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Sono Motors in the Media

Automobil Produktion

„Unsere Kunden definieren sich nicht über das Statussymbol Auto“

10th May 2021 – Im Interview mit Automobil Produktion spricht Thomas Hausch, COO von Sono Motors, über schwierige Zeiten, Herausforderungen bei der Fertigung des Sion und die Kraft der eigenen Community.

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Spiegel

Start-up Sono Motors will MAN-Transporter mit Solarzellen ausstatten

6th May 2021 – Von kleinen Wagen auf ganz große: Der Münchner Elektroauto-Neuling Sono will nach SPIEGEL-Informationen Transporter des Nutzfahrzeugkonzerns MAN mit Solarstrom versorgen.

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Elektroauto-News

13.000 internationale Reservierungen für Solar-Elektroauto Sion

15th April 2021 – Es ist das erklärte Ziel von Sono Motors, ein Auto zu entwickeln, das die Vorteile der Solarenergie nutzt und uneingeschränkt alltagstauglich ist. Dieses Ziel scheint auch bei den Vorbesteller des E-Autos anzukommen. Mittlerweile blicke das Unternehmen auf 13.000 Privatkunden-Reservierungen für sein SEV (Solar Electric Vehicle) Sion mit einer durchschnittlichen Anzahlungssumme von 3.000 Euro.

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electrek

Electric vehicle spotlight (EVS): Sono Motors

13th April 2021 – Welcome back to another EVS. We hope you haven’t missed us too terribly. Our spotlight this go-around is on Sono Motors based out of Germany. This EV startup has developed a solar electric vehicle (SEV) called the Sion that can add up to an additional 150 miles of range per week by harnessing the power of the sun.

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Observer

Forget Batteries, This Electric Vehicle Startup Uses Solar Power to Charge Up Cars

14th March 2021 – As electric vehicles go mainstream, the auto industry has largely reached the consensus that the next big thing is no longer about eliminating gas engines, but finding the most efficient method to generate electricity to power cars.

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WDR

Klimawandel: Was wir tatsächlich tun können (2/2)

22nd February 2021 – Story about Sono Motors starts at minute 10:00. Der Klimawandel ist ein ernstes Problem. Aber was heißt das für uns? Wie schnell und wie radikal müssen wir handeln? Was kann der Einzelne beitragen? Was nicht? Und welche technischen Innovationen gibt es, die dabei helfen könnten, Verkehr, Industrie, Landwirtschaft und andere Bereiche unseres Lebens künftig möglichst klimaneutral zu gestalten?

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auto motor sport

Selbstfahrender Elektrobus mit Solarzellen

29th January 2021 – Das Start-up Sono Motors arbeitet mit dem französischen Anbieter Easy-Mile zusammen. Die Solartechnologie der Münchner soll die Reichweite autonomer Elektrobusse erhöhen.

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Wenn der Elektroauflieger ohne Zugmaschine auskommt

28th January 2021 – Im Rahmen des in Deutschland staatlich geförderten Projekts EV-Trailer ist ein Lastwagenauflieger entstanden, der Sonnenenergie in Elektroantrieb verwandelt. Damit wird die Dieselzugmaschine unterstützt und teilweise ersetzt.

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Spiegel

Schattenparken war gestern

12th January 2021 – Solarmodule an Autos galten lange als nette Spinnerei. Das deutsche Start-up Sono will die Technik erschwinglich machen und enthüllt auf der Messe CES einen Prototyp. Auch andere Fahrzeugbauer setzen verstärkt auf Fotovoltaik.

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TechCrunch

Sono Motors plans to license the tech that powers its solar electric car

12th January 2021 – Sono Motors wants to bring technology it developed for its solar electric car to the masses. And it’s starting with autonomous shuttle startup EasyMile.

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News

2020 in Numbers: How Sustainable Are We as a Company?

22nd April 2021 – Your trust in our vision is extremely important to us and therefore we are publishing our annual sustainability report. This report is, for the first time, closely aligned with the GRI standard for sustainability reporting. We want to be transparent on the development of our performance in terms of fairness, resource conservation, and climate protection at Sono.

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Blog Post

Sono Digital: Who we are, what we do and how you can contribute

26th March 2021 – Our mission is to make every car electric and shared. While our colleagues in the vehicle development team take care of the former, our focus is on the latter: shared mobility.

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Blog Post

Here Is How Our Solar Technology Could Change the Energy Supply in Mobility

22nd March 2021 – Solar technology has been around for 180 years, even though back then it was dismissed by many scientists due to the domination of energy technologies based on the burning of coal. However, as Bob Dylan famously sang in the 1960s, “the times they are a-changing”, and the Sion’s solar technology might be one example of many.

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