--- title: Sono Motors Sion: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 description: Find out why Sono Motors Sion is one of the best inventions of 2022 canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6226989/sono-motors-sion/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2022-11-10T11:08:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T00:08:18.571Z og:title: Sono Motors Sion: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 og:description: Find out why Sono Motors Sion made this year's list og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6226989/sono-motors-sion/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e13d6cc7a99aa68/698a37514ee262d19e31ac96/best-inventions-2022-sion.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Sono Motors Sion: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sono Motors Sion: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 twitter:description: Find out why Sono Motors Sion made this year's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e13d6cc7a99aa68/698a37514ee262d19e31ac96/best-inventions-2022-sion.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 10, 2022 # A Solar-Powered EV Sono Motors Sion by Ashley Mateo  With [gasoline prices reaching record peaks](https://time.com/6188569/gas-prices-oil/ "undefined") this year, it’s no wonder [interest in electric vehicles](https://time.com/6224562/competition-tesla-elon-musk/ "undefined") has soared—despite limited charging infrastructure. But Germany-based Sono Motors wants to eliminate the hassle of plugging in at all with the solar-powered Sion, which will go into mass production in the second half of 2023\. Sono Motors wraps the entire outer shell of the Sion in lightweight, affordable solar cells to boost energy capture. “We’ve actually been able to harvest light from the reflection off a white house,” says Sono Chief Operating Officer Thomas Hausch. The Sion’s range is only around 190 miles on a single charge, but you can almost double that on a sunny day—and may not need to plug it in at all during the summer. **Preorder Now:** [Sono Motors Sion](https://sonomotors.com/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6226989/sono-motors-sion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6226989/sono-motors-sion/"},"headline":"A Solar-Powered EV","datePublished":"2022-11-10T11:08:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:08:18.571Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6226989/sono-motors-sion/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","best inventions","Best Inventions 2022"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e13d6cc7a99aa68/698a37514ee262d19e31ac96/best-inventions-2022-sion.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Mateo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-mateo/"}],"creator":"Ashley Mateo","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e13d6cc7a99aa68/698a37514ee262d19e31ac96/best-inventions-2022-sion.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6226989/sono-motors-sion/","name":"A Solar-Powered EV"}}]}] ```