Dutch photo voltaic automobile startup Lightyear began delivery its first car — dubbed the Lightyear 0 — earlier this 12 months. But whereas few individuals have pushed this distinctive tackle EV energy, the corporate is already speaking up its plans for the successor. At CES, Lightyear has introduced that it’s opening the waitlist for its second mannequin — Lightyear 2 — which guarantees an much more radical tackle a automobile powered by sunshine.

For the uninitiated, Lightyear makes an EV which was draped in panels, designed to get a few of its cost from the solar because it travels. Its spacious-yet-aerodynamic liftback body has a panel on the bonnet, in addition to a lot of the rear roofline. The 782 photo voltaic cells on the physique are, Lightyear claims, able to including greater than 43 miles of additional vary on a sunny day. But such cutting-edge tech doesn’t come cheaply, with Lightyear asking for almost $300,000 for the present mannequin.

The firm says, nevertheless, that the newer mannequin will likely be priced for lower than $40,000, and is designed to supply an reasonably priced method in for would-be EV patrons. Its super-efficient form provides it a drag coefficient of round 0.175, slicing via the air far simpler than most EVs in the marketplace. That means Lightyear can scale back the scale of the heavy (and costly) battery to assist make issues extra reasonably priced. Although, naturally, it’ll work higher in nations blessed with wall-to-wall sunshine for the longest time period within the 12 months.

Lightyear 2 is anticipated to start out manufacturing in 2025, providing you with loads of time to search for someplace hotter and sunnier to maneuver to.