| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.08.2026 | European Tech Market Surges: Unicorns Emerge, AI Drives Investment, Strategic Acquisitions Reshape Landscape
Text: Europe's tech scene buzzes with activity. FinTech Moss achieved unicorn status, raisi... | The European startup landscape demonstrates strong vitality. Significant capital rounds fuel innovative companies. Acquisitions reshape key industries. The DACH region, encompassing Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, remains a hotbed for ve... |
| 10.08.2026 | +++ VinciFi +++ Moss +++ FinTech +++ Unicorn +++ SonoSolar +++ KI +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Montag, 10. August). #STARTUPLAND: NUR DER FRÜHE VOGEL SPART!
STARTUPLAND is where the future begings
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| 07.08.2025 | +++ CoachHub +++ Baller League +++ Bluttests +++ Aware +++ Mario Götze +++ SonoSolar +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Donnerstag, 7. August).
#STARTUPLAND
SAVE THE DATE: Am 5. November findet unsere zweite STARTUPLAND statt. E... |
| 28.11.2024 | The Future of Work and Energy: Innovations from Hyundai and Mercedes-Benz | In a world racing toward automation and sustainability, two giants are leading the charge: Hyundai and Mercedes-Benz. Each company is unveiling groundbreaking technologies that promise to reshape industries and redefine our relationship wit... |
| 24.11.2024 | Mercedes bets solar paint is part of EV-charging future | It’s been said that Albert Einstein’s genius came from his ability to freely wonder and ask child-like questions way before he even tried applying science-based solutions.
It seems some within the R&D department at Mercedes-Benz might b... |
| 03.11.2024 | The Dawn of Solar-Powered Mobility: Aptera's Bold Leap into the Future | The electric vehicle (EV) landscape is evolving. A new player is emerging, and it’s not just about battery power anymore. Enter Aptera Motors, a California-based company that’s betting on the sun. Their three-wheeled solar electric vehicle ... |
| 02.11.2024 | Aptera’s 3-wheel solar EV hits milestone on way toward 2025 commercialization | EV drivers may relish that charging networks are climbing over each other to provide needed juice alongside roads and highways.
But they may relish even more not having to make many recharging stops along the way as their EV soaks up the bo... |
| 30.11.2023 | Banxware erhält 15 Millionen – Unchained Robotics bekommt 5,5 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 30. November werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor... |
| 24.02.2023 | This Week in European Tech: Slava Ukraini, Volocopter tops up Series E round, Euronext chases €5.5 billion Allfunds purchase, Cazoo sells off assets, and more
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What happened t... | This week, our research team tracked more than 105 tech funding deals worth over €824 million, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
As always, we are putting all weekly deals together for... |
| 24.02.2023 | EV Start Up’s Shares Crash After It Kills Car Program | This week should have removed all doubt about something Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said for a while. Building electric vehicles is hard.
Take solar powered EV start up Sono (ticker: SEV). Shares are down 23% in late trading Friday after the co... |
| 16.02.2023 | Can Sono Motors raise enough funds to manufacture its solar EV? | When a company starts a fundraising campaign for a yet-to-be-released solar electric vehicle (SEV) Sion with the hashtag #savesion, you know things aren't going that great.
Sono Motors has less than two weeks to get 1800 new pre-orders (or ... |
| 12.12.2022 | VinFast takes the IPO path, TuSimple and Navistar break up and Rad Power Bikes makes its most important product yet | The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the full edition of the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. This is a shorter version of The Station newslette... |
| 07.11.2022 | Немецкий тех.стартап Sono Motors представил новый электромобиль на солнечных батареях | Sono Motors - технологический стартап, базирующийся в Мюнхене. Компания занимается разработкой электрического автомобиля на солнечных батареях, который частично подзаряжается от солнца. Недавно стартап впервые представил результат своих тру... |
| 11.10.2022 | This EV Gives Drivers Free Fuel on Sunny Days | One electric-vehicle maker has an idea to dramatically cut fuel costs—cut out all the middlemen and go directly to the sun for power.
Monday, Sono Group (ticker: SEV) showed off its very affordable Sion EV in New York. The Sion comes with i... |
| 10.10.2022 | Buy This EV and Get Some Fuel Free on Sunny Days | One electric-vehicle maker has an idea to dramatically cut fuel costs—cut out all the middlemen and go directly to the sun for power.
