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SOMEONE’S INVENTED A LONG-RANGE
SOLAR-POWERED CAR?
Yep. The Lightyear One has been
designed by Netherlands-based company
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COULD THE FIRST LONG-
RANGE SOLAR-POWERED
CAR HERALD A NEW DAWN
FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES?
PERHAPS, IF YOU WANT TO
REMORTGAGE YOUR HOUSEPrimer
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scenario: in cold
weather, with the
heating on, at fast
motorway speeds,
in can manage
about 400km on
one charge. Range
anxiety begone”