Aptera Electric Car: My First Ride in a Solar EV! ☀️🚗
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We visited Aptera headquarters to get a ride in their solar-powered EV prototypes.
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Placing the motors inside the wheels has some space-saving benefits but it’s adding a huge percentage of the car’s gross weight as un-sprung mass, which is very detrimental to handling and stability, the rougher the road surface is. If you live in an area with all-smooth roads, this will be fun but in bad areas, having those motors at the wheels is definitely going to be a hit on motor longevity. I shudder to think of how much much jarring those motors and all the internal electronics will endure year on crappy, pot-holed Quebec roads where I live.
This is the only thing I’d get that’s electric and cheap.
I’d like to see the tow specs (like if I wanted to tow it behind an RV)
Can I flat tow it, or does it have to be trailed? If you could design a way to charge the batteries while it’s being flat towed, then the RV world would eat this up. A perfect little vehicle to leave the rv behind and go get groceries or sight see in a city.
I want to see it on Midwest pavement
This is the only new car I would consider buying.
I think this is a good looking car very much a future look to it ‚its something i would very much consider buying if it came to australia and as production goes on i am sure they will be able to refine it even better ‚they say they have so many orders i do hope it gets into full production
Great commuter car. Looks like the great American road trip will have to wait a while
Aptera=Shit. Aptera is a company fully of liars. They’ve promised the early production 3 wheel MOTORCYCLES to both the early reservation holders who were promised certain production numbered vehicles and now to “investors” whom they have promised these same “launch” vehicles — thats fraud. The compnay never meets promises or they’d have been in production for 2 years.. instead it is one garbage one off Alpha , Beta, Gamma, zeta vehicles after another to justify delay. If there were going to make any’d they’d be showing all the bodies in Italy coming off the production line — but there are none.
Aptera is on year number 15 of promised production.. I’m guessing 16, 17, and 18 are up coming..
A year later and it looks like they still only have prototypes.
I believe it has a very good chance to be successful
I wonder if you can get a loan for it or need to buy cash? 18k for s solar rechargeable car? Or charge like your phone overnight? Amazing. Coming from a mustang and Tacoma driver
Can’t wait!
Is this the same scam has the one you guys “were building” a few years ago in the gas powered world…If I recall, you took many orders but the project was “scraped” for some reason!
Is this made by former Eliot employees ?
Is it a permanent niche vehicle? It seems like attempts to mainstream it with addl seating/family capacity would negate the benefits.
Not going to happen. You can keep waiting. I’m driving my own hand made Carbon fiber EV with solar & Hub motors I made, waiting for them to get on it. 28,000 miles later September 2023 You’re still waiting? Use to rebuild crashed Helicopters for a living so this was ease.
Can you iimagine if instead they flyed ?
Definitely interested in the full solar package. It’s a game changer.
Can’t wait for this! Will be the perfect vehicle here in NEVADA! Can I be a DEALER!?
Just pray you don’t get rear ended or front ended. Safety first than saving $.
UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED!😂😂😂
Insurance companies will be upset if a wheel had an accident
Can’t wait to get one of these. Great work, Aptera
Looks interesting.
What about the side mirror screens though?
It looks like the sun is reflecting and you can’t see quite well
This is super cool and THIS is the right direction for electric vehicles in my opinion. Extreme lightweight design and aerodynamic are necessities for the future of EVs!
No I would not want to take a ride in one of these vehicles. It is not well suited for my family style of living. I hate 3 wheel vehicles. Does not have enough storage space for me. I would not want one of these vehicles in Northern winter time states where I live.
How many service facilities will there be around the US to fix any problems of this too unique design of a vehicle if it breaks down?????
This maybe good vehicle for some, but not for my needs.
First alien car i actually wanr
😍🥰😍💡🥹 would be nice if everyone switched to these cheaper vehicles. Do they drive in the snow?? Make them slightly larger for storage space and safety, AND keep the price under $8000. at this juncture these vehicles are not permitted on the parkways.
I need four wheels two in the front and two in the back due to snow and ice. I would buy this couple of things I would need changed on it. Must be 4 wheels, slightly larger with more storage space where is the spare tire?
We also need air conditioning for the hot locations and heat. And radio for news or at least be able to plug in the cell phone. And a phone charger.. 25,000? Sorry that’s way out of range but I understand that this is new maybe you should market it on the stock market and try to get funding
Welp, looks like I have a new dream car
Perfect for Key West
Me living in FL and this being so cheap I definitely would buy one
How is it in snow
“it’s a prototype, you don’t need to shut the doors so hard” 😂🤣😂🤣
Imagine seeing this on the road before a Cybertruck
This is trash!
So basically the most efficient car ever
This is what Sono motors tried to be. I hope these guys become a smash hit.
Polaris Slingshot electrified. lol
What if you live in Seattle where the sun never shines? Can it be charged with a plug-in like non-solar EVs as an option?
Jetsons car! Hitting a curb could be an expensive mistake with this design. Other than that, pretty cool.
Sensor panel better
Has anyone received the car after funding yet?
its a scam to stop ev.……big oil.….it will catch fire kill someone
When launch india…😂