I want them to succeed, but I don’t understand how they will. It seems the age of “if you build a great EV it will sell” is long gone. Now EVs are a near commodity and it’s more about utility. If the solar and efficiency truly negates the requirements to charge then they’ll win. If not, I don’t believe they’ll make it to 2030.
@@phxees I have to differ. If Aptera succeeds in fundraising to produce the first batch of vehicles, they will succeed. Solar conversion efficiency today is about 22%, with the advance of Perovskite solar panels, the conversion efficiency could be 40% or more. That would make a solar vehicle attractive and closer to realistic free energy automobile. A free 70 miles a day driving. Furthermore, you can V2G from the unused solar charging and make money everyday everywhere.
@ I get the selling points, but based on the Aptera adding 8 kWh per day to the grid from solar, as retail prices you could only make about $450 per year with V2G. That would require no clouds and double the Aptera stated solar efficiency, and a utility willing to pay you what they charge. Also you couldn’t drive the car. The feature is mostly a gimmick for most people. It’ll keep your battery at the right temp and add 5 miles of range a day if you seldom shade the car. They will only be able produce 5k cars I their current location. In year one they will produce less than 1k cars. We need to see how many cars they have to make to be profitable, but 2025 is gearing up to be a rough year for EVs and likely EV investments.
At about 8:30 you say that 2 seats are enough to get in an HOV lane. Correct me if I am wrong, but as an autocycle with a motorcycle sized license plate, the Aptera can use the HOV lane with only 1 occupant. It will be the ultimate commuter vehicle.
Must be thrilling to see PI2 in person! (Although I thought it might be a bit closer to road-testing-ready by now, though.) And the beginnings of PI3! Good that you got to chat with Jason and Steve as well as, of course, Chris M. I always like hearing Jason’s zen-like perspective. Nice job.
Aptera seems to have fully applied DFMAR principles. The acronym stands for DesFor Manufacture (or Manufacturability) Assembly and Repair. They optimized the making of the parts, putting them together, and designing so that things can be fixed. Wonderful. I just wish that they could be more successful at fundraising so that I can get my autocycle sooner.
You said it. There's no way they will ever raise enough money to scale this to a level where they can sell it cheap enough. It's a two seater,three wheeler - the demand just isn't there at a price point high enough to make a profit. The company will fold and the money invested will be gone. Unfortunately the fundraising they are doing is just going to pay the salaries of all involved while they play at building a vehicle. The owners are taking 6 figure salaries according to the filings. Now watch all the people calling me a troll.
Thanks for giving us this Aptera tour update Drew! My last real world experience of the Aptera was at the San Francisco meet up. So it really shows Apteras work on these PI builds, and puts their progress into perspective. It is amazing to think about how much work is involved to integrate all of these new components and technologies together into several running, street legal production intent vehicles! Thanks for your discussion with Jason. He always reminds us about all of the focused thought, design, and planning that the Aptera team has already done to get us to here. Legacy automakers evolved today's gas powered vehicles over the last 100 years. Tesla broke the mold, and decided to build a better car from nearly scratch. And Aptera extends that innovation, focusing on superior efficiency, solar assist, simplicity of design and manufacture. To build a vehicle like none other before it. Fundamentally unique. And in many ways, better. Plus your fun video made me smile, which is always a treat at the end of a very long week.
Yes, a very frustrating aspect of today's EVs is the weight. Everyone goes on and on about the battery weight, but the new VW Buzz battery is less than a quarter of the total weight. If they'd take 1,000 pounds off that vehicle it would have decent range. So the focus being efficiency - including light weight - is a major part of the attraction to Aptera.
There's so much negativity about the chances of Aptera making it to production, I needed this one to boost my hopes. Thanks for that. Can't wait to be driven by the sun in 2026.
Already scheduled is the November update release telling us the new expected production will be in the summer of 2027. Each year we get closer to the next year. Amazing how that happens, isn't it.
It’s bringing me a tremendous amount of joy and hope that this amazing machine is going to be on the roads soon enough and maybe i live long enough to buy one, thank you young man for showing us this car
Your opening really cracked me up Drew! So many of us feel the same way and you embodied it well! Thanks for the extra and first-hand details about the PI 2 and 3 builds, they look very good. We all want that funding to come in soon so Aptera can continue to forge ahead. Fantastic video!
Excellent video, first one that I didn't want for it to end! So exciting to see the progress. Thank you all for your hard work. Can't wait for the next one!
