@vic321344 the words of an empty waste of space with so much time on their hands, that even the slightest show of positivity makes them feel bad about their life so they resort to calling some random person on the Internet a child. You know what you can do.
Yeah... considering the 1st car solar powered was made in 2013. I feel as thought these guys keep hyping it. Just to let it die AGAIN!! As they make off with your cash. AGAIN.
What you call "your universal electric charging station" to charge the car at is actually any NACS station created by Tesla, which Aptera was the first auto manufacturer to support in their vehicle.
@@vic321344lol not quite as dangerous as a motorcycle…also people still drive Miata’s and fiats, sure it won’t be as safe as a truck but compared to a motorcycle?
@@vic321344 No sir. You need to do more research. The Carbon fiber body is stronger than steel. Your every day car has an aluminum body (aluminum is softer and weaker than steel). Nearer a death trap than the Aptera.
@@vic321344 No sir. You need to do more research. The Carbon fiber body is stronger than steel. Your every day car has an aluminum body (aluminum is softer and weaker than steel). Nearer a death trap than the Aptera.
@@aussieideasman8498 Sure this "mule" can be tested. That's what mules are built for. Without the wheel fairings it won't have the same aerodynamic efficiency as the finished product, so any mileage efficiency tests will only provide a lower bound. Currently the solar panel and charging efficiency can be tested. So can acceleration, braking and suspension behavior be tested among other things. This car needs hundreds of tests. Many subsystems have already been tested.
Average car you drive Morning to go work then car sit under the sun all day then evening drive back at home , solar charge could be great idea with faster charging and safer Battery technology .
I genuinely really love the idea of this. The only thing I don't like is how much attention it would garner. I'm not the most social person, and I really dont want to have people looking at my car and talking to me about it everywhere I go.
Looking forward to the worlds first solar car in my driveway. Hope they finish the design soon so that they can start engineering for production, maybe 2027 or 28.
Some of the technology is already a bit out of date even before you buy it. Of course that’s a situation that is probably going to only get worse as AI speeds development of technology faster every year. I too have been an Aptera fan for years… and am very pleased with the progress. I hope they are able to update the vehicle in a similar fashion to so much technology these days. Software improvements should be downloadable from the internet for sure. Solar panels are also in a state of constant flux… I wish I had a crystal ball… I would invest if I could.
Aptera has been aware of this issue from the beginning. The production tracking software is designed so that changes can be introduced on the fly without waiting for a model year change.
Correction. Launch Edition with Front Wheel Drive (FWD) will be 0-60 in 6s per their website. Non-launch editions with All Wheel Drive (AWD) will be 0-60 in 4s.
Do we have to worry about any of this stuff especially with autonomous vehicle ride sharing such as Waymo taking over?Automation and agency is the future
With good snow tires, it should handle winter roads as well as any FWD car. I live in the NorthEast US and have managed without an AWD car my entire long life.
Sun coupons of the solar panels have been under test for years. Several of the PIs will be sacrificed in crash testing to Automotive standards, even though this is not legally required. I live i Iowa and will report my experience under local conditions.
No investor wanted signs up ?? ANY new investors?? Outside only booth? I 've been a vendor at CES for many years and I can tell outside booths are very iffy at Winter CES and Summer time hardware shows.
@@vic321344 You can't get your facts ever straight. The company wasn't even formed until 2019, and the first prototype wasn't announced until December 2021. Then Covid hit, and the vehicle has undergone several complete redesigns of both body and power train. Testing of the Production Intent vehicles is just beginning.
@@shinequashie393 - LE was $33,500, now $40K. Base model was $25,900, now $28K. Top of the line was $53K now $61,700. All this just changed in the last few days. My top of the line is still TBD for the build date. So, I wonder what it'll cost when they finally decide to offer that model with the listed options I want. Maybe $70K at this point.
@@shinequashie393 It will be 49K, if they really get their 400 Mill$ to start production. For that money you will get a Model Y performance. A real car, not just a motorcycle.
@@vic321344 - But the Model Y is not efficient and you will have to plug it in. The Aptera never needs to plug in. It's powered by the sun. If the Aptera costs $100K, it's more than worth it as the money you'll save will be huge.
V2 when they have undone the UI mistakes like the yoke, will be great. When you can get a full steering wheel I'd really look at this. Tesla also had to learn the yoke is bad for usability lesson, and quietly offered a full steering wheel.
