BERLIN- German solar car firm Sono Motors will produce its first vehicles in Finland with supplier Valment Automotive, the company said on Tuesday, rather than in Sweden as originally expected, with commercial production to start in 2023.

Sono Motors, founded in 2016 in Munich, is developing a fully-electric vehicle with solar cells integrated into the body, boosting the car's range by an average of 112 kilometres per week beyond the 305-kilometre range of its battery.

(Reporting by Victoria Waldersee Editing by Madeline Chambers)