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I reserved the all wheel drive model with the 600 mile range, With no date set for a possible delivery after waiting for years already I have lost hope.
@shrimptopian3392 USCG insisted no crowd funding during their raise. So the raise must be ended. $60M was explained to not be enough for production. Aptera now owes USCG $784K in less than 1yr.
do you ever get tired of lying telling the same fib over and over and over about how a vehicle that you just put a brand new untested drivetrain into is somehow ““ production intent? Or are you lying now about ever planning on using hub motors and this has been the plan all along? With drivetrain losses what about cost and range you’re still bobbing off the same BS numbers but you’re not even acknowledging the immense change you made to the car. The lies you were telling about it being suspension tuned in Italy this summer when in fact You never had any plans to produce the in hub motor car and the car was never in Italy getting it suspension tuned because you put in an entirely new drivetrain. Lies on top of lies failures on top of failures miss targets on top of targets. When are you ever gonna be honest with the people that you’re taking advantage of?
Tailosive, any tips to get Boomer generation retired grandparents to invest maybe $10k in Aptera out of their $1mil+ in their IRA? This thing should sell itself to liberals: clean, efficient, repairable (less waste) and safe. The kind of car you can leave for your grandkids.
I sure hope you can make it to production. I’m sure you could sell hundreds of thousands of Aptera’s. I’ll buy one in another few years once the solid state batteries become more mainstream. This is DEFINITELY the future!
Most progressive update so far! Lots of beautiful parts / assemblies to look at. Have to be extra thankful for you guys and gals on this holiday. Next month give us an even greater Christmas present !
This is the BEST NEWS FOR APTERA ! You guys are Awesome , this is getting better and better everyday ! I can’t make it to LV but hopefully you’ll be able to come to Atlanta . Keep up the Fantastic work ! 😎
It’s happening!! 🎉 I could not be more excited to get one of the first ones off the assembly line next year! 😃 Glad I invested - and thinking of putting in more.
It's been incredible to see your guys' journey for this vehicle! I love to see the passion behind all teams creating this vehicle with the main mission of bringing affordable and efficient electric vehicles to the market. So excited to see the full reveal at CES and to continue to see the Aptera breaking boundaries like no other EV company has done before. When I have some extra cash, you bet your ass this is one of the few companies that I will be investing in long term. Cheers Aptera!
How would that work with three wheels, if the rear wheel is always pointed forward? Even if you could make the front wheels turn in opposite directions, the tadpole-configuration three-wheeled vehicle would not rotate in place. If you could get the front pods and rear wheel to steer sideways it could be done, but the pods steer in the same direction and won't turn 90 degrees. The rear wheel doesn't steer at all.
@@CommanderMaga good point. I need to make a model. Tank turns were slated as a possibility once. But that would be cool to Actually test. Steve? High school project for someone?
@@andrewmclean1239 It's an interesting engineering exercise. Suppose you could make the rear wheel turn completely sideways, 90 degrees to the direction of travel while standing still. Then, with a rear wheel hub motor, it would pivot the vehicle in a circle centered between the front wheels, which would turn in opposite directions. I don't think any Aptera will ever do such a thing and I'm not sure how useful it would be, unless you were parking it in the Bat Cave and the turntable wasn't working. 😆
Nope ! Still sticking with the dangerous Yoke for the wheel. Have you changed the steering geometry so Aprera steers full right and full left with a 1/4 turn of the yoke ? No ? Then a yoke is dangerous. They have yokes in aircraft because the quarter turn is full aileron deflection. Road vehicles Do Not Work the same !
Sure you're happy... You have poured money and time into something only promised, and not built, and NEED it built so you don't lose your investment and shirt.
@@Throckmorton.ScribblemongerI question the long term viability of this company, but stop trolling. If you'd like to leave a main comment, go ahead, but stop trolling others. I agree 3 wheel cars are unsafe at higher speeds, but I get the impression they will be used mainly for CA town and coast line driving. Yes, Aptera has in intresting history and it's odd nobody has called it out. If somebody wants to throwaway their money...that's their peragotive.