Seems between 200-300watts max solar in Vegas during mid-day, that would mean many weeks to charge their 42-45kwh battery pack. He said 1% drop battery voltage for 2 to3 mile drive, means approx 4 to 6 miles/kWh....they claim 10...their numbers dont match what is seen on text drives...spin doctors
Yes, but remember it is Winter and the Sun is about as low in the sky as it gets at noon. Solar cells and panels are rated for their maximum output, when the sky is clear and the Sun is directly overhead. It won't get near the maximum except on a Summer day near noon. Also, you misheard about that 1% drop. It wasn't for a single ride. It was for the entire day with miles of rides.
@@fotoguru222I want to say that the car's onboard solar panel is sized at 700 W. So even on a standard bright summer day experiencing 1,000 W/m2, you're only going to get 700 W of charging from those panels. Say the irradiance is on average 800 W/m2 for 8 hours a day in the summer, you could charge around ~4.5 kWh which is 30-60 miles depending on which battery you consider. Obviously that's in the summer though. I work in solar as an engineer, and we typically design systems considering the darkest day of the year to model how well our plants will do: winter solstice. I have a feeling that Aptera is trying to upsell their vehicle by citing performance on the brightest day of the year: summer solstice. It'll win over customers initially, but over the long term I have a feeling more people will end up using this vehicle as a normal EV than a SEV: by plugging it in to charge. Plus you have module degradation over time of around 0.5% per year, so by year 5 you're at 97.5% or 680 W, and by year 10 - 665 W. So it's only diminishing returns on a sales pitch that already seems to be overstated. We'll see how it goes!
@@casylong8383 air handler blower motor is 100 watts, the solar isn't enough to run even that much of the time, if you dont understand your being conned thats not my problem
@@namenotshown9277 So what? The traction motor draws way more than 100 watts. It can draw 10's of KiloWatts when accelerating. The solar slowly charges the battery all day. When the car is just sitting there it uses almost no power, which is what it does most of the time. And what makes you think it was midday in that video? Looks like late afternoon to me. Check out the length of those shadows. The Sun was closer to the horizon than the zenith.
And a van can hold 8 or 9. Is that fair? Do you need a 4 passenger car? Then this Aptera is not for you. Perhaps you have no children, or any living at home, or you have another car for when you need to carry more...
Misleading. The caption says "Solar Power Only". If you don't live in southern California or the deep south, you won't be using it exclusively on solar power. If you drive more than 40 miles, you'll also need to plug it in.
" Hopefully enter prodution at the end of the year" People have the memory span of a goldfish. Aptera was founded in 2005, went bankrupt in 2011 never producing a single car beyond display models. The company came back in 2019, Now 2025 6 years later, the company hasn't produced a single car beyond display models.
I clocked a lot of potential misinformation in this video, and for the record I'm a fan of Aptera. This vehicle is NOT powered by solar energy in the sense that the solar panels charge the batteries, they do not power the motors directly. The way that got worded was a bit misleading in different places. Also, the "40 miles of range charged per day" is literally only in a best case scenario in a location with maximum sun-hours per day, i.e. California. Also, Aptera is hardly the first or only vehicle out there that utilizes solar panels to help charge it's on board batteries. All of that being said, it's still an amazing vehicle that will hopefully make it to production at some point. For many people, myself included, a two seat commuter that has 200+ miles of range (Aptera will sell various sized battery packs up to 1000 mile range) and can potentially recharge the miles I drove to work while sitting in the parking lot is just perfect!
I think you're being a little nit picky, Chris normally says "up to 40 miles per day from solar" but every now and then forgets the up to part. At no point do they say or imply that the solar goes directly from the panels to the motor, not sure where you came up with that.
Also the vehicle on display is a shell only. There is another non PI vehicle available for rides. Kind of a let down. But I'll bet at the CES anyway to check out the other displays.
@@wineberryred - I agree. No need to see out the passenger side of the windscreen. Better just keeping the drivers side clear and plus you can concentrate on the road and not be distracted by things to the right side.
It costs tens to hundreds of millions of dollars to ramp a car to production. They are kind of limping along until they can get that investment without compromising on their vision or giving too much control of the company. It's super hard to break into the automotive market. Like Elon says, making a prototype is easy. Production is hard. Aptera has some of the best production consultants in the word working with them. They haven't attempted production yet, so it's not like they've failed or mismanaged. It's really just a matter of funding. Massive funding...
