German car manufacturer sleepy motorsannounced at Web Summit 2022 in Lisbon that its solar-powered vehicle will hit the market in the second half of 2023. Zionit will be sold in 24 countries, but Brazil is not one of them🇧🇷 The car will be produced in Finland and will have very thin photovoltaic cells. They will absorb the solar energy that the car will use and store it in a 54kWh battery. Sion will enter the electric vehicle market, competing in the market with them as well as in the solar vehicle market.

To advertise a solar-powered car, the company posted a video with the message: “Our biggest threat is not climate change“. Watch the video just below.

According to Khan, the biggest challenge for the company over the past 10 years has been finding the right measure to penetrate photovoltaic cells. which are thinner than a hair. Trial and error made the company try more than 3000 kinds of materials🇧🇷

The future of the Sion car

The company aims produce 257,000 Sion units by 2030🇧🇷 OUR sleepy motors also claims that it already has 42,000 booked cars in Europe, demonstrating that the public is interested in offering a solar-powered car. The automaker already has plans for new models, which makes it clear that it intends to release larger and updated models. Another detail to report is that the car will be available in any color preferred by the owner, as long as it is black.

Cars will be sold directly to consumers rather than in dealerships. The recommended price is 29,900 euros, which is equivalent to approximately 150,000 reais, excluding taxes.

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Via: Sapotek, cnbc, gazedigital

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