Sono Motors, a Germany startup that has designed a solar-powered electric vehicle, has announced its decision to focus on developing solar panel technology after failing to raise the necessary funding to start vehicle production, reports YLE.
Valmet Automotive has started the series production of battery systems in Kirchardt, the Finnish company’s first battery plant in Germany. The plant near Heilbronn manufactures high-voltage systems for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. The current first program for the Kirchardt plant is a small-series production of modules, packs and the.