I'm from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 I believe aptera will be a big impact for the island specially nort side San Juan , Bayamon, Toa Baja, Cataño, Crolina, Caguas, Towns. They need to approach local TV chanells. I want 2 of them ❤
This video definitely adds to the excitement about Aptera. I can't wait to see PI 2 doing high speed and range testing. It's also good to see that PI 3 is already in process. I'm also excited to see PI 4 fully fleshed out with the full production design interior. Will PI 3 not be a complete production design build?
Drew what a great job, to hear from Steve Fambro, Jason Hill, and Chris McCannon, about the progress of the company. Jason Hill was excited to talk about the efficiency of how it will be assembled. Sandy Monro's influence shows in the way it will be put together. Thanks for doing this, it gives us fans hope that the project is moving forward.
Thank you Drew for a great Great GREAT video! It's the best one yet. Thank you Steve, Jason and Chris. You have built a dream and extremely important vehicle with the genius of your dedicated team. It's hard to wrap ones head around all the innovation Aptera has brought to transport. Love you all. Good luck. 😊
This may have been the most excited I’ve ever seen Drew. It is a super cool project and deserves this enthusiasm. It almost feels like the people you talked with are so in it that they couldn’t match the energy haha. Great video. Swear every time I see an Aptera video I want to preorder.
Thanks a bunch Drew for a perfect time for an Aptera video!. You got all the Big Brass in this one, great job. Pi-2 , 3 and even 4, i think, are all in build mode, just awesome. Saying Hello from Albuquerque New Mexico USA.
Wow, what a complex project. All coming together via ground-breaking automotive engineering to produce the world's most efficient EV. I WANT ONE! Have reserved mine to replace my Tesla.
I look forward to see it in Europe. We so much need these small efficient vehicles for commuting and now that Tesla has decided their new small vehicle has no pedals or steering wheel. It will be great that your car will be available in Europe.
You’re there for Aptera. Let their people talk already. We don’t learn about the car when you go on your rants. When talking to Jason who have to ask direct questions or he’ll go off on some philosophical tangent. Lol
I visited the office in July. And while I was geeking out on the BINC inside, my wife was outside geeking out on all of the jumbo succulents that make up their landscaping. Some were about 4 feet tall, the largest she had ever seen those before was about 4 inches tall. On the side by side vs front to back. My wife is disabled. Both of her hands were amputated at the wrist, and she can walk a bit (on prosthetic legs) but also uses a power wheelchair. This impacts many aspects of our life. For her power chair, it uses lithium batteries, and is quite light at about 50 pounds. It currently fits in my compact car's trunk. I checked and believe it will fit in the aptera. I was worried about it hitting us in the back, but now there are tie down points to the sides of the latch that resolves that worry. For the various daily living aspects having someone next to her who is not disabled significantly reduces daily frustration. Many of these aspects would not be possible in a front and back configuration. Ie pressing the shutter button when she has her phone pointed at something.
@@bbollig9288 The hub motors were a good part of aptera and fundamentally may be better, but they could not have reached scale with them with that supplier. So they made the right choice. But I don't get why all of a sudden the aptera would be much less desirable, it would hardly make a difference to the experience.
As a reservation holder and investor, I think progress is very slow due to lack of funding. I wish a white knight would invest in Aptera to accelerate production.
Couldn't have expressed the excitement better myself (or on behalf of my better... er, half, self.) Thanks @TailosiveEV, and thanks Aptera! Let's go! (We cannot wait to be driving ours.)
Audio engineer here. Love the content as always but around 2:30 you're cutting out too much. Ends of words are getting clipped off and there's clicks at the cut point. Don't be afraid to just let a scene roll. Also the audio seems to be getting cut off by an aggressive noise gate. Just production notes from one nerd to another!
is Aptera the one i wanted to succeed? no, in fact it was my 3rd place, but hey, if one efficient car company that has solar to augment it gets to exist, and Aptera is that co, i guess thats what i have to back, lets go y'all
Excellent content, fewer cuts would be nice as it's distracting. Love seeing this progress on a very exciting vehicle. One advantage of it being a 3 wheeler is that it is classified as a motorcycle, thus you get free rides on High Occupancy lanes (both HOT and HOV) as mandated by federal law.
I want Aptera frameless, flat, bi-facial panels for solar carports! Also SOLAR BOATS! Collab with Candela, please! (Edit: Better yet, slap a hydrofoil under Aptera for the most efficient personal LIGHTCRAFT EVER!)
Please tell me you are coming to the UK? If you are, talk to Motability. They lease cars to disabled drivers. 15% of all cars leased in the country are through them . This is such a great car for drivers like us. Less need to be plugged in means a lot to someone in a wheelchair, plus easy access to the trunk means a chair can be lifted in by the driver. Drop me a line.