@@netscrooge Stability of Three-Wheeled Vehicles with and without Control System March 2012 The study concluded that a 3 wheel vehicle with 1 wheel in the back is less stable than a 4 wheel when maneuvers at rapid speeds above 80kph The 3 wheel vehicle with 1 wheel on front received better stability. Overall, it will come down to how dynamic the control systems are. Since 2012 braking technology and ADAS has improved greatly. I'd be curious what Apters analysis with emergency maneuvers revealed, along with their crash test analysis. Beyond emergency maneuvers...side impacts are a real concern.
@@williamgrunzweig571 I looked at the paper. It reported on a very simplistic mathematical modeling of three vehicle types. While it certainly fits with common sense that having a single rear wheel eliminates the possibility of having an electronic stability control system that applies different braking to separate rear wheels, it doesn't make any sense to say that single-front-wheel vehicles offer superior stability in the real world. (Tilting vehicles are another story, of course.) The study tells us very little about how the Aptera's safety will compare with other vehicles' in the real world. Vehicle safety and handling stability depend on many more factors than the ones they modeled. All we can say for sure is that the Aptera will be at a disadvantage in a collision with heavier vehicles, and that its electronic stability control system won't have separate rear wheels to operate. Unless you have other studies for us to review, I don't think it's fair to quote this one as if it says something definitive on the subject. This study was far too limited in its scope to assume its results directly apply to the real world.
Love this! Looking for a road-tripping car for retirement in the next 10 years and would love to support Aptera in the future. Looking for something that can carry two e-trikes and some luggage/camera gear with us as we tour the US.
Keep everyone updated I guess. I drive a Model 3 as well, it's my primary and only car. Going 75mph down the road on a 3 wheel vehicle gives me pause. Be careful about cross winds, performance on wet roads...snow...etc, and make sure you look into it's crash rating...when it comes out. I'm not sure this vehicle can match your model 3 safety.
@@williamgrunzweig571 And look at proposed annual operating savings. It's around $250/yr if it works well. Small benefit for giving up so much more capability of conventional EV. Around $20K I can see the bling vs performance tradeoff, but at $40K it really offers nothing.
@@Gary-ee3kq Insurance on my model 3 is the same as with basically any other car. It's right at the national average in my country. There's no reason to believe you wouldn't be paying around the same with an Aptera.
I am excited to see this. I am into high tech efficiency. I would ❤to drive one one day. I have driven muscle cars, suvs,economy, and my beloved Wrangler. All rely on gasoline. I hope all quirks are worked out quickly. I wish you all luck.
I was hoping i could hold out for an Aptera, but I ended up having to buy a car this year. Maybe I'll pay it off and be ready to get an Aptera in a few years when you have a chance to work out 1st gen kinks! Love seeing the progress ~Trav
That's coming up for PI2. It will probably take about a year for numbers to be confirmed under all seasonal conditions, but I suspect it won't take but a couple of months to collect data that can be extrapolated to get a reliable estimate on the ranges. We'll probably know by January if Aptera hit the targets. They may still be off by a few miles here or there, but it won't be possible for them to be way off.
@@richardryley3660 What do you call way off? If the solar works pretty well and the trike gets 8 miles/kWh, then avg 25 miles/day in S. CA and about 18 in most of country. Are you ready for that?
@@artsmith103 That's my entire point. If PI2 only gets 8 mi/kWh, that will become obvious pretty quickly. So far there is no actual evidence PI2 will miss the mark by that much, only unproven speculation Better to wait, see what the results are, and then reach a conclusion
@@richardryley3660 But an extremely accurate demo could have been done years ago. How about as recently as the In-N-Out round trip stream? The notion they are excused from backing up their claims while paying themselves $200K/yr with donated money is pathetic!