Monday, Sono Group (ticker: SEV) showed off its very affordable Sion EV in New York. The Sion comes with i... |
| 28.07.2022 | Future Tech Watch: Sono Motors’ Sion EV Is Covered In Solar Panels To Soak Up Free Power | The Sion's matte exterior is nearly covered in solar cells. Sono Motors |
| 26.07.2022 | Sono Motors reveals final design of its solar-charging Sion EV | Sono Motors unveiled this week the final production design of the Sion EV, a solar electric vehicle that’s been in the making since the Munich-based startup launched in 2016.
It’s been a long and bumpy road for Sono Motors, a journey that i... |
| 03.02.2022 | The Greek car that is powered by the sun | Greece, Thessaloniki,
Company:
If you are already day-dreaming of your next sunny vacation on a Greek island, it may involve exploring around in a solar-powered rental car. Already known for EV investments and incentives, Greece is still ex... |
| 30.11.2021 | L7 Drive to develop and supply Vehicle Connectivity Module hardware for Sono Motors’ solar electric vehicle Sion | L7 Drive to develop and supply Vehicle Connectivity Module hardware for Sono Motors’ solar electric vehicle Sion Tue, Nov 30, 2021 09:00 CET
Finland-based L7 Drive is partnering with Sono Motors to develop a low cost, low latency, and low p... |
| 18.11.2021 | Sono Motors has gone public, aims to get Sion solar electric vehicle to market by 2023 | The idea for Sono Motors, the company that wants to power every electric vehicle using solar power, started nine years ago in a Munich basement when two entrepreneurial 18-year-olds starting spitballing solutions to society’s dependence on ... |
| 31.10.2021 | Startup Sunday: Amazon funds transformer-based EV fast charger | In this week’s installment of Startup Sunday, we have three companies making potentially disruptive innovations in photovoltaics and electric vehicles. Transformer-based EV charging
Amazon tapped into its Climate Pledge Fund to invest in Re... |
| 09.09.2021 | Squad Mobility eyes shared platforms as target for its compact solar electric quadricycle | Squad Mobility’s vision of the perfect urban vehicle is a low-cost EV equipped with solar panels, swappable batteries and enough zip and range in its diminutive 6.5-foot package to meet the needs of city drivers.
The early-stage Dutch start... |
| 01.09.2021 | Sono Motors Reaches 14,000 Reservations Worth Over $350 Million | |
| 23.08.2021 | Nigerian innovator develops a self-charging system for electric vehicles | The production and sales volumes of electric vehicles are growing year on year as more people embrace the new technology. But in the way of a wider global adoption are significant hurdles, chief among them is a lack of infrastructure to cha... |
| 03.03.2021 | The push for a Greener Economy | If you are a regular reader then you surely must have come across the term Green Economy being used repeatedly over the past few years. Only two years ago did we get to witness the remarkable speech of climate change activist Greta Thunberg... |
| 15.01.2021 | Product roundup: New year and 2021 CES produce myriad announcements | With the new year came a bunch of new clean energy-related product announcements. Several of them were unveiled at the 2021 CES tradeshow, which was held virtually on January 11-14.
To stay up to date on what’s new out there from the first ... |
| 17.12.2020 | Engineered in Germany and built in Sweden: Sion, the solar electric car that charges itself arrives in 2022 | Sono Motors is a Munich-based trailblazer, which develops the innovative Solar Electric Vehicle Sion. Founded by Jona Christians, Laurin Hahn and Navina Pernsteiner in 2016, the company claims to work with the mission to enable a mobility s... |
| 16.12.2020 | This German mobility startup has made an electric car that charges itself, raises €45M | Almost all the countries around the world are moving away from fuel-powered cars to get rid of carbon emission as well as to experience what the latest technologies such as electric vehicles have to offer.
