Light-Year One To Be Powered By Sun Power Maxeon

• According to Helmond, Sunpowers’s Maxeon solar technology will provide the energy to power the light-year one.

The prototype Light-year one was first presented last year and can do 725 km on a single charge. However, Maxeon cells are beginning to integrate it into the car's bodywork. Sunpower is grateful for having been appointed to supply the solar cells for a light-year one. 

Note that while still at the university, the Light-year founders build the solar car powered by Solar cells. The two took part in a world solar challenge that saw the car drive 3,000km at a speed of 75kmh through Australia. They emerged top in the competition. In 2015, the car won the prize once again after collaborating with SunPower. 

After the race, the light-year cofounder decided to continue with the student project professionally. They knew that building a family car powered by solar was just a few years away. So they took the challenge head-on. 

In 1993, Richard Swanson Sunpower founder dominated the race. He outsmarted 50 other contenders and broke the record set by General motors. The race in the hot Australian wilderness put Sunpower in the limelight.  Sunpower works with Philip Sharp who is the world recorder in boat racing. Sharp agrees that racing boats with zero emissions will go a long way to combat pollution in the high seas. 

Domjan Raphael has gone a notch higher with the Mission SolarStrato. It is an aircraft that flies at the edge of the space. Domjan’s aircraft has a surface of about 22 square meters that allows Maxeon Solar cells to generate the required energy.