@@ryanl6316 I'm specifically talking about the launch vehicle price at the time of my investment. I'd bet you an Aptera the launch price for the base model isnt going to be $28k if they even launch a vehicle.
@@ryanl6316 - Top of the line is $61,700. That's what I ordered. It was $53K a week ago. As for the date when I get it, it's TBD. With production starting in 2025, I believe I'll get mine by summer 2026. Then I'll be in Moab in no time and take it off roading, along with camping in it.
1:08 "... you can either plug the vehicle into your universal electric charging station or, and this is the cool part, you can actually collect energy from the sun ..." Your What? "Universal electric charging station" is Not a thing. Tesla's NACS (North American Charging Standard) connector is used. /2c
This car is long in the tooth, died once is now resurrected and same promises made over and I ver agsin. It is appoarchinh "Elio" status. Secure en I ught capital to begin manufacture and start delivering to the founding reservation holders. No more broken promises please.
To solve the cost & safety issues of zero pollution hydrogen from any type of water we see two start-up companies in Canada is worth investigating: Eirex Technology & Ayrton Energy
No. I think it's amazing. It clearly has a following, but I can understand if you don't like it or have doubts. It would be great if people valued efficiency more.
Diesel or internal combustion engines fueled by hydrogen gas power trains, ships, trucks & cost and safety issues solved by Eirex Technology & Ayrton Energy are two Canadian start-up companies. The Cummings Engine Company, Keyou GmbH manufacture 100% hydrogen fueled engines. Kawasaki made a Hydrogen fueled motorcycle & fuel cells are amazing as well.
I like the concept, but with millions of EVs out there today that weigh twice as much as the old car, I don't know how safe it is to drive around in one. Not to mention, EV drivers like to play with auto driving as well. I'll pass.
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This is super cool. More Aptera content please!
PI.2 certainly needs more content, lol.
The more I look into Aptera, the more I like it. The future of EV design is being explored here -- ultra high efficiency and solar-assist.
This car is amazing! I want one.
It is a motorcycle, not a car. A deathtrap in case of an accident.
Absolutely world changing!
The world of a 5 years old, that plays with his rubber ducks.
@vic321344 the words of an empty waste of space with so much time on their hands, that even the slightest show of positivity makes them feel bad about their life so they resort to calling some random person on the Internet a child. You know what you can do.
Yeah... considering the 1st car solar powered was made in 2013. I feel as thought these guys keep hyping it.
Just to let it die AGAIN!! As they make off with your cash. AGAIN.
Appreciated seeing the demo ride, thank you! (We're hopeful to see Aptera get to production soon and hoping to be driving ours someday.)
These guys need to succeed ... They have an interesting angle.
Excellent interviewer and videographer, and editors. Use of starburst effect so cool.
Yes!!! Go Aptera. A buddy of mine has a reservation. I can't wait until he takes delivery.
You will have to, and it's maybe never.
Your buddy likely invested in the company too
News flash: It's a Ponzi scheme
lol. I want an Aptera! It’s going to happen. I am very optimistic. I
@@Helix_Bonopart Optimism can't make it happen.
he will lose his money too like everyone did back the first time when it was gas powered with 120 mpg and under 16,000 bucks but now 40000 so stupid
This was one of the first CES videos covering Aptera and remains one of the best I've seen. Very well done!
Yes yes yes! Wooooo. Talk about something different coming to the road. Wow.
This is a game changer.
Great job! Can’t wait to drive an Aptera.
Love the coverage!
My wife and I got to sit in the Aptera at CES. We fell in love with it! Have one on order and can’t wait to drive it in MN winter snow.
What you call "your universal electric charging station" to charge the car at is actually any NACS station created by Tesla, which Aptera was the first auto manufacturer to support in their vehicle.
But it will also connect to other types of chargers with available adapters.
@@philblum1496 Yes, including your 110 or 220 standard household plugs.
Simple battery top off concept.. Better then paying for gas or constantly going to a charging station.
Potentially the next people's car. Automotive history in the making right here.
It is a motorcycle, not a car. A deathtrap in case of an accident.
@@vic321344actually the carbon tub and frame makes it very safe. Crash test should be coming.
