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This week, Sono Motors Sion traveled from San Francisco to San Jose to South LA, gauging interest in the concept of solar mobility.

New solar-paneled car by Sono Motors debuts in Los Angeles

From a distance, the Sono Motors Sion looks like a garden-variety hatchback. But get up close, and it’s clear it’s anything but. The body is carefully-crafted solar panels, and the dashboard uses living moss as an air purifier. It’s all part of the German startup’s plan to pioneer a new category of electric vehicle: The Solar EV, or SEV.

“We want to really be that holistic company who’s trying to have as minimal an impact on the environment as possible,” said Sono Motors co-founder Laurin Hahn, who prototyped an early version of the car in a garage with his childhood classmate Jona Christians 10 years ago in Munich.

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Source: Spectrum News 1

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Sono Motor has revealed a range of solar trailers designed to help reduce emissions in the commercial vehicle sector.

Sono reveals solar trailers that use the sun’s heat to keep things cool

Sono Motors, the German start-up that is working on a ‘solar EV for the masses’, has revealed a range of solar trailers designed to help reduce emissions in the commercial vehicle sector.

The Munich firm specializes in applying solar technology to vehicles, and already claims to have received more than 20,000 orders for the Sono Sion, an electric saloon with range-extending solar panels that is priced from £21,600.

The firm has also previously showcased a retrofit solution to add solar panels to existing buses, helping to reduce the amount of diesel that they consume.

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Source: Move Electric

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