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 […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:00:27 +0000
In Part 1, I explained the situation Aptera faces as it makes the case to the world that it’s ready for serious production. But, like last time, the biggest thing holding the vehicle back is that the car isn’t very normal. With two seats, three wheels, and a very unconventional shape, it’s got a lot […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:00:24 +0000
For those who don’t follow Aptera too closely, the company recently revealed its third and next-to-last vehicle design: Gamma. It shows not only improvements in the overall design as it relates to buyers, but also shows the work the company has done to make it easy to build and easy to repair. Here’s a short […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 16:07:47 +0000
In the past, we’ve had a lot of positive coverage of Aptera, and that’s something I hope to be able to continue. But, we must also cover the challenges the company faces. It has built several prototypes, secured a manufacturing space, and seems to now have both a solid design and a solid plan for […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 21:50:54 +0000
A recent social media post by Aptera shows that it is making significant progress toward its production vehicle. Not only is Aptera on the last phase before its production design, but they’ve kitted it out with a complete interior and exterior (something it didn’t do with the last phase of production). Aptera, the California-based electric […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:50:28 +0000
Even here at CleanTechnica, there’s a lot of skepticism about solar-powered cars. The obvious problem, of course, is that solar power just doesn’t generate enough power per square foot of surface area to get a lot of power out of the top of a car. As one well-known automotive engineer on YouTube explains, there’s a […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 15:12:22 +0000
While hypermilers, clean technology enthusiasts, and environmentalists are willing to make compromises and even pay extra for extreme efficiency, Aptera definitely pushes the limits of what we’ll put up with. And the general public? They’ve had all sorts of things to say about Aptera’s offbeat and avant-garde styling. One congressman once even said, “The audience […]