@@vic321344 It got airbags, seatbelts and crash rails. Safe like a car. Just google it.
@@vic321344lol not quite as dangerous as a motorcycle…also people still drive Miata’s and fiats, sure it won’t be as safe as a truck but compared to a motorcycle?
@@vic321344 No sir. You need to do more research. The Carbon fiber body is stronger than steel. Your every day car has an aluminum body (aluminum is softer and weaker than steel). Nearer a death trap than the Aptera.
It's been a long rode for you guys, but hopefully you've finally got your "shine" on ;--)
What a beauty , the design is banging
Very significant improvement even after a few months ago
And the less battery needed, the lighter weight, the more efficient, the better the mileage.
Very cool! This could be a fantastic commuter car, and at a great price. I can't wait to see this in production.
It is a motorcycle, not a car. It is wider than a Hummer H1 and a deathtrap in case of an accident.
@@vic321344 you must be a lot of fun at parties
@@vic321344 It got airbags, seatbelts. Just google it!
@@vic321344 No sir. You need to do more research. The Carbon fiber body is stronger than steel. Your every day car has an aluminum body (aluminum is softer and weaker than steel). Nearer a death trap than the Aptera.
great summary!
SLEEK AS HELL
Great drive. Really great to see the latest mule driving around.
That mule can't be tested - it's not the same as even a production ready vehicle. Finish it first - something they never seem to be able to do.
@@aussieideasman8498 Sure this "mule" can be tested. That's what mules are built for. Without the wheel fairings it won't have the same aerodynamic efficiency as the finished product, so any mileage efficiency tests will only provide a lower bound. Currently the solar panel and charging efficiency can be tested. So can acceleration, braking and suspension behavior be tested among other things. This car needs hundreds of tests. Many subsystems have already been tested.
@@aussieideasman8498 Eventually you will have a meal of crow.
Average car you drive Morning to go work then car sit under the sun all day then evening drive back at home , solar charge could be great idea with faster charging and safer Battery technology .
“Average car” has 5 seats and isn’t entirely made from plastic… this is a European bug person car for people who brag about living like a bug.
I genuinely really love the idea of this. The only thing I don't like is how much attention it would garner. I'm not the most social person, and I really dont want to have people looking at my car and talking to me about it everywhere I go.
we really like it
i am following aptera devellopments for years now, i really hope they start 'mass'production soon, so i can order 1 for Belgium (it's in Europe) :)
Looking forward to the worlds first solar car in my driveway. Hope they finish the design soon so that they can start engineering for production, maybe 2027 or 28.
cool
How does it handle off road or on the snow
Does it have re gen braking ? Or cruise controll
Yes to both
Will it work at Tesla Superchargers?
Yes it will!
Wont be perfect for everyone but man that's a sexy package for some people!
Wondering about repairs and maintenance after purchase, but car is amazing!!!!
be glad they wondered about that part already
They support right to repair, including access to all documentation needed, and have said that parts will be shipped within 24 hours.
Some of the technology is already a bit out of date even before you buy it. Of course that’s a situation that is probably going to only get worse as AI speeds development of technology faster every year. I too have been an Aptera fan for years… and am very pleased with the progress. I hope they are able to update the vehicle in a similar fashion to so much technology these days. Software improvements should be downloadable from the internet for sure. Solar panels are also in a state of constant flux… I wish I had a crystal ball… I would invest if I could.
Aptera has been aware of this issue from the beginning. The production tracking software is designed so that changes can be introduced on the fly without waiting for a model year change.
Stated 0-60 is now slower than they first announced. It was under 4 seconds and now it's around 6?
5:17 They say that the car of the test drive is power limited, so it won't accelerate as fast as the production vehicle.
Correction. Launch Edition with Front Wheel Drive (FWD) will be 0-60 in 6s per their website. Non-launch editions with All Wheel Drive (AWD) will be 0-60 in 4s.
Godbless you guys! Send me one I’ll go dash in it some affiliate marketing 😉 I might just have to buy one here ❤❤❤
If aptera is ever produced and is proven to work safely I’ll buy one. Not holding my breathe
Do we have to worry about any of this stuff especially with autonomous vehicle ride sharing such as Waymo taking over?Automation and agency is the future
It should cater for all types of weather not just the sun. If that happens which I doubt here and there they shall win the EV market.
I thought it flew 😂
I wonder how it would handle in the rain or snow.