Great video Drew! I could see some of the other builds in the background in that one shot. Just curious when you went to shoot this. Was it after the slow speed test footage or before? I am wondering why they haven't thrown the front of the vehicle on yet. Maybe they're still fine tuning everything to get it ready for the track testing and to put it on and take it off is inefficient, since that's really where all the works are.
Something that might be a problem regarding Aptera’s utility in real life is the distance between the passenger cabin and the outside edge of the front wheel cowling. It looks like a problem will occur when trying to pass things through the driver-side window. At least two common scenarios could be problematic: 1) at a fast food pick-up window and 2) at a curbside ticket machine. Let’s consider the logistics at a fast food pick-up window passing items through the narrow driver’s side window. This could be especially problematic if the driver’s arm is hindered by the half-split window when trying reach up to retrieve bags and drinks. The dilemma is in trying to get close enough to the wall or curb (without scraping the wheel cowling), only to find out that you are just out of reach. In a regular car you could lean further out the window, or you would be forced to open the door to get out and stand to complete the transaction. However, with an Aptera the door would likely bang/scrape the wall or machine, so you would have to move the Aptera to the right in order to get out. Hopefully there would be sufficient room between the gate in front and the car waiting behind to make this embarrassing maneuver. Are my concerns unfounded? Could you respond to my concerns?
Aptera has video of a drive-in window visit with no complications. I bet an average arm length person could work a drive up teller machine. Or you can park and go inside during bank lobby hours.
Yes, the jump cuts work nicely in the studio (where camera and surroundings are fixed), but are a bit distracting here where the camera is (presumably) handheld and things are going on in the background. Nonetheless, I appreciate the effort Drew has made to make the video concise and clean of proprietary content, stumbles, hesitations, mistakes and outtakes (or whatever is left on the editing room floor).
It seems like many of the cuts are just for effect, frequently right in the middle of a continuous scene (e.g. a person in the background continues to walk normally, without skipping ahead. Maybe it's the current style, but I don't like it. Great content, though!
oooh big Easter Egg in the very last seconds of the video! Now can someone *please* fund both Aptera and Telo without ruining them? Where's our state-financed banks to give low interest loans? Why does China have to be so much better at economic planning than the US?!?!
I know, right? Why don't we have big nat'l/internat'l green banks that get this sweet, astonishingly efficient EV into mass production and out onto our nation's and world's roads. Aptera Motors has the business plans for multiple worldwide assembly stations, just not the funding, yet, to complete even this first one in Carlsbad, CA. Why hasn't Gates, Bezos, MacKenzie Scott, George Soros, Warren Buffett, Azim Premji, Michael Bloomberg, Barbara Picower, or even perhaps Elon [who sports a World savior orientation, even if somewhat skewed most lately] stepped up with a 60M investment, or perhaps an unrestricted loan? Pocket changer for leaders like these, and with that potential for a high ROI in a 5 to 10 year context.
Can you give out the specs for the mppt controller(s)..? How many will there be? What panel voltage are they working at(also, what pack voltage are you guys aiming for)? Are they easily able to be disconnected to macgyver more capacity? Very intrigued at the prospect of fitting a couple more panels in the back trunk and having a retractable canopy of sorts that im trying to build. Big plus if you guys install a 2 phase inverter OR have a plan for other people to tap into the hv battery for easier modifications(big ask, I know)
Great to see more of Aptera’s development. Well done there. Drew’s videos are always choppy, which I find quite annoying. Annoying to the point I find watching them almost intolerable - and I’m an Aptera Accelerator! I also find the many references to Tesla kinda embarrassing for Drew… like there are many great EVs out there besides Tesla, right? Drew might attract more audience acknowledging that. The skit in this video was kind of fun. I know my videos are not perfect … not by along shot. I talk too slow. Regardless, Drew, keep the Aptera coverage coming. Thank you, and Charge on!
So for what reason must you add that 4th wheel, 2nd axle, and that wheel's necessary architectural components? That's more weight and rolling resistance, and less aero efficiency. Why add more material [mining, manufacturing, transport] which adds to its cost and detracts from its 'less is more' sustainability footprint. Yes Aptera does plan to get into the 'most efficient possible' versions of other vehicle shapes/genres/utilities, but much further down the road. It IS important for our planet that they begin with the BEST (most efficient) we can do for two people and perhaps a pet or two [or person or two laying down in back in a pinch in countries with looser laws] vehicle. I've added a third person this way in a 2 seat 1st generation Honda Insight a couple of times for short stretches but don't tell the police ;+>.
There should be a date for when customers can buy the first model off the line +- 6 months. When is that date? How many +- a factor of 2 will be available for sale the first year after that date?
