The Latest Breaking News from Sono Motors

This Solar EV Was Touted As A Revolution. It’s Now Being Sold For Under $1,000

Sono Motors claimed its EV’s solar panels could add around 150 miles of range every day, for free.

InsideEVs · Aug 11, 2025

Sono Motors Kills Sion Solar EV, Puts Program Up For Sale

The Munich-based startup said it will continue to utilize patented technology developed in the Sion program in its ongoing integration and retrofit business. 

InsideEVs · Feb 24, 2023

Sono Motors Sion Gets Crash Tested, Proves Its Solar Panels Are Safe

Sono Motors, the Munich-based startup that aims to deliver an affordable solar electric vehicle (SEV), put its Sion prototype through the first crash test and the results are encouraging.

InsideEVs · Feb 8, 2023

Sono Motors Receives Order For 12,600 Sion Solar EVs From FINN

Deliveries will start in 2024 with a batch of 100 vehicles; a further 2,500 vehicles will be delivered each year after that, until the order is complete.

InsideEVs · Sep 14, 2022

Sono Sion, The World's First Solar EV, Reaches 20,000 Reservations

The German company aims to produce approximately 257,000 Sion EVs within seven years.

Motor1 · Sep 3, 2022

Sono Motors Reaches 20,000 Reservations For Sion Solar EV

Sono had reached 15,000 Sion SEV reservations in October of 2021, so it’s added another 5,000 reservations in a few months, one year before production start.

InsideEVs · Sep 1, 2022

Sono Motors Solar EV One Step Closer To Production With New Design

We got to experience the vehicle last year in Munich when it still looked a bit cobbled together, but now it doesn’t anymore.

InsideEVs · Jul 26, 2022

Sono Motors Partners With Logistics Provider Rhenus - Read Why

Sono Group NV (NASDAQ:SEV) has partnered with the Rhenus Group, a logistics service provider, on using smart solar technology in last-mile logistics. The cooperation aims to collect extensive solar data in real-world operations on the road to further optimize the potential of Sono Motors' solar technology for use on vans. A Rhenus…

Benzinga · Jun 15, 2022

Sono Group Inks Contract With CHEREAU For Solar Trailers

Sono Group NV (NASDAQ:SEV) has signed a purchase contract with The Reefer Group’s French subsidiary CHEREAU S.A.S for solar-powered refrigerated trailers. The solar integration will provide refrigerated trailers with up to 9.8 kW peak, saving about 3,400 liters of fuel and reducing about 9 tons of local CO2 emissions per year per vehicle.…

Benzinga · Jun 1, 2022

Munich Tests Sono Motors Solar Trailer Hitched To Diesel Bus

The Bavarian solar EV startup has lent its tech to create this very unique solar bus trailer that not only ups passenger capacity, but also reduces emissions.

InsideEVs · Apr 3, 2022