With good snow tires, it should handle winter roads as well as any FWD car. I live in the NorthEast US and have managed without an AWD car my entire long life.
When are they going to do a crash test rating?
Probably won't have to since it's classified as a motorcycle. I wouldn't want to wreck in one that's for sure.
👏👏👏
*My concern with this vehicle* is everyone walking into things while looking at it.
Ooh and what a sticker price for that one
Final pricing will be announced shorty before ship date, but in the 40K neighborhood for these first ones.
The 1980s called ... They want their antiquated term "rad" back ... like, totally! 🙂
How about sun rot? Hows the crash tests? What is the exterior made of? Rain and snow travel?
Sun coupons of the solar panels have been under test for years. Several of the PIs will be sacrificed in crash testing to Automotive standards, even though this is not legally required. I live i Iowa and will report my experience under local conditions.
It's technically a motorcycle so maybe they don't have to? Not sure
Has mainstream protential if 4 seat sedan
Really cool but is it safe, looks like a death trap, i'm assuming it has no proper crumple zones, much like a Smart car.
✨✨👏🏻👏🏻
The car runs off of stored energy in the battery, solar just recharges the battery.
Universal charging socket. No only North American charging socket.
star power
No more solar cells on the dash panel?!😮
Yes there are. You can clearly see them at 5:14 of the video.
Great daily.
No investor wanted signs up ?? ANY new investors??
Outside only booth? I 've been a vendor at CES for many years and I can tell outside booths are very iffy at Winter CES and Summer time hardware shows.
5:44 is bro running Linux on a car
That's actually quite normal. Lots of things run Linux kernels and gnu software.
The cool thing about three wheels is you will never miss a pothole
😂😂
"Into production by the end of year" SAID EVERY YEAR FOR 4-5 YEARS
Since 2019.
@@vic321344 You can't get your facts ever straight. The company wasn't even formed until 2019, and the first prototype wasn't announced until December 2021. Then Covid hit, and the vehicle has undergone several complete redesigns of both body and power train. Testing of the Production Intent vehicles is just beginning.
$40K now 🙁
The 400 mile launch edition with *was always $40K*
*The base edition with 250 miles will still be ~$25K*
@@shinequashie393 - LE was $33,500, now $40K. Base model was $25,900, now $28K. Top of the line was $53K now $61,700. All this just changed in the last few days. My top of the line is still TBD for the build date. So, I wonder what it'll cost when they finally decide to offer that model with the listed options I want. Maybe $70K at this point.
@ ahh I see, I still think it's a reasonable increase considering the original prices were announced before inflation hit earth
@@shinequashie393 It will be 49K, if they really get their 400 Mill$ to start production. For that money you will get a Model Y performance. A real car, not just a motorcycle.
@@vic321344 - But the Model Y is not efficient and you will have to plug it in. The Aptera never needs to plug in. It's powered by the sun. If the Aptera costs $100K, it's more than worth it as the money you'll save will be huge.
V2 when they have undone the UI mistakes like the yoke, will be great. When you can get a full steering wheel I'd really look at this. Tesla also had to learn the yoke is bad for usability lesson, and quietly offered a full steering wheel.
Seems between 200-300watts max solar in Vegas during mid-day, that would mean many weeks to charge their 42-45kwh battery pack. He said 1% drop battery voltage for 2 to3 mile drive, means approx 4 to 6 miles/kWh....they claim 10...their numbers dont match what is seen on text drives...spin doctors
Yes, but remember it is Winter and the Sun is about as low in the sky as it gets at noon. Solar cells and panels are rated for their maximum output, when the sky is clear and the Sun is directly overhead. It won't get near the maximum except on a Summer day near noon.
Also, you misheard about that 1% drop. It wasn't for a single ride. It was for the entire day with miles of rides.
@@fotoguru222I want to say that the car's onboard solar panel is sized at 700 W. So even on a standard bright summer day experiencing 1,000 W/m2, you're only going to get 700 W of charging from those panels. Say the irradiance is on average 800 W/m2 for 8 hours a day in the summer, you could charge around ~4.5 kWh which is 30-60 miles depending on which battery you consider.
Obviously that's in the summer though.
I work in solar as an engineer, and we typically design systems considering the darkest day of the year to model how well our plants will do: winter solstice.