At the most 20,000 produced in the first year, likely less. Those are all spoken for, as is the next year's production. A production date has been given-- and extended more than once. Currently 2026.
The first depends on funding, not yet forthcoming. They need ~ 60M to ramp up their production line and buy the parts. The second depends on supply chain costs, also not yet nailed down. The majority of an Aptera Launch Edition's parts are being purchased from other manufacturers. Prob around $35,000, but the order page currently says Total: $30,700 *Price subject to change
They should make the final seats to be fold flat and then you could camp out it by putting a Dream Case in the back of it make. Making it the ultimate road trip vehicle I could see a bunch of these dry docking in a Walmart parking lot running their AC or heat skipping the cost of a hotel on a road trip.
@@velovloger2553 And you can add their cam;ping kit to raise the height and allow 2 to sleep with their head's to the rear, where the tent door opens.up, and step-up attaches.
I was thinking about the width issue. It probably would be more efficient to make a three wheel design narrower. It would more suitable for a single driver, and the passenger seat could be behind the driver, taking up less space. But the ideal shape for any passenger vehicle is to be short and wide, for stability. The outriggers vould be very far out from the body, set on wing-like extensions, but you would still want to have those front wheels far apart. If they sre close together, the vehicle has a tendency to tip over. You could put solar panels on the wings, but the Aptera's shape probably doesn't lose that much aerodynamic efficiency, given that you would have drag from the wings. So it's a curiosity, but probably the side by side design is the smallest reasonable option.
Basically describing the elio motors vehicle. Less space for storage, less surface area for solar, less space for batteries, less appeal having to sit behind each other. Aptera replicates the most common driving experience
Yeah, there is a place for a single seat car in an efficient world, but there would also be a place for four to six seaters. I do like the idea of a transforming car that widens when needed. The City Transformer is an experimental gimmick, but it might be the first step in a good idea.
What’s the goal of this car again? I think I remember It’s supposed to be so efficient that solar panels on car can get you 40 miles a day? It’s supposed to be like efficiency king?
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Ok I'm excited to see this one!
I would suggest only if you can get a ride in it.
Haha! You acted out exactly how I feel lol! Awesome opening, great coverage! Can't wait to visit again myself as well!
Man I’m excited to see this company succeed!
I want them to succeed, but I don’t understand how they will. It seems the age of “if you build a great EV it will sell” is long gone.
Now EVs are a near commodity and it’s more about utility. If the solar and efficiency truly negates the requirements to charge then they’ll win. If not, I don’t believe they’ll make it to 2030.
@@phxees
I have to differ. If Aptera succeeds in fundraising to produce the first batch of vehicles, they will succeed.
Solar conversion efficiency today is about 22%, with the advance of Perovskite solar panels, the conversion efficiency could be 40% or more. That would make a solar vehicle attractive and closer to realistic free energy automobile. A free 70 miles a day driving. Furthermore, you can V2G from the unused solar charging and make money everyday everywhere.
@ I get the selling points, but based on the Aptera adding 8 kWh per day to the grid from solar, as retail prices you could only make about $450 per year with V2G. That would require no clouds and double the Aptera stated solar efficiency, and a utility willing to pay you what they charge. Also you couldn’t drive the car.
The feature is mostly a gimmick for most people. It’ll keep your battery at the right temp and add 5 miles of range a day if you seldom shade the car.
They will only be able produce 5k cars I their current location. In year one they will produce less than 1k cars. We need to see how many cars they have to make to be profitable, but 2025 is gearing up to be a rough year for EVs and likely EV investments.
At about 8:30 you say that 2 seats are enough to get in an HOV lane. Correct me if I am wrong, but as an autocycle with a motorcycle sized license plate, the Aptera can use the HOV lane with only 1 occupant. It will be the ultimate commuter vehicle.
@@jasonhochstrasser8657 I believe that cars that are no/low emissions and get over 50 MPG can use the HOV lane without two people. Federal hwy rules.
Depends on the state
Short answer: yes, Aptera will only need one occupant to use HOV lanes.
You are having too much fun! 😅
Love your Aptera updates.
Can't wait to own one.
Must be thrilling to see PI2 in person! (Although I thought it might be a bit closer to road-testing-ready by now, though.) And the beginnings of PI3!
Good that you got to chat with Jason and Steve as well as, of course, Chris M. I always like hearing Jason’s zen-like perspective.
Nice job.
I'm curious to know when this was filmed.
@@my2cents795 It was filmed last Tuesday, the 12th, 3 days ago.
