[HN Gopher] Sono Motors F-1
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Sono Motors F-1
Author : lando2319
Score : 9 points
Date : 2021-11-08 18:55 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| slownews45 wrote:
| Wow.
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| Zero revenue.
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| $50M per year run rate on loses
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| And already IPO ready.
|
| haha.
| wffurr wrote:
| The solar panels seem like a gimmick. Way less power than a
| rooftop installation. It might make some sense for an occasional
| car user like me. Most of the time my Bolt sits in the driveway,
| charged, waiting to be used.
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| But for a commuter or daily user, it seems silly. You'll be
| unplugged away from the house most of the day and grid-charging
| overnight. Maybe you get a bit of extra power in the battery from
| the panels, but I'd rather have a cheaper vehicle that didn't
| have them.
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| There's some other weird stuff in their Wikipedia entry, like a
| moss (!) based air filtration system.
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| It also seems bold to have a public offering when they've never
| even shipped a vehicle to a customer.
|
| Is this a real thing? What's the story here?
| mikestew wrote:
| The solar panel roof bullshit again? I should make this a
| keyboard macro, as often as some vaporware EV car company says
| they're going to put a solar panel on the roof (rather than
| something useful, like a moonroof).
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| Assume an equivalent to a 200W panel on top (though I'd
| consider it fortunate if someone could pull off even 100W).
| Five hours in direct sunlight in optimal conditions will give
| you a kilowatt hour (kWh). That will carry our '11 Nissan Leaf
| four (yes, the number 4) whole miles...after five hours in the
| sun. If you live near the equator, and within a couple miles of
| your workplace, then a Sonos vehicle might be for you! If you
| live in the Pacific Northwest and don't live next door to work,
| can I interest you in a lightly used 2011 Nissan Leaf?
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| Sonos seems to have even gone all-in on the solar thing. "Solar
| instead of paint", "powered by the sun", which just says to me,
| "don't look really hard at the details of our offering. Look!
| Solar panels!"
| mangecoeur wrote:
| > It also seems bold to have a public offering when they've
| never even shipped a vehicle to a customer.
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| Rivian did the same thing and everyone seems to be creaming
| themselves over it.
| stefan_ wrote:
| I guess the Rivian at least has some theoretical appeal?
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| Like, here the plan is to build a shitbox that isn't
| competitive on the market even 2 years ago.
| wffurr wrote:
| I think there's a bunch of real-life Rivians out there
| driving around, aren't there?
|
| Anyway, "someone else did it", doesn't seem like a ringing
| endorsement...
| erik_seaberg wrote:
| They cited apartments as a target market; no garage means no
| charging.
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| Unfortunately they're talking about 112 km per _week_ , which
| just doesn't seem like a solution.
| quequeque wrote:
| From their website, the moss is not living and should be
| replaced at the same time as the air filtration system.
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| https://sonomotors.com/en/faq/innovations/
| stefan_ wrote:
| The vaporware lives on.
| djanogo wrote:
| Seems more like "Stock Photo Motors", can't believe we are in a
| economy where company's like this can IPO.
| lgleason wrote:
| Related :)
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| https://www.theonion.com/species-of-blue-green-algae-announc...
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