REVIEW: Is it time to start creating a buzz about solar-powered cars? Dutch start-up Lightyear thinks so, and we've driven a prototype of its latest creation...
being the closest analogue. The low and wide dashboard is covered in a textured cloth, with two screens – one for the digital instruments and the other for infotainment – affixed. Neither has finalised software yet, instead showing engineering-specific numbers concerning current energy consumption and energy generation.
The driving experience is more noteworthy for what it isn’t than what it is. The steering is heavy and sluggish, the brake feel isn’t quite right and I’m not allowed to exceed 62mph. All of the systems remain in active development, though, and Lightyear’s engineers assure me that everything will be improved by the time customer deliveries begin.
Rather than use inboard motors, like all makers of road-going EVs have done to date, Lightyear has co-developed an in-wheel motor with Slovakian supplier TK. Along with a thin disc for friction braking, one of these is entirely enclosed within each of the car’s narrow wheels.
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