@@fotoguru222 thanks ! 🙏🙏
Aptera seems to have fully applied DFMAR principles. The acronym stands for DesFor Manufacture (or Manufacturability) Assembly and Repair. They optimized the making of the parts, putting them together, and designing so that things can be fixed. Wonderful. I just wish that they could be more successful at fundraising so that I can get my autocycle sooner.
You said it. There's no way they will ever raise enough money to scale this to a level where they can sell it cheap enough. It's a two seater,three wheeler - the demand just isn't there at a price point high enough to make a profit. The company will fold and the money invested will be gone. Unfortunately the fundraising they are doing is just going to pay the salaries of all involved while they play at building a vehicle. The owners are taking 6 figure salaries according to the filings. Now watch all the people calling me a troll.
This car gets me so excited for the future of automobiles. Drew, you're truly a pioneer
Thanks for giving us this Aptera tour update Drew! My last real world experience of the Aptera was at the San Francisco meet up. So it really shows Apteras work on these PI builds, and puts their progress into perspective. It is amazing to think about how much work is involved to integrate all of these new components and technologies together into several running, street legal production intent vehicles! Thanks for your discussion with Jason. He always reminds us about all of the focused thought, design, and planning that the Aptera team has already done to get us to here. Legacy automakers evolved today's gas powered vehicles over the last 100 years. Tesla broke the mold, and decided to build a better car from nearly scratch. And Aptera extends that innovation, focusing on superior efficiency, solar assist, simplicity of design and manufacture. To build a vehicle like none other before it. Fundamentally unique. And in many ways, better. Plus your fun video made me smile, which is always a treat at the end of a very long week.
Yes, a very frustrating aspect of today's EVs is the weight. Everyone goes on and on about the battery weight, but the new VW Buzz battery is less than a quarter of the total weight. If they'd take 1,000 pounds off that vehicle it would have decent range. So the focus being efficiency - including light weight - is a major part of the attraction to Aptera.
There's so much negativity about the chances of Aptera making it to production, I needed this one to boost my hopes.
Thanks for that. Can't wait to be driven by the sun in 2026.
Because it’s a huge risk. We don’t want to get Fiskered.
Already scheduled is the November update release telling us the new expected production will be in the summer of 2027. Each year we get closer to the next year. Amazing how that happens, isn't it.
Was not expecting to get this absolute GEM today!!
"I'll wear goggles" 😂😂😂
It’s bringing me a tremendous amount of joy and hope that this amazing machine is going to be on the roads soon enough and maybe i live long enough to buy one, thank you young man for showing us this car
One of the best Aptera videos I have seen. If you really want one sooner, I am #23 and you can have my spot for a million billion dollars.
😂😂😂😂😂
Only a million billion? Deal!
LOL!
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Your opening really cracked me up Drew! So many of us feel the same way and you embodied it well! Thanks for the extra and first-hand details about the PI 2 and 3 builds, they look very good. We all want that funding to come in soon so Aptera can continue to forge ahead. Fantastic video!
Great coverage!
Jason Hill is so spiritual, love it !
Excellent video, first one that I didn't want for it to end! So exciting to see the progress. Thank you all for your hard work. Can't wait for the next one!
I'm from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 I believe aptera will be a big impact for the island specially nort side San Juan , Bayamon, Toa Baja, Cataño, Crolina, Caguas, Towns. They need to approach local TV chanells. I want 2 of them ❤
Jason sounded so much like a professor! A professor that is easy to listen to, not putting me to sleep 😀
This video definitely adds to the excitement about Aptera. I can't wait to see PI 2 doing high speed and range testing. It's also good to see that PI 3 is already in process. I'm also excited to see PI 4 fully fleshed out with the full production design interior. Will PI 3 not be a complete production design build?
Iirc, PI3 is to check fit, finish, integration, and performance of all internal (non-drivetrain) components.
Take my money please!
Ffs... Some muliti-billionaire, lend them 1% of your net worth to get them to production.
The car dependent world needs these.
Drew what a great job, to hear from Steve Fambro, Jason Hill, and Chris McCannon, about the progress of the company. Jason Hill was excited to talk about the efficiency of how it will be assembled. Sandy Monro's influence shows in the way it will be put together.
Thanks for doing this, it gives us fans hope that the project is moving forward.
Thank you Drew for a great Great GREAT video! It's the best one yet. Thank you Steve, Jason and Chris. You have built a dream and extremely important vehicle with the genius of your dedicated team. It's hard to wrap ones head around all the innovation Aptera has brought to transport. Love you all. Good luck. 😊
Love it. Membership has its privileges.
Just awesome, awesome, awesome! Very exited about the progress! Nice job Drew!
Excellent Video.
Thank you Drew
Now this was a fun and fact filled video-have my thanks
I would love for them to put in a 110 volt outlet to turn the car into an off grid solar generator.