@@artsmith103 Earlier testing would only have added the costs of doing it without delivering results that would have been more meaningful than the calculations with the accurate computer models the already have. This has been pointed out by the two CEOs several times already and makes perfect sense as Aptera is a technology driven company, not a markering driven one.
In a perfect world for me, I'd have the Aptera for my general running around, and a Rivian R2 if I needed to carry more than one passenger, carry multiple bulky items, or slog through snowy roads.
I really, really want Aptera to succeed. But after so many years following and still only seeing hand assembled vehicles being put together makes me nervous. Especially since large "production" runs seem to be promised for next year.
If this company hopes to reach a high production rate and decent profitability, I think the massive billet aluminum parts must be die-cast or composite.
I would love to see this in production and on the road. I thought the same way during its first run. My concern hasn’t changed, every year it’s going to happen next year. Are we looking at 2026 now?
Before ending the previous crodfunding round Aptera already announced that they will open it again after a round for accredited investors only. Don't listen to those attention seekers who wish Aptera (and any other startup as well) nothing but bad luck.
Just to share about range: I get 50 miles electric range on my rav4. That’s typically enough for 4 to 7 days for my life. And I can pretty much charge it for free while I’m in the gym/grocery store parking lot.
I’ve got a CDL-A, and I think the furthest I’ve ever done commercially in a ten hour shift was >600 miles. The furthest I’ve ever driven in one day in a POV was 1000+ miles in ~20 hours (during that CrowdStrike outage) and that fking sucked. You don’t want to drive 20 hours straight on the highway.
Will the new proposed trade war between usa mexico canada affect pricing of the aptera? I know it may be impossible to truly tell but i guess a more time accurate question would be...are any parts shipped through one of those areas in order for production intent vehicles currently?
What's the projected time frame to go back to hub motors in the front? Does the transaxle have a torsen LSD option? FWD sucks, need that rear motor in ASAP.
Steve, if you give me one, I'll drive it through a Maine winter in EV-doubter country and give it a solid real-world drive test for the season. Plus, I need a new car. 😁
Hopefully this shows how advanced Aptera has become in getting their vehicle ready for full production, it's literally the final step. I foresee quite a bit more $$ coming in due to this recent news and occurrence. It's a revolutionary idea and design that I think more and more people will learn about and embrace as time goes on. 🌞⚡🚗👍
The design is from the '90s. Listen carefully, in some 5yrs they are building the 1st battery and cooling system. There is no cabin heat pump. They have no real test data. USCG funding likely ended. Likely over $40K if there is ever completed design.
So you can have a motorised tricycle (with just one central headlight at night!!!) in the US that’s WIDER than the car width maximum allowed in the EU = completely & utterly bonkers, AND… How come Aptera were allowed to take reservations money off us all in the EU/UK under false pretences? = dishonest…
What on earth is going on at 2:45? One dude not wearing gloves, other guy quickly touching the positive probe faster than your voltmeter can tell you the voltage? Come on please don't fake stuff just for the camera
With some solid stats and finished production vehicles this should give the investors and public a boost of confidence. The economic upswing will also be a benefit.
@@gr8dvd California governor Newsom has stated he will establish rebates for electric vehicles if the federal rebates are discontinued, remains to be seen! California is working on motorcycle pollution standards that may grant Aptera some further advantage, remains to be seen! So, maybe in California after January 20th!
I have been following the progress for years. I am beginning to wonder if this car will ever be produced. Lots of talk some progress but way to slow to be out for awhile. I would be surprised to see them on the road in 2026.
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I reserved the all wheel drive model with the 600 mile range, With no date set for a possible delivery after waiting for years already I have lost hope.
Go team!
I'm so excited to meet whomever I get to meet, including the PI build, @CES!!!!
The start of new Crowdfunding....
