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December 20, 2019

Solar electric car startup Sono Motors has less than two weeks to crowdfund €50m

A Munich-based startup has dumped prospective investment deals to embark on an ambitious — some say impossible — crowdfunding campaign to get its solar electric vehicle into production. But will it make it?


Photo credit: Sono Motors 2019

Some think Germany’s Sono Motors will need a Christmas miracle to successfully crowdfund €50m by the end of the month. The company’s founders, though, remain confident. 

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Cofounders and chief executives Jona Christians and Laurin Hahn stand next to a model of their Sion solar electric vehicle. Photo credit: Sono Motors 2019.
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