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You mean when the article says "it has a user interface light years better than your gas pumps". That's not expressing time, it's expressing distance. Not sure if it's a common expression where you're from, but it's the same as saying something like "we're miles ahead of the competition." Distance ahead. So light years works as a substitute for miles.

Yes, you're right. English is not my native tongue. Thanks for clarifying! I'll edit my comment.

So, a light year is the amount of distance in a year that light can travel in a vacuum.

So the, it clearly has the word “year” in the name. Which is a measure of time.

But it’s also a measure of distance, because the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant, and the distance it can travel in a year is also constant.

So, why not both?

“miles ahead”, no?