With our team of experts from the automotive, solar, digital and electronics industries we understand the demanding requirements of solar mobility like no one else in the market. Having deep knowledge and experience in vehicle manufacturing, we know how solar integration systems are to be designed to fulfill automotive and commercial vehicle requirements. From design to validation and series delivery.
Sono Solar develops and delivers a comprehensive product and service landscape around solar mobility. From easy-to-install, plug-and-play Solar Kits to customized high-end series products for vehicle OEMs. Enabled by a strong portfolio of hardware and software products like our Solar Charge Controllers and Solar Modules and our Solar Data Services. Having a strong team of experts, Sono Solar is your development partner for any solar mobility project.
Optimization systems, your vehicle can rely less on traditional fuel sources, leading to significant savings over time.
Generate your own energy on the go, reducing dependency on external power sources or charging stations.
Solar technology supports vehicle systems like refrigeration, GPS, and air conditioning, improving productivity and reducing idle times.
Solar-powered vehicles offer scalable solutions for fleets, enabling long-term cost savings and meeting environmental goals.
Solar panels reduce reliance on traditional energy sources, cutting greenhouse gas emissions and supporting sustainable transportation.
Solar-equipped vehicles provide a backup energy source, ensuring essential systems remain operational during emergencies.
Show your commitment to sustainability, positioning your brand as forward-thinking and environmentally responsible.
Harnessing solar energy can offset fuel consumption by powering auxiliary systems, saving money and increasing efficiency.
Amongst our customers and partners are some of the largest vehicle and equipment manufacturers – from the Truck, Trailer and Bus / Coach industry. We are proud to work on pioneering projects on several different vehicle types. Learn more about some of our delivered customer projects and partnerships:
Since 2025, MAN Truck and Bus S.E. offers a SonoSolar Solution as an accessory for their Lion’s Coach Series – being delivered and pre-installed in the production line. With that step, SonoSolar and MAN push Solar Integration to the next level. Bus operators benefit from this convenience – and passengers profit from enhanced travel comfort. You want to learn more about the key benefits of solar integration for buses and coach travel?
We have realized several refrigerated trailer pilots with European Trailer Manufacturers over the last years, which are driving across Europe and collect valuable data about Solar Yield and its impact on cooling performance and energy independence. Our High automotive Solar Modules provide free-of-charge and clean solar energy to cool the transported goods – reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), cut Diesel Costs and reduce charging time. Cooled by the Sun.
We are collaborating on refrigerated trailer pilots together with several TRU (Transport Refrigeration Unit) manufacturers. With those, we have realized electrical interfaces between our in-house developed High Voltage Solar Charge Controllers and their electrical or hybrid powered TRUs. That means, the SonoSolar Solution for Refrigerated Trailers and Trucks is compatible with most TRUs in the market.
Since early 2025 we have collaborated in a close partnership with Merlin Solar Technologies from the US. Merlin Solar will distribute Sono’s solar charge controller technology as part of its integrated power systems in North and South America, leveraging its established network and engineering capabilities.
SonoSolar in turn, will distribute Merlin’s cutting-edge solar modules throughout Europe, ensuring access to high-efficiency PV hardware that complements its existing solutions.
We collaborate with global commercial vehicle OEMs – for example as part of the EU-funded SolarMoves project with Ford Motor Company and their Ford Pro Special Vehicles team – to explore the real-world potential of Vehicle Integrated Photovoltaics (VIPV).
Together, we’re currently testing solar integration on a Ford E-Transit, equipped with a 1 kWp Solar Installation and our High Voltage (HV) Solar Charge Controller. The controller optimizes the energy yield of each panel and converts low-voltage solar power to the high-voltage level of the vehicle’s traction battery.
We equipped several city and overland buses – electric, hybrid and diesel with our Solar Solution, all over Europe. As one of the most outstanding projects, we integrated solar on a small fleet of Diesel Overland Buses with Scania, a Volkswagen Subsidiary. These buses drive in the City of Lulea in Northern Sweden, proving the high potential, solar integration on buses even has in Northern Europe.
We envision a world where solar is seamlessly built into mobility, engineered into the DNA of all vehicles. By leading the integration of solar into the global vehicle ecosystem, SonoSolar is driving the shift towards solar-powered, sustainable mobility.
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