I have a feeling that Aptera is trying to upsell their vehicle by citing performance on the brightest day of the year: summer solstice.
It'll win over customers initially, but over the long term I have a feeling more people will end up using this vehicle as a normal EV than a SEV: by plugging it in to charge.
Plus you have module degradation over time of around 0.5% per year, so by year 5 you're at 97.5% or 680 W, and by year 10 - 665 W. So it's only diminishing returns on a sales pitch that already seems to be overstated.
We'll see how it goes!
name = lame
@@casylong8383 air handler blower motor is 100 watts, the solar isn't enough to run even that much of the time, if you dont understand your being conned thats not my problem
@@namenotshown9277 So what? The traction motor draws way more than 100 watts. It can draw 10's of KiloWatts when accelerating. The solar slowly charges the battery all day. When the car is just sitting there it uses almost no power, which is what it does most of the time. And what makes you think it was midday in that video? Looks like late afternoon to me. Check out the length of those shadows. The Sun was closer to the horizon than the zenith.
3 People will buy this.
and i'm one
With thousands of pre-orders, I'm sure at least 4 people will buy this.
wait, if it's considered a motocycle do I have to wear a helmet to drive it in California LOL
It's a auto cycle, and no.
All this time they only now have a prototype with solar. DAMB!
Meanwhile Lightyear already did this 5 years ago
But a tesla can fit 4 passengers and this can only fit 2. So is the mileage comparison really fair?
And a van can hold 8 or 9. Is that fair? Do you need a 4 passenger car? Then this Aptera is not for you. Perhaps you have no children, or any living at home, or you have another car for when you need to carry more...
Misleading. The caption says "Solar Power Only". If you don't live in southern California or the deep south, you won't be using it exclusively on solar power. If you drive more than 40 miles, you'll also need to plug it in.
True, but most people drive less than that per day. You will be able to add over a hundred miles overnight from an ordinary outlet.
When the wheel pants aren't on its wearing shorts.
Cool thought, but the design is not realistic for anyone
" Hopefully enter prodution at the end of the year" People have the memory span of a goldfish. Aptera was founded in 2005, went bankrupt in 2011 never producing a single car beyond display models. The company came back in 2019, Now 2025 6 years later, the company hasn't produced a single car beyond display models.
I clocked a lot of potential misinformation in this video, and for the record I'm a fan of Aptera. This vehicle is NOT powered by solar energy in the sense that the solar panels charge the batteries, they do not power the motors directly. The way that got worded was a bit misleading in different places. Also, the "40 miles of range charged per day" is literally only in a best case scenario in a location with maximum sun-hours per day, i.e. California. Also, Aptera is hardly the first or only vehicle out there that utilizes solar panels to help charge it's on board batteries. All of that being said, it's still an amazing vehicle that will hopefully make it to production at some point. For many people, myself included, a two seat commuter that has 200+ miles of range (Aptera will sell various sized battery packs up to 1000 mile range) and can potentially recharge the miles I drove to work while sitting in the parking lot is just perfect!
I think you're being a little nit picky, Chris normally says "up to 40 miles per day from solar" but every now and then forgets the up to part. At no point do they say or imply that the solar goes directly from the panels to the motor, not sure where you came up with that.
@@wineberryredthey also have map showing areas with expected best case solar charging rates. Some show the stated 40miles others don’t.
@@Stupranos True, some parts of the planet get more sun than other parts. I would expect to get more miles in sunnier locations.
Nope. It was clear how it’s charged.
Also the vehicle on display is a shell only. There is another non PI vehicle available for rides. Kind of a let down. But I'll bet at the CES anyway to check out the other displays.
Only one windshield wiper? So the passenger is gonna have a messed up view?
Why would the passenger need to see out of the windshield?
Same as cybertruck
@@wineberryred To see the truck diff heading for his teeth?
@ And why do you need a clear view of that?
@@wineberryred - I agree. No need to see out the passenger side of the windscreen. Better just keeping the drivers side clear and plus you can concentrate on the road and not be distracted by things to the right side.
No way you can claim the first solar power car.
This car has been coming soon for 10 years now
What the heck? Another year? I thought this would be in production by the beginning of this year. Why is this taking so long?
The Aptera guys are just interns, not engineers. The italian engineers had to show Aptera, that their boat hull concept was just a fairy dream.
