Lightyear halts production of its first model, slated to cost about $260,000, to focus on a more affordable EV planned for 2025. A 61.2-kWh battery powers the Lightyear 0, giving it a range of 388 ...

Lightyear, the Dutch solar EV maker that was declared insolvent at the beginning of the year, is getting back to work developing the mass-market Lightyear 2 model after successfully going through a ...

In the dreams of a perfect, zero emissions world, the idea of a car that uses solar energy to recharge like the Lightyear 0 made so much sense. The Zero doesn't totally rely on a plug-in source for ...

As you may have heard, Dutch EV startup Lightyear succumbed to bankruptcy back in January. The bankruptcy came shortly after production of Lightyear's first model, the 0, commenced. A €250,000 ($277k) ...

Lightyear secured approximately $11 million (10M Euros) of funding The funding will help the restructured business sell solar hardware Lightyear's moved on from attempting to build its own EVs ...

It says it plans to focus on producing a less expensive car aimed at the mass market. It says it plans to focus on producing a less expensive car aimed at the mass market. The company says it didn’t ...