So uscg 60 million has failed
@shrimptopian3392 USCG insisted no crowd funding during their raise. So the raise must be ended. $60M was explained to not be enough for production. Aptera now owes USCG $784K in less than 1yr.
do you ever get tired of lying telling the same fib over and over and over about how a vehicle that you just put a brand new untested drivetrain into is somehow ““ production intent? Or are you lying now about ever planning on using hub motors and this has been the plan all along? With drivetrain losses what about cost and range you’re still bobbing off the same BS numbers but you’re not even acknowledging the immense change you made to the car.
The lies you were telling about it being suspension tuned in Italy this summer when in fact You never had any plans to produce the in hub motor car and the car was never in Italy getting it suspension tuned because you put in an entirely new drivetrain.
Lies on top of lies failures on top of failures miss targets on top of targets. When are you ever gonna be honest with the people that you’re taking advantage of?
The PI builds in the background was a really nice touch! Thank you for the update!
Great news! Amazing to see so many BinCs together
Exciting stuff! I'm looking forward to seeing the PI2 test results and PI3 and PI4 on action!
@TailosiveEV They should let you and Steve from AOC drive it back from Vegas, documenting the trip.
Tailosive, any tips to get Boomer generation retired grandparents to invest maybe $10k in Aptera out of their $1mil+ in their IRA? This thing should sell itself to liberals: clean, efficient, repairable (less waste) and safe. The kind of car you can leave for your grandkids.
I sure hope you can make it to production. I’m sure you could sell hundreds of thousands of Aptera’s. I’ll buy one in another few years once the solid state batteries become more mainstream. This is DEFINITELY the future!
As a minor investor, I am very thankful to have contributed in my small way towards the fruition of this monumental achievement. 😊
They sucker punched you
Do I smell sarcasm
Im 100% getting an aptera one day, i really hope you guys do well. It is the perfect commuter
See you guys at CES!
aptera is bankrupt!
I'm glad that you are going
@@megasc0rchersilly
@ApteraOwnersClub They should let you and Drew drive it back after the show, documenting everything.
Source?
Most progressive update so far! Lots of beautiful parts / assemblies to look at. Have to be extra thankful for you guys and gals on this holiday. Next month give us an even greater Christmas present !
Haha, maybe next Christmas, or... The one after that..
I'll see you in Las Vegas at CES!
I'll see you at CES. Awesome update! Glad to see the investing is open for regular folks again.
This is the BEST NEWS FOR APTERA ! You guys are Awesome , this is getting better and better everyday ! I can’t make it to LV but hopefully you’ll be able to come to Atlanta . Keep up the Fantastic work ! 😎
If they make it to Atlanta, I’ll see you there.
@@SteveBueche1027 I will be looking for you .😎
I'm still not holding my breath. I'll believe it, when I see a few production models on the road.
SO proud of team aptera!
It’s happening!! 🎉 I could not be more excited to get one of the first ones off the assembly line next year! 😃 Glad I invested - and thinking of putting in more.
If you've got the $ do it! 🤑
Great job & cool news ! :D
Hope Aptera will come true on road's all over the world !
It's not even road legal on most roads of the world.
@@Throckmorton.Scribblemonger Over 50 million motorcycles are sold every year. The world can make room for a few thousand Apteras.
@@netscrooge Motorcycles aren't wider than a Hummer H1.
@Throckmorton.Scribblemonger Narrower than a Tesla Model X. I've never heard anyone complaining about the Tesla's width.
@@netscrooge The width of a Tesla Model X is 78.7 inches; the width of the Aptera is 88 inches...
I am thankful that Aptera PI's are coming to life.
It took them 6 months to assemble four half-finished vehicles.
Literal tears in my eyes. The 4 cars in the back were an incredible sight. I can't wait to see the reveal January 7th 🎉
Those are not even half finished tricycles.
Finally Pi-4 what we've all been waiting for....
It's been incredible to see your guys' journey for this vehicle! I love to see the passion behind all teams creating this vehicle with the main mission of bringing affordable and efficient electric vehicles to the market. So excited to see the full reveal at CES and to continue to see the Aptera breaking boundaries like no other EV company has done before. When I have some extra cash, you bet your ass this is one of the few companies that I will be investing in long term. Cheers Aptera!
