01-20-2020, 10:06 AM
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Sono Motors is safe for the moment!
They needed €50M by today to be able to continue.
With 9 hours to go they're well past €52 million in down payments, reservations, loans and donations.
https://sonomotors.com/
So far there have been cancellations, but even if those double they still have a margin.
Production is now set to start in 2021 in the former Saab factory in Trollhättan.
More about the crowd funding campaign: https://www.electrive.com/2020/01/19...-crowdfunding/
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01-20-2020, 11:20 AM
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These guys are cool.
The price isn't too sky high, no ridiculous efficiently claims, the solar claims aren't very wild.
And they actually built one.
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01-20-2020, 01:37 PM
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I am glad they made it. This means it is more likely they will get to production, because they don't have to please a few big investors.
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01-27-2020, 04:15 PM
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11-18-2021, 12:53 PM
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They jusy had an IPO under the ticker "SEV"
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05-20-2023, 12:25 PM
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This one's done.
https://thedriven.io/2023/05/19/sola...lose-deposits/
"Sono had received more than 44,000 pre-orders for its “Sion” electric vehicle, which Sono Motors was planning to launch in 2024 at a price of €30,000. Some customers had already paid the full purchase price for the car, others only part of it. In total, around €44 million are at stake, according to the report.
Launched with a crowdfunding campaign in 2016, Sono Motors developed an electric car covered in solar cells to extend its range.
However, the launch of the “Sion” had to be postponed repeatedly because of financial issues, and the company abandoned the project altogether earlier this year"
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2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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05-20-2023, 01:13 PM
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Done. Done. Done. Another one bites the dust.
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