Sono Motors - sustainable driving

Building an intuitive HMI for an innovative vehicle

Sono Motors is a German electric vehicle company focused on sustainable mobility solutions, best known for developing the Sion, a solar-powered electric car. Since 2016, the company aims to integrate solar panels directly into vehicles to extend driving range using renewable energy.

Responsibilites

UX Design Concept Creation Technical Specifications Prototyping Workshops User Tests

Design Tools

Figma Miro Protopie

Industries

Automotive

Date

2022

Sion

Sono Hero
Sono Hero
Sono Hero

As icon incar we worked together with German OEM and sustainability startup Sono Motors to create an intuitive and scalable User Interface for the Sion - Sono Motors' own mid-sized electric vehicle. The Sion is a passenger vehicle with integrated solar panels on all exterior sides which could self sustain a substantial portion of its' power needs. The goal of the project was to create an easy-to-use and modern looking interface. My task within this project was to create the interaction concept from scratch - with wireframes, user journeys and personas, interaction models and specifications. I also conducted many user tests and created several software prototypes to enable a tangible and desirable solution.

Wireframe Prototype
Wireframe Prototype
Wireframe Prototype
Sono Test
Sono Test
Sono Test
Sono Screens
Sono Screens
Sono Screens

Design. Test. Iterate. Repeat.

Design. Test. Iterate. Repeat.

Design. Test. Iterate. Repeat.