Just registered and booked my trip. Will be my first time seeing the Aptera in person. Can;t wait.
Did you have to be a media rep, or is it open to the general public.
@@Gary-ee3kq I am in the Technolory Industry so I qualified
LETS GO APTERA!!! I AM A SUPER PROUD INVESTOR!!! LETS MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!
Thank you all for your hard work I bet CES will raise awareness to the next level! I look forward to tank-turns in the AWD
I don’t think tank turns will be possible with an inboard motor. That would require the front two wheels to turn opposite ways.
@andrewmclean1239 Yup
How would that work with three wheels, if the rear wheel is always pointed forward? Even if you could make the front wheels turn in opposite directions, the tadpole-configuration three-wheeled vehicle would not rotate in place. If you could get the front pods and rear wheel to steer sideways it could be done, but the pods steer in the same direction and won't turn 90 degrees. The rear wheel doesn't steer at all.
@@CommanderMaga good point. I need to make a model. Tank turns were slated as a possibility once. But that would be cool to
Actually test. Steve? High school project for someone?
@@andrewmclean1239 It's an interesting engineering exercise. Suppose you could make the rear wheel turn completely sideways, 90 degrees to the direction of travel while standing still. Then, with a rear wheel hub motor, it would pivot the vehicle in a circle centered between the front wheels, which would turn in opposite directions. I don't think any Aptera will ever do such a thing and I'm not sure how useful it would be, unless you were parking it in the Bat Cave and the turntable wasn't working. 😆
Go team, go!!
Thank you Steve, This is great news.
I hope your company is successful because I really like your cars
Amazing progress, excited to see the complete PIs and first test results. 👏
Yep, because all the test results , that cost millions and millions , were on a vehicle that isn't being built.
Getting more and more excited to get mine.
Go Aptera! A very sunny post. I hope I can attend CES as I live in St. George. UT.
I'm begging you, please bring one to the Phoenix Electrify Expo in April (12-13) 2025. I've wanted to see one in person for over 16 years.
Awesome! Let’s get Aptera on the road!
Great work! Keep pushing forward - Go Aptera! Best wishes from the sunny UK.
Investor/Accelerator here! Can't wait to see it in person and meet the team! SEE YOU AT CES!
Great news. I wish you all the best Aptera. Take it home !!
Lets go Team Aptera! See you at CES, thank you for the tickets and opportunity to see the future!
What a time to be alive!! Good luck to Aptera in the years to come.
One step closer. I may go to CES to see it in person.
Great update! Look forward to seeing you at CES!
Keep up the hard work. I wish I could get to the show.
Absolutely incredible! I am so excited for this!!!
Happy Thanksgiving Aptera team!
Awesome, one step followed by another - progress 🙌
So incredible! The future is here!
Best of success! I live in Bangkok so I will have to wait for the Australian plant to open so I can get righ-hand steering.
Good things Are Happening.... I will try to get my nephew whose a teacher in Las Vegas to see the Aptera. That would be a very good thing.
Great news, best of luck and future for the new production ready cars
It should generate tons of excitement.... AWESOME! 1641
WOOHOO!!
I am so ready
Wicked progress. A very exciting step for a very exciting product. Shame the merchandise didn’t ship to the UK.
Im am more and more falling in love with Aptera. Sure is a future to be exited about!
you know what they saw, you crave what you cant have! And you never will have it! aptera is bankrupt!
you know what they saw, you crave what you cant have! And you never will have it! aptera is bankrupt!
Nope !
Still sticking with the dangerous Yoke for the wheel.
Have you changed the steering geometry so Aprera steers full right and full left with a 1/4 turn of the yoke ? No ? Then a yoke is dangerous. They have yokes in aircraft because the quarter turn is full aileron deflection.
Road vehicles Do Not Work the same !
I'm an Investor/Accelerator and can't wait to see it in person and meet the team! See you at the show!
