Sharing technology together
The Dutch Lightyear is still very young, but has already managed to attract the attention of a renowned car manufacturer. It is the Swedish Koenigsegg that invests in Lightyear and becomes its technological partner.
In a relatively short time, Lightyear has managed to put itself on the map. In June, the Dutch company presented the Lightyear 0, the production version of the Lightyear One that was presented in 2019. The first examples of the Lightyear 0 are to be built in the fall, but before the world has been able to taste the €250,000 slick EV with 5 square meters of solar cells, Lightyear has found an interesting partner.
It is the Swedish Koenigsegg that invests an unspecified amount in Lightyear. It does not stop at an investment. Koenigsegg and Lightyear will also share and develop technology with each other. Lightyear says that Koenigsegg’s knowledge and technology will be used, among other things, to improve the efficiency of the company’s second model. Around the end of 2024 or early 2025, Lightyear will launch the 2, a car that will become a volume model more than the Lightyear 0 and will cost around €30,000.
Co-founder and CEO of Lightyear Lex Hoefsloot obviously indicates that he is pleased with Koenigsegg as a partner. “We admire Koenigsegg’s combination of incredible performance, design and sustainable technology. This partnership clearly shows that we are on the right track. I am delighted to be able to draw on decades of experience in designing and building innovative cars,” said Hoefsloot.
Koenigsegg builds cars in a completely different category than Lightyear. You will undoubtedly know the company from fierce models such as the CCR/CCX, the Agera, Regera, Jesko and the heralded Gemera. The company has developed variable geometry turbos, plans to use a 2.0 four-cylinder without camshaft in the aforementioned plug-in hybrid Gemera and previously gave the Regera not a traditional transmission but a powertrain with hydraulic coupling between the engine and the engine. the wheels. What the Koenigseggs have in common is that they are blood and blood fast.
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– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl