Park this electric car in the sun and it uses solar to give itself an extra charge

You still need to plug in the new Sion, but the solar cells covering it mean you don’t need to plug it in nearly as often.

From a distance, the Sion looks like an ordinary black car. But when you walk closer to the new electric car from the Germany-based startup Sono Motors, you might notice solar cells covering the doors, hood, roof, and the rest of the surface—456 solar half-cells, to be exact.

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