Sure you're happy...
You have poured money and time into something only promised, and not built, and NEED it built so you don't lose your investment and shirt.
It’s happening!
It's been happening for years.
@@Throckmorton.ScribblemongerI question the long term viability of this company, but stop trolling. If you'd like to leave a main comment, go ahead, but stop trolling others. I agree 3 wheel cars are unsafe at higher speeds, but I get the impression they will be used mainly for CA town and coast line driving. Yes, Aptera has in intresting history and it's odd nobody has called it out. If somebody wants to throwaway their money...that's their peragotive.
@@williamgrunzweig571 Honest question: What evidence do you have that 3-wheel vehicles are unsafe at highway speeds?
@@netscrooge Stability of Three-Wheeled Vehicles with and without Control System
March 2012
The study concluded that a 3 wheel vehicle with 1 wheel in the back is less stable than a 4 wheel when maneuvers at rapid speeds above 80kph The 3 wheel vehicle with 1 wheel on front received better stability. Overall, it will come down to how dynamic the control systems are. Since 2012 braking technology and ADAS has improved greatly. I'd be curious what Apters analysis with emergency maneuvers revealed, along with their crash test analysis. Beyond emergency maneuvers...side impacts are a real concern.
@@williamgrunzweig571 I looked at the paper. It reported on a very simplistic mathematical modeling of three vehicle types. While it certainly fits with common sense that having a single rear wheel eliminates the possibility of having an electronic stability control system that applies different braking to separate rear wheels, it doesn't make any sense to say that single-front-wheel vehicles offer superior stability in the real world. (Tilting vehicles are another story, of course.)
The study tells us very little about how the Aptera's safety will compare with other vehicles' in the real world. Vehicle safety and handling stability depend on many more factors than the ones they modeled. All we can say for sure is that the Aptera will be at a disadvantage in a collision with heavier vehicles, and that its electronic stability control system won't have separate rear wheels to operate.
Unless you have other studies for us to review, I don't think it's fair to quote this one as if it says something definitive on the subject. This study was far too limited in its scope to assume its results directly apply to the real world.
hi I am from Nepal . I really like aptera. Good luck.
Can’t wait for CES!! Also was wondering if it will have a production software demo at the unveiling?
Excellent 👍
I love this project. You're doing great!
Great update, thank you
Love this! Looking for a road-tripping car for retirement in the next 10 years and would love to support Aptera in the future. Looking for something that can carry two e-trikes and some luggage/camera gear with us as we tour the US.
Well done, push on!
I'm thankful for the opportunity to see PI-4 and attend CES 2025! Thanks for the free pass. Blessings Team Aptera
I can’t wait to replace my Model 3 with one of these!! Keep it going!!
Keep everyone updated I guess. I drive a Model 3 as well, it's my primary and only car. Going 75mph down the road on a 3 wheel vehicle gives me pause. Be careful about cross winds, performance on wet roads...snow...etc, and make sure you look into it's crash rating...when it comes out. I'm not sure this vehicle can match your model 3 safety.
@@williamgrunzweig571 And look at proposed annual operating savings. It's around $250/yr if it works well. Small benefit for giving up so much more capability of conventional EV. Around $20K I can see the bling vs performance tradeoff, but at $40K it really offers nothing.
@@artsmith103i heard insurance is $1,000s/yr for the model 3. There goes any gas savings.
@@Gary-ee3kq Insurance on my model 3 is the same as with basically any other car. It's right at the national average in my country. There's no reason to believe you wouldn't be paying around the same with an Aptera.
@@logitech4873Aptera is classified as an autocycle so insurance will be a lot less, you obviously haven’t been paying attention.
1 step closer to right hand drive production.
I want to go but I'm working. so I will just wish Aptera Team great success,
I am excited to see this. I am into high tech efficiency. I would ❤to drive one one day. I have driven muscle cars, suvs,economy, and my beloved Wrangler. All rely on gasoline. I hope all quirks are worked out quickly. I wish you all luck.
