News Digest Item
31 Aug 2016

“E-car produces its own power”

WirtschaftsWoche

The Munich-based start-up Sono Motors has invented a small e-car that produces its own power through solar cells spread all over the vehicle, writes Wolfgang Kempkens in WirtschaftsWoche. Peak capacity is at about 1 kilowatt, which is supposed to last for a 30km-ride after four hours of charging in the sun. The battery charges while stationary and while driving. The first cars could be manufactured in 2017, writes Kempkens.

Read the article in German here.

Find background information in the CLEW dossier The energy transition and Germany’s transport sector.

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