Students from the Technical University Eindhoven have built a line of family class solar racers called
Stella.
Only recently they presented its last incarnation, the
Stella Vie.
They won the World Solar Challenge Cruiser Class twice.
As the goal is to build cars that can be practically used, and are road legal for that matter, many wonder what it would be like to actually own one.
But there were no plans to sell them to the public.
That may change soon.
A group of ex-students of the TUE who were part of Solar Team Eindhoven have formed a company named
Lightyear.
A few shots of their Lightyear One virtual prototype:
It has a battery range of 400 to 800 km, depending on battery pack options.
The solar cells cover the entire roof and back.
It won't be cheap: "Starting from €119,000 excluding taxes."
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