on the brink of bankruptcy. The company had moved into a larger production facility last year, but was forced to pause production entirely due to insufficient funds at the beginning of 2023. This has led to job cuts and furloughs for […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:33:58 +0000
The last year has been tough for solar-electric car companies. There are many valid reasons to be skeptical of onboard solar panels powering electric vehicles, and when investors don’t believe in something, they don’t invest in it. Without investment money, getting a vehicle to production can be impossible. And this was all on top of […]
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:36:29 +0000
A combination solar powered flashlight, phone charger, and lamp with extra fold-out solar panels is handy at home and on your next EV road trip, too.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2023 01:30:07 +0000
Lightyear has stopped all new car production and its production company has filed for bankruptcy in the Netherlands.
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 16:45:38 +0000
The gloves are off: solar electric cars have caught the eye of a leading international fleet operator and its high-flying parent company.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 04:01:04 +0000
The Lightyear 0 solar-powered sedan is now in production and will sell for $260,000. A lower priced car is coming in 2025.
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:50:28 +0000
Even here at CleanTechnica, there’s a lot of skepticism about solar-powered cars. The obvious problem, of course, is that solar power just doesn’t generate enough power per square foot of surface area to get a lot of power out of the top of a car. As one well-known automotive engineer on YouTube explains, there’s a […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 21:50:23 +0000
Earlier this month, we missed an interesting announcement by Lightyear, a company building solar cars. But luckily, we can still find footage of the announcement on YouTube, so anybody who missed it can still see the event. Plus, there’s now a video out with a test drive of the vehicle, so we can all get […]
Credit to Author: EV News Today| Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 01:17:13 +0000
As VinFast announced its plan to open more than 50 stores across France, Germany, and Netherland at EVS35, the Audi Environmental Foundation went into the third project phase with nonprofit startup Nunam on electric rickshaws. Battery modules from Audi e-tron test vehicles are electrifying rickshaws in India. Their target group: women. Rickshaws enable economic participation […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 15:26:12 +0000
A recent article at Slash Gear attempted to tackle the problem of solar-powered cars. The topic did hit the news last month with cars like the Vision EQXX concept and Hyundai’s hybrid Sonata sporting solar panels, and if those cars were all we had to go on, the science mentioned in the article would be […]