#20 (EN): MPPT, Body in White, Beethoven
Happy Sunday. Consumer sentiment in May 2022 is down by 26% according to the GfK-Institute, the lowest level since 2009. No wonder, everything is rapidly becoming more expensive, and electric cars have a long waiting list. There is a ray of hope - the THG quota in Germany for e-cars remains tax-free, and those who have received money may also keep it completely.
+++ MPPT +++
The efficient conversion and storage of even small amounts of solar energy in the vehicle battery are electric vehicles' success factors. Sono is developing its own component for this special problem. We have already seen that the Sion displays the live values in the cockpit, then everyone can get a first-hand impression during the test drives this year.
https://twitter.com/SonoMotors/status/1524750267501015043
+++ QUESTION LIST +++
We have polished the current question list to Sono. We will get the answers, but as always it may take some time. By publishing the list, we make sure that nothing gets lost.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wbwhNqy9rJ2N0z5C3pxxKlOmtNo61vWd0qZxS17azCc/
YouTuber Michael from “Breaking Electro News” has raised many questions to Sono. The main question is whether the money from the recent stock sales by Sono Motors has really arrived - or if the sale of the shares still has to happen. After Elon Musk also rowed back after the purchase of Twitter, the question is understandable.
Sono is very clear about this: "The securities have already been sold." This is written somewhat inconspicuously at the end of the sixth paragraph of the May 3 press release. We can fully understand the question; from Zero to NASDAQ is quite a feat.
If you want to know more about the book-building process and how shares become money, you can read about it here.
https://www.gabler-banklexikon.de/definition/bookrunner-56392
+++ INVITATION! MINI COMMUNITY MEETING MUNICH +++
In 2019 we had the first small community-organized regulars' table in Munich for reservers to start a tradition, then the pandemic hit. I would like to revive the practice of community meetings.
What: Small, unofficial community get-together.
When: This Thursday, May 19, 6:30 p.m. to about 10 p.m.
Where: In the "Stockwerk club" at Sebastian's office, Industriestr. 29, 82194 Gröbenzell near Munich, Germany
Topic: Sono, of course, and the Sono App for carsharing
Parking spaces are more than sufficient, there are two 22kW wall boxes availabe. By public transport to Lochhausen, then by bus in front of it - or on foot from Gröbenzell S-Bahn to the office. If possible, please send a mail to seb@sono.community beforehand so that I know approximately how many will come. Last time there were 15 of us, and we will have drinks until the four fridges are empty.
I don't know for sure if and who from Sono will come; co-admin Andreas will be there, Sebastian, and various e-cars to look at.
+++ BUILD BUILD BUILD +++
Traffic light provides transparency: Laurin gives an update on parts availability from SVC3, i.e., which ones are already there:
476 (are on green, everything ok)
349 (are on yellow, ok, but late)
76 (are on red, not there yet)
Interesting is especially the Excel table which can be seen. Here you can see when the parts are expected. Most of us are not interested in when the feature will arrive in Munich, but when we can sit in the prototype.
https://twitter.com/LaurinHahn/status/1523953225573048324
+++ BODY IN WHITE +++
One of the interesting aspects of the Community Advisory Board is that I can pass on your questions to the departments in a bundle and discuss the current status intensively - that makes the engineer in me happy.
Sono has put a short sequence online, an interview about the "Body in White" We had to "re-enact" the beginning in English. Which of course feels strange when you've spoken in detail before.
The many clamps that you see for a fraction of a second in the aluminum extrusion scene in the film is typical forprototype production. There are no long-runner tools for some parts yet, and yet you have to manufacture and store the parts with the same precision as the final parts later on. That's why you use a very old tool, the screw clamp.
https://twitter.com/SonoMotors/status/1525114716246446081
+++ VALMET +++
Sono is getting more important for Valmet. Valmet announces plans to cut staff as car production ramps down. Production of the Mercedes A-Class will remain in Finland - no interruption due to the chip crisis is imminent. The construction of the GLC will have no successor from June 2022. 1,100 employees could be affected in Uusikaupunki. The ongoing project work with "two startups", (presumably Sono and Lightyear are meant) is not affected, that is explicitly emphasized.
+++ MOTLEY FOOL +++
Good press: "Motley fool" deals with solar. Beside a well-known manufacturer among other things of inverters Sono Group is recommended. Among other things because of the disruptive effect of SEV.
https://www.fool.de/2022/05/10/sma-solar-und-sono-motors-solar-aktien-mit-dem-3-fach-schub/
+++ BIDI-KICKER +++
Kicker magazine is not only about soccer, but also about motor sports. And motorsports is also about e-cars. And in the future, e-cars will also be about bidirectional charging. And the Sion can do that. And that's why the Sion is mentioned in the Kicker (Thanks to Ralph for the link!):
https://www.kicker.de/902167/artikel/v2x-das-elektroauto-spendet-strom
+++ FUN FACT +++
Music has an influence on the emotional state. The influence of music on the range of cars with electric drive has now been studied by the car manufacturer KIA. Beethoven's 9th takes drivers the farthest in comparison, according to the study. The least far, only 25 meters, you get in Vienna with RAF Camora in the playlist - then you are stopped by the race control.
https://www.facebook.com/597854143642754/posts/4989418507819607/
Stay healthy!
Your admins Sebastian, Andreas, Astrid