It costs tens to hundreds of millions of dollars to ramp a car to production. They are kind of limping along until they can get that investment without compromising on their vision or giving too much control of the company. It's super hard to break into the automotive market. Like Elon says, making a prototype is easy. Production is hard. Aptera has some of the best production consultants in the word working with them. They haven't attempted production yet, so it's not like they've failed or mismanaged. It's really just a matter of funding. Massive funding...
@@TheScottShepard Sandy Munro said that Aptera will need 300Mill to stat production. With the new design it will be more like 400Mill.
It ears noisly !
曇り、雨の日はどないするん？リチウムバッテリーを積んどるんか？
I like to see innovation, but this needs to be priced more like a motorcycle in cost IMO...not a full size car.
Have you priced a Harley lately?
400 miles? Was supposed to have 1000
The first cars coming off the line will have a 400 mile range as they are easier to build. The 1,000 mile range cars will come out in 2026.
Neither 400miles nor 1000miles version were ever built. Just promised, like everything else.
plan is everything from 250 - 1000 miles. Initial production is 400 miles as most popular.
@@fredeiserman6272 That is the plan since 2019, 400miles version does not even exist. Until now only empty promises.
Until Aptera ships, it’s not real.
Price is now up from $33k to $40k Ugh!
Base model is at $28K
@@ryanl6316 I'm specifically talking about the launch vehicle price at the time of my investment. I'd bet you an Aptera the launch price for the base model isnt going to be $28k if they even launch a vehicle.
There are likely to be more rises, if ever it comes.
@@ryanl6316 - Top of the line is $61,700. That's what I ordered. It was $53K a week ago. As for the date when I get it, it's TBD. With production starting in 2025, I believe I'll get mine by summer 2026. Then I'll be in Moab in no time and take it off roading, along with camping in it.
Can't afford that
1:08 "... you can either plug the vehicle into your universal electric charging station or, and this is the cool part, you can actually collect energy from the sun ..." Your What? "Universal electric charging station" is Not a thing. Tesla's NACS (North American Charging Standard) connector is used. /2c
The "universal charging station" is any parking space with sunshine.
that camera of yours has something dirty in the center
This car is long in the tooth, died once is now resurrected and same promises made over and I ver agsin. It is appoarchinh "Elio" status. Secure en I ught capital to begin manufacture and start delivering to the founding reservation holders. No more broken promises please.
Very cool but not cold 'car' too black color! You Will spento tha solar Power for air conditionated.. :(
To solve the cost & safety issues of zero pollution hydrogen from any type of water we see two start-up companies in Canada is worth investigating: Eirex Technology & Ayrton Energy
1st!
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Is anyone else sick and tired about hearing of this “vapor-car”?
No. I think it's amazing. It clearly has a following, but I can understand if you don't like it or have doubts. It would be great if people valued efficiency more.
Welp, here come the new tax: A solar tax! It will probably come in the cost of the vehicle.
Diesel or internal combustion engines fueled by hydrogen gas power trains, ships, trucks & cost and safety issues solved by Eirex Technology & Ayrton Energy are two Canadian start-up companies. The Cummings Engine Company, Keyou GmbH manufacture 100% hydrogen fueled engines. Kawasaki made a Hydrogen fueled motorcycle & fuel cells are amazing as well.
Sure, hydrogen is great if you can make your own at home and you don't mind paying 15 times per mile what an EV costs to drive. 🤔
40k for a motorcycle
A motorcycle with air bags, formula one passenger cage, a/c & heating, 32 cubic feet storage and 400 to 1000 mile range depending on which model.
Actually much more efficient than even an EV motorcycle on the highway. That kind of cost per mile means freedom for many.
Can they ever actually sell any cars though. They've been hyping themselves up for like a decade now with nothing to show for it
I like the concept, but with millions of EVs out there today that weigh twice as much as the old car, I don't know how safe it is to drive around in one. Not to mention, EV drivers like to play with auto driving as well. I'll pass.
How many sheep does it hold?
How friendly are they?
@@fotoguru222 After a few glasses of wine they open right up.
END OF THE YEAR!? It got pushed back again: (
Hang in there. It will happen.
"Hopefully enter production by the end of the year". If I was a betting man, I would bet that we won't see any by the end of the year.
You'll more than likely get that in 2026 - it's a recurring theme.
End of WHICH year?
Yes it gives me time to save up but I hope my commuter can last until then.