I was hoping i could hold out for an Aptera, but I ended up having to buy a car this year. Maybe I'll pay it off and be ready to get an Aptera in a few years when you have a chance to work out 1st gen kinks! Love seeing the progress
~Trav
This was a great update. Best wishes
Have any of the vehicles been tested with the solar panels on in order to prove/disprove the claimed range from solar generation?
That's coming up for PI2. It will probably take about a year for numbers to be confirmed under all seasonal conditions, but I suspect it won't take but a couple of months to collect data that can be extrapolated to get a reliable estimate on the ranges.
We'll probably know by January if Aptera hit the targets. They may still be off by a few miles here or there, but it won't be possible for them to be way off.
@@richardryley3660 What do you call way off? If the solar works pretty well and the trike gets 8 miles/kWh, then avg 25 miles/day in S. CA and about 18 in most of country. Are you ready for that?
@@artsmith103 That's my entire point. If PI2 only gets 8 mi/kWh, that will become obvious pretty quickly. So far there is no actual evidence PI2 will miss the mark by that much, only unproven speculation
Better to wait, see what the results are, and then reach a conclusion
@@richardryley3660 But an extremely accurate demo could have been done years ago. How about as recently as the In-N-Out round trip stream? The notion they are excused from backing up their claims while paying themselves $200K/yr with donated money is pathetic!
@@artsmith103 Earlier testing would only have added the costs of doing it without delivering results that would have been more meaningful than the calculations with the accurate computer models the already have. This has been pointed out by the two CEOs several times already and makes perfect sense as Aptera is a technology driven company, not a markering driven one.
Glancing forward to add Aptera on my UA-cam blogs later.
Appreciate being an Aptera Ambassador.
🤗🎉🎉🎉WE WILL WAIT FOR YOUR VIDEO 💚💚💚
And that video had BETTER be LONG and full of DETAILS
Can’t wait to have my own one day
Looking good. Although it is a long wait it is understandable.
Have they finished the crash tests?
"Production Intent" -- never heard that term before. I'm guessing that means they still don't have enough money.
They have been talking about production intent for more than a year, and they are not much closer to it
@@shrimptopian3392Watch the video before commenting next time. 🤡
Do you think that Aptera at the end of the video is coasting down a hill, like the Nikola semi truck prototype?
No
no. but it was towed to speed similar to a glider
They say they went up and down a steep hill 10x but did not show the footage, wonder why 😂
In a perfect world for me, I'd have the Aptera for my general running around, and a Rivian R2 if I needed to carry more than one passenger, carry multiple bulky items, or slog through snowy roads.
Or get a a Tacoma for a fraction of the cost and not worry about it anymore. Another option is smaller SUV plus expanded metal trailer when necessary.
it doesn't look like they have a car factory, just a few hand built prototypes
Very nice! Hope you can get your solar glass and collab with electric planes as well. 😎
I really, really want Aptera to succeed. But after so many years following and still only seeing hand assembled vehicles being put together makes me nervous. Especially since large "production" runs seem to be promised for next year.
Is it possible for a right hand drive model and are you planning to sell overseas?
Plans for the castings?
If this company hopes to reach a high production rate and decent profitability, I think the massive billet aluminum parts must be die-cast or composite.
I would love to see this in production and on the road. I thought the same way during its first run. My concern hasn’t changed, every year it’s going to happen next year. Are we looking at 2026 now?
You re launched crowd funding, thats great but sounds bad. Other money fell through?
Of COURSE the other deals fell through- we have seen MANY such failures of capital ventures
Of course not. They have been translated into the PI builds you are seeing. More money for ramping up production.
Before ending the previous crodfunding round Aptera already announced that they will open it again after a round for accredited investors only.
Don't listen to those attention seekers who wish Aptera (and any other startup as well) nothing but bad luck.
Great update Steve. Really looking forward to seeing things and the other PI testing.
