Is anyone keeping track of how many times Aptera has announced that they will go into production "this year"?
I love the concept and IF they ever actually go on sale, I'll probably buy one. However, given their track record... February 25, 2021 5:57 PM, "Peri Hartman via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: > https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2021/solar-car > > Aptera Motors, a California company whose name comes from the ancient > Greek for “wingless,” is rolling out the first mass-produced solar car > this year. It’s a three-wheel, ultra-aerodynamic electric vehicle > covered in 34 square feet of solar cells. The car is so efficient that, > on a clear day, those cells alone could provide enough energy to drive > about 40 miles — more than twice the distance of the average American’s > commute. > ... > From top to wheels, the Aptera is designed to eliminate as much waste as > possible. Its creators say the car is 13 times more efficient than a > gas-powered pickup truck and four times more efficient than the average > electric vehicle. At least 90 percent of the power produced by the > Aptera’s solar panels goes toward making the vehicle move, the company > says. > ... > Anthony and Fambro know how easy it is to fail. Four years after > founding Aptera in 2006, they left the venture amid disagreement with > other leadership — auto industry veterans who wanted to build a > traditional four-wheeled vehicle to qualify for federal loans. But the > money never materialized. The company was liquidated in 2011, and its > intellectual property sold. > ... > After a decade spent pursuing other ventures, Aptera’s creators bought > back the company in 2019 and launched a crowdfunding campaign to restart > development. > > Their timing was good. Electric batteries had gotten much cheaper and > lighter. Solar cells had become more efficient. Advances in computing > enabled the inventors to simulate the vehicles on their desktops, > speeding up the design process. Even the constraints imposed by the > coronavirus pandemic spurred creativity, Anthony said. > > When Aptera began taking preorders last December, it sold out of its > planned first batch of 330 vehicles in 24 hours. Almost 7,500 people > have now put down deposits for a car. > > ----- > > Peri > > << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