Secret projects, multiple partners for the automotive solar ☀️🎉
Awesome video! Kudos to your wife!
Next time you shoot the video and let her do the interview!
This may have been the most excited I’ve ever seen Drew. It is a super cool project and deserves this enthusiasm. It almost feels like the people you talked with are so in it that they couldn’t match the energy haha. Great video. Swear every time I see an Aptera video I want to preorder.
What’s stopping you? 🙃
@@JZirn are you the reason that the reservation list is approaching 50,000 because every time you see a video you sign up again?
That was sarcasm
very promising progress!
Now boys, no fighting over the Aptera.
Thanks a bunch Drew for a perfect time for an Aptera video!. You got all the Big Brass in this one, great job. Pi-2 , 3 and even 4, i think, are all in build mode, just awesome. Saying Hello from Albuquerque New Mexico USA.
Wow...just wow! So excited to see it up close. Thank you for doing this!
Wow, what a complex project. All coming together via ground-breaking automotive engineering to produce the world's most efficient EV. I WANT ONE! Have reserved mine to replace my Tesla.
Nice opening! 😂
I look forward to see it in Europe. We so much need these small efficient vehicles for commuting and now that Tesla has decided their new small vehicle has no pedals or steering wheel. It will be great that your car will be available in Europe.
Very impressive. It's coming together real nice.
Nice😎
You’re there for Aptera. Let their people talk already. We don’t learn about the car when you go on your rants. When talking to Jason who have to ask direct questions or he’ll go off on some philosophical tangent. Lol
The hype train is chugging at full steam and I am so ready
I'll be trading my Highland at the earliest opportunity.
I visited the office in July. And while I was geeking out on the BINC inside, my wife was outside geeking out on all of the jumbo succulents that make up their landscaping. Some were about 4 feet tall, the largest she had ever seen those before was about 4 inches tall.
On the side by side vs front to back. My wife is disabled. Both of her hands were amputated at the wrist, and she can walk a bit (on prosthetic legs) but also uses a power wheelchair. This impacts many aspects of our life. For her power chair, it uses lithium batteries, and is quite light at about 50 pounds. It currently fits in my compact car's trunk. I checked and believe it will fit in the aptera. I was worried about it hitting us in the back, but now there are tie down points to the sides of the latch that resolves that worry. For the various daily living aspects having someone next to her who is not disabled significantly reduces daily frustration. Many of these aspects would not be possible in a front and back configuration. Ie pressing the shutter button when she has her phone pointed at something.
It's seems.alot more activity going on in the background on this video...That's a good sign.!!
Awesome video Drew!!!
Aptera needs $60M. Give them that.
I got my money refunded when they dropped the hub motors.
@@bbollig9288 I prefer the in-boarded motor and FWD configuration.
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The hub motors were a good part of aptera and fundamentally may be better, but they could not have reached scale with them with that supplier.
So they made the right choice.
But I don't get why all of a sudden the aptera would be much less desirable, it would hardly make a difference to the experience.
As a reservation holder and investor, I think progress is very slow due to lack of funding. I wish a white knight would invest in Aptera to accelerate production.
Progress is actually not slow relative to other new automotive projects. But it could use a major injection of cash right at this point.
A white knight like that moron who paid $6,200,000 (yes 6.2 MILLION) for a ripe banana and piece of duct tape masquerading as ‘art’.
Couldn't have expressed the excitement better myself (or on behalf of my better... er, half, self.) Thanks @TailosiveEV, and thanks Aptera! Let's go! (We cannot wait to be driving ours.)
Notice the special Saudi version in the background. Too cool!
I look forward to the PI2 acceleration and efficiency test results.
This was fantastic!
Audio engineer here. Love the content as always but around 2:30 you're cutting out too much. Ends of words are getting clipped off and there's clicks at the cut point. Don't be afraid to just let a scene roll. Also the audio seems to be getting cut off by an aggressive noise gate. Just production notes from one nerd to another!
Thank you for the first delivery 😂😂😂😂😂
12:00 wow! Great ideas from Designers Jason Hill ❤
I can tell Jason's brain is already deep into the next designs, I love it.
is Aptera the one i wanted to succeed? no, in fact it was my 3rd place, but hey, if one efficient car company that has solar to augment it gets to exist, and Aptera is that co, i guess thats what i have to back, lets go y'all
Finally a Body on Frame Truck Light enough to Lift the Body With Your Body !
They mentioned Openpilot!!! when discussing rear view display area -- in the cockpit -- looks like an aircraft fuselage to me.