Just to share about range: I get 50 miles electric range on my rav4. That’s typically enough for 4 to 7 days for my life. And I can pretty much charge it for free while I’m in the gym/grocery store parking lot.
You don’t need 1000 miles electric range
I’ve got a CDL-A, and I think the furthest I’ve ever done commercially in a ten hour shift was >600 miles. The furthest I’ve ever driven in one day in a POV was 1000+ miles in ~20 hours (during that CrowdStrike outage) and that fking sucked. You don’t want to drive 20 hours straight on the highway.
who goes into production first: tesla roadster or aptera ?
Aptera will go bankrupt first, and than there is a chance that another company will make it, so maybe 2030
Are you planning to come to east coast?
Will the new proposed trade war between usa mexico canada affect pricing of the aptera? I know it may be impossible to truly tell but i guess a more time accurate question would be...are any parts shipped through one of those areas in order for production intent vehicles currently?
What's the projected time frame to go back to hub motors in the front? Does the transaxle have a torsen LSD option? FWD sucks, need that rear motor in ASAP.
Steve, if you give me one, I'll drive it through a Maine winter in EV-doubter country and give it a solid real-world drive test for the season. Plus, I need a new car. 😁
Hopefully this shows how advanced Aptera has become in getting their vehicle ready for full production, it's literally the final step. I foresee quite a bit more $$ coming in due to this recent news and occurrence. It's a revolutionary idea and design that I think more and more people will learn about and embrace as time goes on. 🌞⚡🚗👍
The design is from the '90s. Listen carefully, in some 5yrs they are building the 1st battery and cooling system. There is no cabin heat pump. They have no real test data. USCG funding likely ended. Likely over $40K if there is ever completed design.
when is release date
Its nice but i cant support it until is a released product…. What happened with ellio? Going on with lucid? ….
I saw an Ellio in Albuquerque. It was run by a geometro engine. 😅
Are UK/EU reservation holders ever going to get their Aptera? Word has it the Aptera is too wide for our roads. Is this true?
By law it will be a car in Europe, so many many more rules, it would need to be completely redesigned
So maybe in 10 year
@@shrimptopian3392 Why would it need to be redesigned? Obviously it's a car, was this not always the case?
The cuurent aptera is designed for the motorcycle law in us
In Europe it will not be a motorcycle by law but a full car
So different regulation
So you can have a motorised tricycle (with just one central headlight at night!!!) in the US that’s WIDER than the car width maximum allowed in the EU = completely & utterly bonkers, AND… How come Aptera were allowed to take reservations money off us all in the EU/UK under false pretences? = dishonest…
@@shrimptopian3392 Motorcycle law??? Why? Is this so that they can sneak around crash safety laws? Why would they do this?
What on earth is going on at 2:45? One dude not wearing gloves, other guy quickly touching the positive probe faster than your voltmeter can tell you the voltage? Come on please don't fake stuff just for the camera
its all fake, including any timeline
With some solid stats and finished production vehicles this should give the investors and public a boost of confidence. The economic upswing will also be a benefit.
Economic upswing, lol
@@AverageJoe928 Maybe in California after January 20th!
@@AverageJoe928 @SteveBueche also believes a single volcano eruption emits more CO2 than humans have. In other words, he's fact "challenged".
@@dennisroe5178 How would California be immune to the pending inflation & economic chaos triggered by tRump’s tariffs?
@@gr8dvd California governor Newsom has stated he will establish rebates for electric vehicles if the federal rebates are discontinued, remains to be seen! California is working on motorcycle pollution standards that may grant Aptera some further advantage, remains to be seen! So, maybe in California after January 20th!
Too bad it's in Las Vegas. I think I'll go to San Diego to see it. I'm glad to see more progress.
1977 on CES Commodore shows the PET... 😉
I have been following the progress for years. I am beginning to wonder if this car will ever be produced. Lots of talk some progress but way to slow to be out for awhile. I would be surprised to see them on the road in 2026.
Awesome! But when you going public instead of just more private funding?