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Lightyear locks in €81 million from InvestNL to produce solar-powered car

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Rinke Zonneveld, CEO of InvestNL, stated the company “has been making consistent progress since its founding and holds a promising future for the development of an innovative solar ecosystem in the Netherlands.” And similarly, Aptera has been successful in acquiring investment to work towards production.

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Lightyear shelves solar EV plans, hires executives to spearhead solar systems for other OEMs

Baua Electric

Lightyear’s new CEO Dr. Bonna Newman (left) and CFO Marnix Borghouts (right) / Source: Lightyear Lightyear looks to provide solar systems to other EVs Per a release out of the Netherlands this morning, Lightyear announced a leadership change that will pivot the startup’s entire business strategy toward on-board solar charging systems.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and other Northern European countries, contact SP Innovation. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" PHEVs with "Good Enough to Get Started" batteries. Amberjac Systems www.amberjacprojects.com United Kingdom-based company has provided conversions in Europe.

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