Sun Sets On Sion EV, As Sono Pivots Exclusively To Solar Panels | Carscoops carscoops
German start-up, Sono Motors, has terminated its Sion electric vehicle program, it announced today. That means that the company will focus exclusively on the production of solar panels for automotive applications from now on, and will forget its ambitions to create its own passenger vehicle.
The company’s CEOs and co-founders, Jona Christians and Laurin Hahn, first revealed to the public that the automotive department was in dire financial straits in December 2022. In a video bluntly titled, “We Failed,” the pair said that their backers were asking them to shutterAs part of the video, though, they launched a campaign to attempt to save their EV, the Sion.
“Even though we had to terminate our original passion project, the Sion program, shifting our entire focus to business-to-business solar solutions provides us with an opportunity to continue to create innovative products in the solar space,” said Hahn. “It was a difficult decision and despite more than 45,000 reservations and pre-orders for the Sion, we were compelled to react to the ongoing financial market instability and streamline our business.
For those who contributed to the #savesion campaign, Sono says it has a reimbursement plan that will be implemented in installments over the next two years. The company says that despite killing the Sion program, it still believes in the idea of a solar-panel-covered EV, and will support third-party OEMs in their endeavors
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