I see a Uline box at the 8:12 mark in the video to the left of Chris's right arm. I work at Uline! Awesome company!
I can't wait to drive one!!
Please make them soon!!!
An amazing car , with amazing stats, worth amazing effetionsy!!!
And the price. WOW!!!!
I hope they can get their funding issues figured out and start shipping these out.
this should be a juicy one !
Excellent content, fewer cuts would be nice as it's distracting. Love seeing this progress on a very exciting vehicle. One advantage of it being a 3 wheeler is that it is classified as a motorcycle, thus you get free rides on High Occupancy lanes (both HOT and HOV) as mandated by federal law.
I want Aptera frameless, flat, bi-facial panels for solar carports! Also SOLAR BOATS! Collab with Candela, please! (Edit: Better yet, slap a hydrofoil under Aptera for the most efficient personal LIGHTCRAFT EVER!)
The new RODE wireless micro would be perfect to fix the sub par sound captured in this clip. Thankss for the tour
It makes sense to upsell it as a feature
Please tell me you are coming to the UK? If you are, talk to Motability. They lease cars to disabled drivers. 15% of all cars leased in the country are through them . This is such a great car for drivers like us. Less need to be plugged in means a lot to someone in a wheelchair, plus easy access to the trunk means a chair can be lifted in by the driver. Drop me a line.
Appreciate the coverage. Why so many jump cuts though?
Another great documentary 👌
Your best video yet.
I appreciate the video, but I am curious what is the total number of cuts? the cuts have cuts.
What a treat!
Oh please please make it into production!
Great video Drew! I could see some of the other builds in the background in that one shot. Just curious when you went to shoot this. Was it after the slow speed test footage or before? I am wondering why they haven't thrown the front of the vehicle on yet. Maybe they're still fine tuning everything to get it ready for the track testing and to put it on and take it off is inefficient, since that's really where all the works are.
Something that might be a problem regarding Aptera’s utility in real life is the distance between the passenger cabin and the outside edge of the front wheel cowling. It looks like a problem will occur when trying to pass things through the driver-side window. At least two common scenarios could be problematic: 1) at a fast food pick-up window and 2) at a curbside ticket machine. Let’s consider the logistics at a fast food pick-up window passing items through the narrow driver’s side window. This could be especially problematic if the driver’s arm is hindered by the half-split window when trying reach up to retrieve bags and drinks.
The dilemma is in trying to get close enough to the wall or curb (without scraping the wheel cowling), only to find out that you are just out of reach. In a regular car you could lean further out the window, or you would be forced to open the door to get out and stand to complete the transaction. However, with an Aptera the door would likely bang/scrape the wall or machine, so you would have to move the Aptera to the right in order to get out. Hopefully there would be sufficient room between the gate in front and the car waiting
behind to make this embarrassing maneuver.
Are my concerns unfounded? Could you respond to my concerns?
Aptera has video of a drive-in window visit with no complications. I bet an average arm length person could work a drive up teller machine. Or you can park and go inside during bank lobby hours.
Vitesco is Schaeffler now!
Loved the skit about stealing the Aptera lol
Good video.
Should make an Aptera tie fighter lol ❤
They got a flying one
Great video but oh my, the jump cuts are distracting.
Yes, the jump cuts work nicely in the studio (where camera and surroundings are fixed), but are a bit distracting here where the camera is (presumably) handheld and things are going on in the background. Nonetheless, I appreciate the effort Drew has made to make the video concise and clean of proprietary content, stumbles, hesitations, mistakes and outtakes (or whatever is left on the editing room floor).
It seems like many of the cuts are just for effect, frequently right in the middle of a continuous scene (e.g. a person in the background continues to walk normally, without skipping ahead. Maybe it's the current style, but I don't like it. Great content, though!
After the hand built PI vehicles, how has the production line order changed?
oooh big Easter Egg in the very last seconds of the video! Now can someone *please* fund both Aptera and Telo without ruining them? Where's our state-financed banks to give low interest loans? Why does China have to be so much better at economic planning than the US?!?!
I know, right? Why don't we have big nat'l/internat'l green banks that get this sweet, astonishingly efficient EV into mass production and out onto our nation's and world's roads. Aptera Motors has the business plans for multiple worldwide assembly stations, just not the funding, yet, to complete even this first one in Carlsbad, CA. Why hasn't Gates, Bezos, MacKenzie Scott, George Soros, Warren Buffett, Azim Premji, Michael Bloomberg, Barbara Picower, or even perhaps Elon [who sports a World savior orientation, even if somewhat skewed most lately] stepped up with a 60M investment, or perhaps an unrestricted loan? Pocket changer for leaders like these, and with that potential for a high ROI in a 5 to 10 year context.
