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Aptera Solar Assisted Car - 20 Year Update

posted by hubie on Friday April 11 2025, @06:56AM   Printer-friendly
from the maybe dept.

Some may remember the initial press on the Aptera streamlined solar-assisted BEV...that was 2005. For some reason, looking at the aircraft-like shape again reminded me of the Buffalo Springfield / Neil Young song, "If flying on the ground is wrong..."

After one bankruptcy, resurrection and continued development, the company is still going. Here's a recent release including video of a road trip, which claimed about 20 miles of solar charging during the part-cloudy day, https://www.automotivetestingtechnologyinternational.com/news/prototypes/apteras-test-vehicle-completes-solar-supported-road-trip.html
No obvious drama in driving it, but it was all highway and rural 2 lane. No city traffic.

It's exactly the sort of thing I'd like, but the company history is pretty sketchy. I'm typically not an early adopter and looking from here I doubt that the company will ever be well enough established to risk buying one.

Overview of the company here, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptera_Motors

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 11 2025, @03:27PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 11 2025, @03:27PM (#1399918)

    You can't have that in high crime "blue state" areas, obviously

    You just can't even help yourself, can you. douchebag

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Friday April 11 2025, @05:07PM (1 child)

    by VLM (445) on Friday April 11 2025, @05:07PM (#1399932)

    LOL no poop on the sidewalks where I live, I guess its just not civilized.

    • (Score: 2) by dwilson on Saturday April 12 2025, @04:14AM

      by dwilson (2599) on Saturday April 12 2025, @04:14AM (#1399987) Journal

      No poop on the sidewalks where I live, either. But it's more of a 'blue country' than a 'blue state', if you're using the USA-sense of the word state.

      Hey! Maybe the real problem isn't the color, it's the states?

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      - D