The dream of the solar car «Deletes» definitively for German Sono Motors, which on 31 July filed a bankruptcy request, interrupting any activity.
Closer
since ever in final bankruptcy lies
Sono Motors, having failed
ensure the required
financing to carry out
the ambitious plan of the first truly
A affordable solar car.
Sono Motors was founded in 2016 and immediately devoted its efforts to the development and production of an electric car, which would offer the possibility of charging from the sun.
This is why the body surfaces were covered by photovoltaic panels, which in turn They turned solar energy into electricity, recovering about 35 km of autonomy each day.
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The project found enthusiastic supporters, as well as The first information wanted Sono Motors' solar car to cost around 25,000 euros.
In
This proved impossible, of course.
resulting in the first
cracks in the German ecosystem
company.
In 2023, Sono Motors is forced to cancel the ambitious project of the first solar car and declare bankruptcy, proceeding with the dismissal of 250 workers.
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The
2024 an investment fund will
then remove the German firm
From the financial deadlock, giving
Its second chance to
remains in life.
The change of cruising course and the development of photovoltaic panels for heavy vehicles did not prove enough for Sono Motors to stand on its feet As a result, the German company was again in an adverse economic position.
Ten years after its foundation, Sono Motors permanently rolls down, inhibiting all its activities, Unable to secure the necessary funding that would possibly get it out of the quay.
