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 […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:15:50 +0000
A few days ago, Aptera put out a monthly update. Most importantly, the company revealed its factory, which is an important sign that the company is really headed to production. Aptera also revealed the next (and third) stage of vehicle prototypes, the Gamma, which is fairly close to production. One interesting tidbit is that Aptera […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 14:35:46 +0000
While we’ve done a lot of articles about Aptera (to the point where a few readers expressed this to us, so we’re cutting back on it), and even visited its facility and took some test drives, one key detail has still been up in the air: the battery pack. This is a key component to […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 16:15:23 +0000
Maryland recently solved a big problem that could keep some of the most efficient vehicles off the road with the passage and signing of HB 1391. By making it easier to legally operate a 3-wheeled vehicle, more people will want to drive them. The Problem In the United States, only a single-digit percentage of households […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 15:26:12 +0000
A recent article at Slash Gear attempted to tackle the problem of solar-powered cars. The topic did hit the news last month with cars like the Vision EQXX concept and Hyundai’s hybrid Sonata sporting solar panels, and if those cars were all we had to go on, the science mentioned in the article would be […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 19:10:44 +0000
Last year, I had a chance to visit Aptera and take a ride in its prototype vehicles. It was a fun experience, and we could see that Aptera is fundamentally on the right track to making a decent vehicle. We were pretty mild-mannered when we visited, but from what I see in this recent Rich […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 17:53:46 +0000
There’s an old saying: “When someone with experience comes across someone with money, the person with experience takes the money and the person who had the money gains experience.” Nobody has fun buying a car at a dealer. Well, some people love it, but they’re so naive that they don’t know how badly they’re getting […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 16:10:36 +0000
Aptera recently acquired Andromeda Interfaces, a company that it was already working with to develop its upcoming vehicle’s user interface. One of the biggest things Andromeda brings to the table is its Energy Tipster software. While other manufacturers have trip planning software, that requires you to pick a destination and a route at the beginning […]