On March 8, Sono Group N.V. signed a purchase order with a second passenger car manufacturer, one of the 10 largest in the world. The scope of the order is the delivery of solar body panels for one vehicle, so that, together with Sono Motors, the OEM can explore solar integration into their cars. Sono Motors has developed solar power electronics for high-voltage automotive use cases, such as passenger cars. Sono Motors has specialized in a unique manufacturing method to seamlessly integrate solar cells into the polymer to be used for the exterior of a passenger vehicle.
The company announced the first order from a passenger car manufacturer in December last year. This brings the company’s total number of customers and partners for its solar technology to 25, a significant increase from 10 partners at the time of the company’s IPO 15 months ago.
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On January 18, Astana Motors announced that it has plans to deepen localization and build new factories in the Republic of Kazakhstan. At the same time, the company has no plans to enter the plant in St. Petersburg. Astana Motors has an operating Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan full-cycle plant in the Industrial Zone of Almaty. In 2022, Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan produced 39,000 vehicles. The plan for 2023 is to produce 50 thousand cars.
The Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus plant in St. Petersburg was a supplier of stamped body panels and many components for the small-scale production in Almaty of the Hyundai Accent model. Astana Motors is concerned about the situation that has developed at the plant, and hope for its speedy successful resolution.
The company continues to develop production in Kazakhstan, deepen localization in manufactured cars, and in 2023 plans to expand the production area of the Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan plant in Almaty, as well as put new Hyundai models on the conveyor.
(Based on Astana Motors press release on January 18, 2023)
On December 31, multiple sources reported that Godawari Electric Motors will launch two products which include an e-auto (L5M) and an e-bicycle at the upcoming Auto Expo 2023. The company had announced that it has invested up to INR 1.5 billion in setting up an electric two-and three-wheeler manufacturing plant in Raipur.
It will also showcase the prototype of its e-scooter, e-loader, and e-rickshaw at the Auto Expo. These three products are expected to be launched in the upcoming financial year. The company last month announced its e-auto will have complete vehicle body panels made of DCPD material. DCPD is the latest plastic technology and offers a wide range of benefits.
Based on multiple sources