However, increased adoption of EVs... |
| 05.11.2020 | TOP 10 CleanTech Startups in Europe | CleanTech has emerged as a trending sector in Europe where companies are developing cost-efficient renewable energy solutions, introducing environment-friendly mobility solutions and reducing energy usage in order to bring about sustainabil... |
| 24.08.2020 | Sono Motors and Tesla join Fair Cobalt Alliance | Munich-based start-up Sono Motors is the first electric vehicle manufacturer to become a member of the Fair Cobalt Alliance. The action platform is an initiative to promote fairer cobalt mining practices in small-scale mining in the Democra... |
| 21.01.2020 | Munich-based mobility provider Sono Motors raises €53M in community funding | Last year around December 2, the German mobility provider Sono Motors launched one of the biggest community funding campaigns to generate €50 million to develop production facilities for prototypes of the first solar electric vehicle (SEV):... |
| 21.01.2020 | Daily funding roundup - January 20th, 2020 | OnPay raised $6M; Samya.AI landed $6M; Canalyst secured $15.3M; Soft Robotics picks up $23M
Caspar: Caspar is a tech digital therapy platform app aimed at helping health care providers better communicate with patients before, during, and af... |
| 20.01.2020 | Tech.eu Podcast #152: Pointy and Google, what’s on at Davos, interview with byFounders’ Tommy Andersen, and more | Tech.eu Podcast hosted by Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler is a show in which we discuss some of the most interesting stories from the European technology scene and interview leading entrepreneurs and investors from across the region.
You ... |
| 20.12.2019 | Solar electric car startup Sono Motors has less than two weeks to crowdfund €50m | 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.
“We came from crowdfunding,” cofounder and chief executive Laurin Hahn ... |
| 25.06.2019 | Lightyear One is a solar car with a range of 450 miles | A Dutch company has debuted a solar electric vehicle (EV) that can travel 725 kilometers (450 miles) on a single charge. The Lightyear One, a prototype developed by a team emanating from Eindhoven University of Technology, was officially un... |
| 25.06.2019 | Lightyear One is a solar car with a range of 450 miles | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
A Dutch company has debuted a solar electric vehi... |
| 23.04.2019 | 3D Printing News Sliced: PyroGenesis, Sinterit, Wohlers Associates and more | This edition of the 3D Printing Industry news digest Sliced sees a variety of newly established facilities, vehicles powered by renewable energy, and the latest events in additive manufacturing. We also cover updates from PyroGenesis, Sinte... |
| 17.12.2018 | Look, in the sky – is it a bird? Is it a plane? No – it’s solar power! | Solar power’s development was greatly influenced by spaceflight, as solar power was the only practical source of long-term electricity in low-earth orbit. Sputnik, the world’s first satellite, stopped transmitting after three weeks when the... |
| 23.11.2018 | All I want for Christmas is a 90% efficient solar panel | The idea of collecting energy from the sky – and using it in our homes to nurture, our schools to educate, our industry to build – is really the stuff of science fiction. As Arthur C Clarke once said,
Any sufficiently advanced technology is... |
| 22.11.2018 | Sono Motors Awards Major Contract to Continental | Long-Term Partnership for Production of the Sion’s Electric Drive Unit
Munich, November 22, 2018 – The German mobility provider Sono Motors announced today that it was entering into a cooperation with Continental, the world’s second largest... |
| 08.11.2018 | Solar car startup Sono Motors raises almost €6 million in Seedrs campaign | Electric cars are all the rage, but one wonders how much difference they really make if they still get their energy from electricity that comes from fossil fuels.
However Munich-based electric car startup Sono Motors GmbH is soon to launch ... |
| 13.09.2018 | Discover Sono Motors’ vision of the electric car at Disrupt Berlin | New car makers have been popping up left and right. But instead of creating yet another Tesla-like company, German company Sono Motors is working on something completely new — a solar-powered car. That’s why I’m excited to announce that the... |
| - | Sono Motors works with MAN to integrate solar panels into vans | Sono Motors has announced it has signed a letter of intent with MAN Truck & Bus to explore integration of Sono’s solar technology into MAN’s eTGE electric transporter van. The companies will begin with three separate applications surrou... |
| - | Sono Motors upgrades Sion battery, upping its range and charging rate | Solar Electric Vehicle (SEV) manufacturer Sono Motors has announced an upgrade to the battery of its upcoming Sion vehicle. The new 54 kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery promises to increase both the range and charging rate on the Sio... |
| - | Solar electric car startup Sono Motors is crowdraising $50 million in 30 days to survive | Sono Motors, a solar electric car startup that has gathered some traction over the last few years, has announced that it needs to crowdraise $50 million in the next 30 days in order to survive. Sono Motors Sion: electric solar car
In March,... |
| - | The cheap solar-powered car you might never need to charge [Video] | Imagine a car that can charge using the sun, generate an income via a car-sharing scheme, and is also affordable to buy. Sounds like a pipe dream, right? Think again – say hello to Sono Motors’ Sion electric car.
