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"That is what makes you unique": Chair of the board Wilko Stark and Vice-Chair Martina Buchhauser about Sono Motors

26th November 2021 – For companies listed on the stock exchange, there are certain structures, duties and tasks for which the supervisory board is responsible. Chair Wilko Stark and Vice-Chair Martina Buchhauser talk in an interview about Sono Motors’ strengths and what challenges the company still has to overcome in coming years.

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Sono Motors Introduces Supervisory Board

25th November 2021 – In Addition to Automotive and Financial Experts, the Five-Member Supervisory Board Is Made up of Community and Employee Representatives…

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Sono Motors Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering and Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares

19th November 2021 – Sono Group N.V. (NASDAQ: SEV) (parent company to “Sono Motors GmbH”, “Sono Motors” or the “Company”) announced today the closing of its initial public offering of an aggregate of…

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Community Superadvisor Sebastian poses the most important questions about going public

18th November 2021 – Sono has leapt over another huge milestone on the journey to getting the Sion on the road with news of its initial public offering. This will enable us to raise the financial means to initiate the Sion’s final development phase. Community board member Sebastian Böttger had the opportunity to talk to CFO Torsten Kiedel about the IPO and collected the most important questions and answers in this blog post.

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Sono Motors IPO: SEV Starts Trading on Nasdaq

17th November 2021 – Sono Group N.V. (NASDAQ: SEV) (parent company to “Sono Motors GmbH”, “Sono Motors” or the “Company”), the Company that seeks to revolutionize the future of solar-powered transportation,…

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Sono Motors Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

17th November 2021 – Sono Group N.V. (parent company to “Sono Motors GmbH”, “Sono Motors” or the “Company”) announces the pricing of its initial public offering of 10,000,000 common shares at a price to the…

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Welt

Ari 458 Solar Prototype

20th October 2021 – Solar energy can extend the range of e-cars. A prototype delivery van is said to be able to travel up to 48 kilometers a day without electricity from a wall socket.  

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Fully Charged Show

The cheap solar-powered car you might NEVER need to charge

30th September 2021 – Imagine a car that can charge using the sun, can generate an income via a car sharing scheme and is also affordable to buy. Sounds like a pipe dream, right? Think again - say hello to Sono Motors' Sion electric car. 

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ZDF

Who will help me to right my environmental wrongs?

28th August 2021 – A fuel-guzzling car, more clothes than necessary, and devices that consume a load of electricity. We are all guilty of this. There are alternatives, however. 
From minute 11, Sono Motors and the Sion are introduced.

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Forbes

Tesla Ties Leads To German Solar Electric Car Company Choosing Sibros Connectivity Platform

19th July 2021 – Tightness among former Tesla colleagues has led to new partnership between Silicon Valley tech company Sibros and German automaker Sono Motors that's building a solar electric vehicle.

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Der Spiegel

This Car Runs On the Power of the Sun

24th June 2021 – Electric cars are considered to be expensive and not that climate-friendly. A Munich-based start-up has a vision to combat this. The affordable and solar-powered Sion, the development of which is being decided in collaboration with customers. So, what can this car do?

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Stern

Rolling Autonomy

24th June 2021 – Sono Motors’ requiem was ready to go. But with perseverance and a few rounds of financing, the Munich-based start-up has brought itself back from the brink. The Sion electric car is to be brought onto the market in 2023 and, with the help of innovative solar panels, will itself guarantee a degree of autonomy from charging stations.

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Business Punk

Munich’s Sion E-Car Gets More Powerful Battery Requested by Reservation Holders

24th June 2021 – An electric car that charges itself whilst driving in the sun. This sounds so obvious it’s almost bewildering that none of the big market players have caught on. Instead, it’s the Munich-based start-up Sono that want to launch the sun-assisted car - the Sion - in 2023.

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Der Tagesspiegel

Solar Energy Instead of Horsepower

24th June 2021 – Sono Motors, one of classic car manufacturers’ most unusual competitors, relies on solar power, battery power and moss. A first test drive.

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t3n

For the Same Price: Sono Motors Gives It’s Sion Electric Car More Range

24th June 2021 – Sono Motors, the Munich-based start-up, only presented a near-production prototype of its first e-car, the Sion, back in January. Now the manufacturer is following suit and announcing a range upgrade at no extra cost.

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Welt

The German Solar Electric Car Invalidates the Main Argument of Electric Opponents

24th June 2021 – From 2023 Sono Motors plan to have its solar car, the Sion, in series production. The prototype is already well advanced and is now being fitted with a battery that, until now, no German manufacturer has dared to use - by no means the only pioneering achievement.

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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Sono Motors Means Business

28th May 2021 – The solar manufacturer almost went bust. Now the series production of the ‘Sion’ draws ever closer.

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Automobil Produktion

“Our Customers Don’t Define Themselves Through a Car as a Status Symbol”

10th May 2021 – In an interview with Automobil Produktion, Sono Motors’ COO Thomas Hausch talks about difficult times, Sion production challenges and the power of Community.

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Spiegel

Start-up Sono Motors Wants to Equip MAN Transporters With Solar Cells

6th May 2021 – From small vans to giant ones: According to SPIEGEL, the Munich-based electric car start-up Sono wants to supply commercial vehicle group MAN’s vehicles with solar power.

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Elektroauto-News

13,000 International Reservations for the Sion Solar-Electric Car

15th April 2021 – It’s Sono Motors’ expressed goal to produce a car that takes advantage of solar energy and is suitable for everyday use. This goal seems to be resonating with the e-car’s pre-order customers. Meanwhile looks towards 13,000 private reservations for the Sion SEV (solar electric vehicle), with an average downpayment of 3,000.

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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

Climate Change: What Can We Actually Do? (2/2)

22nd February 2021 – Story about Sono Motors starts at minute 10:00.Climate change is a serious issue. But what does it really mean for us? How quickly and radically do we need to act? What can be done individually? What can’t? What technical innovations are there that can help make transport, industry, agriculture and other such areas of our lives as climate-neutral as possible? 

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auto motor sport

Self-Driving Electric Bus With Solar Panels

29th January 2021 – Start-up Sono Motors works in collaboration with French provider EasyMile. The Munich-based start-up’s solar technology should increase the range of the autonomous electric busses.

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung

When the Electric Trailer Doesn’t Need a Tractor

28th January 2021 – The German state-funded EV trailer project has created a truck trailer that converts solar energy into electric propulsion. This supports and, partially, replaces the diesel traction engine.

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Spiegel

Shade Parking Was a Thing of Yesterday

12th January 2021 – Solar modules on cars have long been considered a nice gimmick. German start-up Sono wants to make the technology affordable and is to unveil a prototype at CES trade show. Other vehicle manufacturers are increasingly turning to photovoltaics.

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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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