On 4 Mar 2026 at 13:17, Rod Hower via EV wrote: > Aptera... hit ... a major operational milestone ...
And it only took them 20 years! :-\ > The line consists of 14 dedicated stations, where vehicles are assembled by > a team of vehicle line technicians I may be remembering incorrectly, but isn't that pretty much how the GM EV1 was built? > Its three-wheeled vehicle is unusual and probably niche. Ya think? :-\ According to their website, the "target price" is $40k. I'm afraid that that puts it mostly in "rich techbro toy" territory. Aptera is a cool concept. The efficiency is appealing, but then so is an e- bike's, at about 1/20 the price. If they could build a similar EV that would slot in between high-end e-bikes and cheap 4-wheel EVs in both utility and price, they'd have something. But I'm thinking more like $10-12k than $40k. And at this point that's more likely to come from China than from the US. All that said, I wish Aptera the best. I hope that this time they'll finally put some real-world tailbones in their real-world seats. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Only time will tell if we stand the test of time. -- Eddie van Halen, "Why Can't This be Love" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ OT: If you use an Android device, please read https://keepandroidopen.org/