[This is part of an ongoing... |
| - | Sono Motors files for proposed IPO to list on Nasdaq as ‘SEV’ | SEV automaker Sono Motors announced it has publicly filed a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering (IPO). If the IPO is approved, Sono Motors intends to list on the Nasdaq ... |
| - | Electric vehicle spotlight (EVS): Sono Motors | Welcome back to another EVS. We hope you haven’t missed us too terribly. Our spotlight this go-around is on Sono Motors based out of Germany. This EV startup has developed a solar electric vehicle (SEV) called the Sion that can add up to an... |
| - | Sono Motors introduces its own bidirectional home charger | By once again acknowledging the collective voice of its reservation holder community, Sono Motors has introduced its own bidirectional wallbox AC charger for home charging, vehicle-to-grid (V2G), and vehicle-to-home (V2H) charging. All are ... |
| - | Sono Motors now has 15,000 Sion reservations valued at $385 million, SEV price increase to come | German EV startup Sono Motors has confirmed that it now has 15,000 reservations for its flagship Sion solar electric vehicle (SEV). Accounting for an average down payment of $3,300, Sono Motors is currently valuing its total orders at $385 ... |
| - | All-electric and solar-powered car successfully crowdfunded, Sono Motors aims for deliveries in 2018 | After launching their campaign for the innovative and very reasonably priced Sion solarcar at the end of July, Sono Motors, based in Munich, has three days remaining in its campaign to garner final support from backers on Indiegogo after re... |
| - | Sono Motors is on track to put over 32,000 solar electric vehicles on roads this decade | Sono Motors is trying its damndest to stay at the top of everyone’s news feed this week. In addition to announcing it has received over 20,000 reservations for its upcoming Sion solar EV, Sono Motors has announced a new partnership for retr... |
| - | From a small garage to Nasdaq: Sono Motors files for a US IPO, seeking a $1 billion+ valuation | Last Friday, Munich-based solar car company Sono Motors filed for a US IPO and may be looking to price the company at a $1 billion+ valuation according to Reuters, as investors increasingly eyeball green transportation and renewable energy ... |
| - | Sono Motors unveils its solar and battery-powered electric car | German electric car startup Sono Motors unveiled the crowdfunded prototype of its battery and solar-powered vehicle; the Sion.
The ambitious project is now one step closer to reality.
The Sion’s most differentiating feature is a new system ... |
| - | Sono Motors begins building 37 body in white series-validation SEVs ahead of 2023 production | Sono Motors has moved one phase closer to production of its Sion Solar Electric Vehicle (SEV), as it has completed its prototype phases and has begun building series-validation vehicles for testing and certification. The startup plans to bu... |
| - | Sono Motors will build solar-powered Sion EV at SAAB’s former Sweden factory | Sono Motors, a German EV startup, announced today that it will build the crowdfunded solar-powered Sion EV at a manufacturing facility formerly owned by SAAB in Trollhättan, Sweden. The plant is owned by National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NE... |
| - | This Week in European Tech: Electric solar car maker Sono Motors went public, Balderton and Keen raise new funds, AI biotech startup Owkin nabs $180 million, and more | Happy Friday!
This week, the Tech.eu research team tracked more than 125 tech funding deals worth over €1.8 billion, and over 35 exits, M&A transactions, and rumours, and related news stories across Europe, including Russia and Turkey.
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| - | Sono Motors and Valmet Automotive sign terms to manufacture Sion SEVs in Finland, but will hike prices again | Sono Motors announced it has signed a term sheet with contract manufacturer, Valmet Automotive, to produce the latter’s Sion solar electric vehicle (SEV) in Finland beginning in 2023. Due to increased manufacturing costs and a need for addi... |
| - | Sono Motors unveils a new and improved production design of its Sion solar EV | During its inaugural “Celebrate the Sun” community event held in Munich today, Sono Motors debuted the production design of its upcoming Sion solar EV. Not to be outdone, Sono Motors followed up with an additional world premiere, unveiling ... |
| - | Sono Motors and CHEREAU to codevelop solar refrigerated trailer to be unveiled at IAA 2022 | Solar electric vehicle startup Sono Motors has announced a purchase contract with European refrigerated trailer expert CHEREAU to codevelop a solar-powered version for fleet trucks and trailers. Together, the companies hope to leverage Sono... |
