Lock for a German car manufacturer – the manufacturer lowers the rollers

In the absence of investors and financing, another ambitious plan in the automotive world is abandoned and another factory closes its doors.

It looks like her ambitious project will have an upsetting end They are enginesIt is a startup company from Munich, Germany It managed to develop the first affordable solar car on the planet, but not to secure the necessary funding So he can get it across the production line.

The solar car from Sono Motorsa compact hatchback, successfully completed most of its development, even undergoing the necessary crash-testing process, but this proved insufficient to find a Funds to keep the entire project alive.

With a press release issued yesterday, February 24, 2023Sono Motors stated that the development of the solar car has been halted, and that the money that was paid in the process of pre-booking cars and the support campaign for the German company will be gradually returned.

In addition to a lack of financing and resources, Sono Motors faced component shortages, and price hikes, while Even the space where the production line was to be located was no longer available.

Sono Motors already had 400 employees to its creditof which 300 will now have to seek their fortune in another company.

It remains to be seen if Sono Motors will manage to survive and turn itself into a company Developing technologies related to solar energy Or whether it will disappear from the map of the global auto industry.

It is worth noting that the Sono Motors solar car in its final form was able to recover 112 to 245 kilometers of range/week thanks to the solar panels on the roofs of its fuselageeliminating the need to charge it from an external power source.

Its maximum autonomy reached 305 km, while the electric motor with which it was equipped produced 163 hp. The price of its basic version in Germany started at 29,900 euros.

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