The Lightfoot electric scooter is wrapped in solar panels to address range anxiety

The ‘Lightfoot’ Electric Scooter Lets You Literally Ride a Solar Panel Around Town

For $5,000, the Lightfoot scooter promises to charge up to a max of 20 additional miles a day, if you dare park it outside.

The Lightfoot electric scooter is wrapped in solar panels to address range anxiety

The Lightfoot scooter’s 120W solar panels can extend its range by up to 20 miles in the Summer, its creators claim. | Image: Otherlab Otherlab has announced a new electric scooter called the Lightfoot that can extend its range not by fast charging or quick battery swaps, but by soaking up the sun. The scooter is shrouded in two large solar panels that Otherlab says can extend its range by an extra three miles for every hour it’s left in the sun…

Otherlab Unveils Solar-Electric Lightfoot Scooter, Has Up to 37-Mile Range

Otherlab has just unveiled their new solar-electric Lightfoot scooter that was designed to transport cargo using its lockable, weatherproof 1.5 cubic foot storage locker located beneath the solar panels. It’s powered by two 750W brushless DC motors, connected to a 48-volt, 1.1kWh battery, that enable it to hit a top speed of just under 20mph. [...]

Solar scooter uses the power of sunlight for an 18-mile boost in range

While many EVs use solar panels to extend their range, those panels often don't look like they'd make much of a difference. Such is certainly not the case with the Lightfoot scooter, however, the sides of which are covered with panels that reportedly provide up to 18 miles of extra range per day.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transport, TransportTags: Solar Powered, Scooter