#This EV drove a record-breaking 710km on a single charge

According to the homonymous company, Lightyear, “this distance is the longest range an electric vehicle has ever achieved on 60kWh of energy.” For reference, the 2021 Tesla Model 3 Long Range has an average range of 455km on a 70kWh battery capacity.

Lightyear also claims that “even the most efficient electric cars on the market today consume around 50% more energy at this relatively low speed.” Its goal, therefore, is to lower the energy consumption per kilometer in order to provide a lot of range on a small battery. 

Since the introduction of its first prototype version two years ago, the Lightyear One has been developed as a long distance cruiser and has four independent in-wheel electric motors. It consumes 83Wh/km and can accelerate from 0 to 62mph in less than 10 seconds. 

Thanks to its five solar panels, which add about 12 kilometers of range per hour of charging, a driver could ideally, in a very sunny country, travel for months at a time without having to juice up their vehicle.

The Lightyear One will be released in the first half of 2022 and will cost approximately $177,000.

If you’d like to see the EV hitting the record with your own eyes, you can check out the video below:

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