Descrizione del progetto
La prima auto elettrica commerciale alimentata da energia solare
L’idea di veicoli elettrici alimentati da celle solari sta acquistando slancio, ma la loro costruzione è destinata soprattutto alle automobili ad energia solare da competizione. Grazie al finanziamento UE del progetto LIGHTYEAR, una start-up neerlandese sta portando l’idea ad un nuovo livello pianificando la commercializzazione della sua auto ad energia solare di nuova progettazione: Lightyear One. Lightyear One sarà la prima auto elettrica al mondo ad energia solare disponibile sul mercato che si ricarica mediante la luce del sole. Grazie a quattro motori nella ruota e a un’aerodinamica avanzata con materiali leggeri, i conducenti potranno viaggiare per settimane, o addirittura mesi, senza preoccuparsi della disponibilità di infrastrutture di ricarica. La compagnia neerlandese spera di costruire 10 modelli nel 2020 e cominciare una produzione in serie a partire dal 2021.
Obiettivo
Lightyear, an international team of 90 engineers including triple winners of the World Solar Challenge, experienced engineers (180+ years) from the aerospace, racing and automotive industry (e.g. ASML, Tesla, Ferrari and Inalfa) and alumni of the Eindhoven University of Technology, develops the first commercially available electric solar car in the world that charges itself: the Lightyear One. The extremely efficient family car will be able to drive for weeks or even months on self-generated solar energy. The engineers started from the rationale that the car should be incredibly efficient, in order to make an independent entity having its own energy source. To achieve this, Lightyear had to minimize the car’s energy consumption and maximize its energy input, by using four inwheel motors instead of one rigid motor, lowering the total mass of the car by using lightweight biobased materials, redesign to improve aerodynamics, developing a new battery pack; integrating their in-house custom developed solar panels on the roof and the bonnet of the car. Result: a car that excellences in driving range, in weight, in energy consumption, sustainability and operation costs compared to market's-state-of-the-art. Range anxiety, dependency on energy (charging) infrastructure and the use of non-renewable/inefficient energy sources to charge your car will belong to the past. In this project, Lightyear aims to develop, validate and demonstrate the first Lightyear One and associated assembly line, bringing their innovation from TRL 5/6 to 8. Lightyear expects to produce the first 10 signature cars in 2020, and start serial production from 2021 onwards. EBITDA is expected to turn positive in 2021 with a fivefold increase of FTEs. This development reinforces competitiveness and performance of European transport manufacturing industries on the global market.
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H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2
Meccanismo di finanziamento
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinatore
5708 JZ Helmond
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