Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 20:30:23 +0000
In Part 1, I shared a lot of information that came from Aptera’s Launch Edition reveal. If you haven’t already read that, I’d recommend starting there. A link to watch the event yourself is also included in Part 1. The Founders Talk Production After hearing from Jason Hill about design, the company’s founders took the […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 17:04:27 +0000
Recently, Aptera held a live online event where the company revealed the Launch Edition version of its three-wheeled solar-powered car. There are some really cool things about the final design, but also some downsides early adopters will face. You can see the event yourself below, or read my recap and commentary below it. Introduction & […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 19:35:04 +0000
For those of you who read CleanTechnica regularly and follow authors, you probably know about my oddball project I’m undertaking with my Chevy Bolt EUV. I’m under no delusions that it’s a real SUV, because it’s obviously just a chunky Bolt EV hatchback. Interior room is better in the backseat, and the front of the […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 21:30:56 +0000
In another piece highlighting some comments Sandy Munro made in an extended Q&A session at TeslaCon Florida, this one includes a few videos about the EV transition, big legacy automakers he believes in and ones he doesn’t, and even short commentary on the large potential customer Sandy decided to turn down. In the first video […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 15:58:14 +0000
A couple weeks ago, we covered Aptera’s buried announcement that it will be using the Tesla/NACS plug for its vehicle. It was expected that the company would make this choice, but it was not highlighted. Days later the company announced in a blog post (as the main topic) that it would be using the Tesla […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 18:00:13 +0000
In some ways, this is hardly news at all. Since Aptera re-emerged in 2019-2020, all of the vehicle’s prototypes have had a Tesla plug that hides behind the autocycle’s small license plate. At the beginning, Aptera couldn’t tell us what its final choice of plug would be, but it seemed to be its preference. Fitting […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 01:00:29 +0000
Aptera is doing things very differently from other vehicle manufacturers. It doesn’t take a deep dive on the vehicle’s design and technology to know this, because Aptera’s vehicles are obviously very different. They look a lot more like an airplane than a car, and they’re covered in solar panels, which gives you a big clue […]
Credit to Author: Tyler Boggs| Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:57:17 +0000
We live in an exciting time of our world. We are pushing technology to the limits, especially when it comes to technology within new electric vehicles. One of the most exciting upcoming electric vehicles for many of us is the Aptera, and I recently had a chance to checkout the Gamma prototype at Fully Charged […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 15:00:57 +0000
A recent video by Aptera tells us not only that its vehicle-mounted solar panels are in production, but gives us some clues about the journey to get to this point. It wasn’t easy, and certainly wasn’t just a matter of slapping some panels on the outside of the car. As pointed out in the beginning […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:30:49 +0000
As Aptera gets closer to production, I’ve been thinking a lot about where I’m going to take mine to push it to its limits. I think this is an important part of telling the story of the first 1,000-mile rated EV, and it gives us a preview of what’s going to be possible as battery […]