That's a very good question?
Is it possible to get stranded in middle of nowhere because the front wheel hit a pothole?
Been in development since 2005 liquidated the company once what part of this is not an obvious scam?
Can you give out the specs for the mppt controller(s)..? How many will there be? What panel voltage are they working at(also, what pack voltage are you guys aiming for)? Are they easily able to be disconnected to macgyver more capacity? Very intrigued at the prospect of fitting a couple more panels in the back trunk and having a retractable canopy of sorts that im trying to build. Big plus if you guys install a 2 phase inverter OR have a plan for other people to tap into the hv battery for easier modifications(big ask, I know)
Can’t wait any longer lol
Death by a thousand cuts [editing]. Did those fractions of seconds really need cut out? really jarring to watch
Great to see more of Aptera’s development. Well done there.
Drew’s videos are always choppy, which I find quite annoying. Annoying to the point I find watching them almost intolerable - and I’m an Aptera Accelerator!
I also find the many references to Tesla kinda embarrassing for Drew… like there are many great EVs out there besides Tesla, right? Drew might attract more audience acknowledging that.
The skit in this video was kind of fun.
I know my videos are not perfect … not by along shot. I talk too slow.
Regardless, Drew, keep the Aptera coverage coming. Thank you, and
Charge on!
Nice castings. Must be a way a customer can turn it into a 4 wheeler.
So for what reason must you add that 4th wheel, 2nd axle, and that wheel's necessary architectural components? That's more weight and rolling resistance, and less aero efficiency. Why add more material [mining, manufacturing, transport] which adds to its cost and detracts from its 'less is more' sustainability footprint. Yes Aptera does plan to get into the 'most efficient possible' versions of other vehicle shapes/genres/utilities, but much further down the road. It IS important for our planet that they begin with the BEST (most efficient) we can do for two people and perhaps a pet or two [or person or two laying down in back in a pinch in countries with looser laws] vehicle. I've added a third person this way in a 2 seat 1st generation Honda Insight a couple of times for short stretches but don't tell the police ;+>.
There should be a date for when customers can buy the first model off the line +- 6 months.
When is that date?
How many +- a factor of 2 will be available for sale the first year after that date?
At the most 20,000 produced in the first year, likely less. Those are all spoken for, as is the next year's production. A production date has been given-- and extended more than once. Currently 2026.
I need some solar for my electric airplane.
Two questions.
When?
How much?
The first depends on funding, not yet forthcoming. They need ~ 60M to ramp up their production line and buy the parts. The second depends on supply chain costs, also not yet nailed down. The majority of an Aptera Launch Edition's parts are being purchased from other manufacturers. Prob around $35,000, but the order page currently says
Total: $30,700
*Price subject to change
They should make the final seats to be fold flat and then you could camp out it by putting a Dream Case in the back of it make. Making it the ultimate road trip vehicle I could see a bunch of these dry docking in a Walmart parking lot running their AC or heat skipping the cost of a hotel on a road trip.
The seats don't need to fold flat because the back end is long enough for six footers to lie flat.
@ oh wow it is much longer then it looks in the video he wasn’t lying.
@@velovloger2553 And you can add their cam;ping kit to raise the height and allow 2 to sleep with their head's to the rear, where the tent door opens.up, and step-up attaches.
I was thinking about the width issue. It probably would be more efficient to make a three wheel design narrower. It would more suitable for a single driver, and the passenger seat could be behind the driver, taking up less space. But the ideal shape for any passenger vehicle is to be short and wide, for stability. The outriggers vould be very far out from the body, set on wing-like extensions, but you would still want to have those front wheels far apart. If they sre close together, the vehicle has a tendency to tip over.
You could put solar panels on the wings, but the Aptera's shape probably doesn't lose that much aerodynamic efficiency, given that you would have drag from the wings. So it's a curiosity, but probably the side by side design is the smallest reasonable option.
Basically describing the elio motors vehicle. Less space for storage, less surface area for solar, less space for batteries, less appeal having to sit behind each other. Aptera replicates the most common driving experience
Yeah, there is a place for a single seat car in an efficient world, but there would also be a place for four to six seaters.
I do like the idea of a transforming car that widens when needed. The City Transformer is an experimental gimmick, but it might be the first step in a good idea.
Is Beta home? In that crate in the background?
What’s the goal of this car again? I think I remember It’s supposed to be so efficient that solar panels on car can get you 40 miles a day? It’s supposed to be like efficiency king?
The binc has holes, for future builds, will cpc make the cut outs? Seems like a very labor intensive step, better to do while trimming edges
Yes. I believe the cnc machine will do it all.