Solar Transport News

Metal trees with a seven-meter canopy of photovoltaic panels that generate electricity may soon be coming to car parks and shopping malls in the UK.

Munich, Germany-based Sono Motors GmbH has actually submitted an application for supposed protective guard process-- an unique remedy under German insolvency law developed to speed up the submission of an insolvency plan to swiftly restructure a company.

Tesla formally broke ground Monday on a Texas lithium refinery, making it the only U.S. automaker to refine its very own lithium.

Kaneka Corporation has actually revealed that its crystalline silicon solar cell has actually been picked by Toyota Motor Corporation for usage in the roof covering glass of its all-new Prius PHEV, which went on sale on March 15.

Sono Motors has abandoned its plans to produce the electric car "Sion" with solar cells integrated into the body. The company will now pivot to retrofitting and integrating its solar technology onto third party vehicles, a move that is far less capital-intensive.

General Motors invests $650 million in lithium mining to secure its electric vehicle supply chain and support its future production of more than 1 million EVs annually in North America by 2025.

German solar mobility firm Sono Motors, subsidiary of Sono Group NV (NASDAQ: SEV), on Tuesday said it has secured over EUR 40 million (USD 43m) in consumer commitments in the recentlies as part of its ongoing #savesion campaign focused on rescuing its Sion solar car project.

The Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) is preparing the deployment of 10 solar ferries that will help the tourism in the city and take pilgrims on local voyages. Each ferry will certainly have photovoltaic panels set up on its roofing. There will certainly also be waterproofing of the lithium batteries.

The solar-powered electrical car "Sunswift 7" established by a team of pupils at the University of New South Wales in Australia has actually established an unofficial globe record-- pending alert of the dimension results-- for electrical cars to cover 1,000 kilometers on one battery fee. An access in the Guinness Book of Records has been obtained.

German solar mobility firm Sono Motors has released a campaign to save its Sion solar-electric car, which seeks to protect 3,500 Sion appointments, as it admitted it fell short to elevate adequate funds to continue the project.

Prior to getting on sale officially following year, the globe's very first solar automobile that awaits manufacturing has landed in the United Arab Emirates. The Lightyear 0 will work on solar energy, and its makers assert that driving it for months at once without recharging is possible.