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I want a gas powered aptera option

Aptera is what the E-car should have been, from the start. Light, simple, efficient and economical. That makes me worry for it's future, the other manufacturers of electric junk can't allow such an alternative.

Funny that this showed up in my recommended after Aptera announced that they're pivoting to a traditional electric motor

Why is Aptera using In-Wheel Motors? Because center mounted motor in a diff are stupid & in hub motors are the future. th-cam.com/video/qzOyDJtHoIA/w-d-xo.html !

Safety is a widely expressed concern about Aptera. Side airbags would help overcome that reservation.

I’ve ordered the Launch Edition with a full set of solar panels… he didn’t mention the Lane Centering and Adaptive Cruise Control … I’m already planning to give mine a “Iron Man Red” wrap .. just over the Grey / Silver Areas .. mainly to protect the original wrap but with a little flair lol

These aren't amazing. Most of these "options" are on most vehicles.

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Yuk, unsprung mass. I wouldnt even get hub motors on an electric skateboard.

Aptera for President. Is it too early?

Is this available to buy for DIY projects ?

Aptera… please … seek FSD license /camera placement design help from TESLA while beta is still in pre production … FSD is inevitable!

Washington DC is notorious with potholes and lousy third world road patches. On top of these are the MIS- alignment of tops of manholes to road surfaces. These as bad as manholes. Traditional spare tires is probably turning to be spare motor.

fsd please not comma … negotiate the subscription rate

hola se venden estos motores universales ? para adaptar en autos ?

I've had mine on order since just after their restart. I so can't wait for mine 😮

in wheel motors eliminate the mechanical joint losses thus improve efficiency . In other words it contribute to energy savings as well. The bad side is it is prone to breakage through harsh road condition such as pot holes and rough roads where the most damage sustain would be the bearing itself

So if 75% want full solar 25% want a rear window hatch. I hope they offer it right after the launch vehicles I would guess more would want the rear window hatch but just didn’t want to wait.

Great video. I love all the changes except I need the rear glass window.

Aptera astroturfing hard these days. Non-technical people (most potential customers) will be excited.

This is informative but in the event of another Carington event ,there’s no back up . There are simple ways to minimize the effects but they should be built into the final package.

*FAIL:* Like the other 40+ companies, these all seem to be a scam. Sorry, I meant 200+ other companies, that don't exist period. Where is all this stuff, every week it's 10 more garbage videos of "Revolutionary this & that." for the past 15 years...every day, every week, every month, non-stop. Where is everything? It's like 99.9999% are a scams looking for investors, even things like Orbit electric hubs seen at SEMI 5 years ago and it's crickets. And more mind blowing, I'm the only one saying it, shouldn't the number one response be: "Oh look, another no-nothing product that you'll never see or hear or touch or know or have or drive or buy and with a 99.99% won't exist beyond the prototype." It's like all these videos are clickbait. You're going to go down a rabbit hole of hundreds and hundreds of these companies that produce nothing. Gee, is 2024, where the hell is ANYTHING? Anything? Anything at all? All garbage.

What if I attach these to a fwd car. Put Aptera on the rear wheels. Since car is at 380lbs of torque. This could help the car grip on a luanch vs front wheel skidding for traction

Aging Wheels just changed my opinion on this car, but I think you just sold me on it. The Sachsenring Factory production footage helped, because I happen to own one. Lucky.

I've been driving my 1991 Jeep since 1997 and it has no airbags anywhere. Buying an Aptera without side air bags is not an issue for me.

Side airbags would mitigate secondary impact from a side impact. I have them in my current automobile and would pay extra for them in my Aptera.

The fact that so many engineering-focused TH-cam channels are so excited about Aptera says a lot

Are there any sensors on those wheels? If not, stupid people are going to be bumping into any and everything with those front wheels

So what about driving comfort at high speed? The rotating mass of the Motor has no shock absorber and will be rattling and shaking ! Some people will say that’s the price of pioneering, but most people will not buy the product.

There should be a aftermarket part thag goes in the hood when its open that you can close like a lid to use more space to carry more things

you could turn all the wheels ninety degrees so you can move sideways into parallel parking spaces :0

If you coupled this with "swap out batteries" you would leave everyone standing - you pull up at the "gas station" clic out your low battery and clic in your new battery and you pay at the machine that measures the charge left in your low battery to accurately give you the cost of the swap charged battery. That would mean you can swap pay and go in "LESS" time that it would take to put in a gallon of gas. Not standardising batteries that can quick swap is one of the biggest mistakes EV companies made. Their selfish competitive non co operative mentality is their biggest flaw. You ask any ev owner they would love quick swap n pay batteries.

Look like it is light enough for hovering accessories or flying module maybe greatest because the body is suut for inlet air to lift it into fly or above ground

How to you replace tires?

its 2024 and the shit hasnt been built yet!?!? Theres a 300 pre order now!! Its gonna be another fail and nobody gets anything! You fuccs dont think Tesla is doing their best to make sure this thing doesnt make it!?!? Elon is probably gonna buy it and dissolve it.. Silly fuccs who already paid..

how do these guys actually get funding for these "concept" cars ? conventional EV's are flopping , what makes investors think they won't loose every cent on this , although fundamentally good idea , vehicle that has no real world practicality or even niche market salability .

Im ready.

1000 mile goal he was clearly looking away from the camera. He doesn't believe it. the 25 kWH battery will likely reach the 250 range. 45 kWH battery will reach 400 mile range. See that extra 5kWH? It's to help move around nearly double the amount of battery weight. A 1000 mile range will likely require a 120 kWH; that's a lot of weight. In comparison a Model 3 Long Range (~310 mile range) has a ~74 kWH battery. What I think they can achieve easily is 900 miles with 100 kWH battery. She'll be heavy for the Aptera's body structure and the springs on the wheels will need to be adjusted or replaced for the weight but it could it. I'm making a wild guess that it will be $55,000 for the 900 mile range Aptera first shipping in late 2026. Are my assumptions above correct or similar to yours?

I'm going to spend so much time just trying to hypermile as efficiently as possible in this thing. I hope other owners will start a competition to see who can get the most miles per KWH.

I have been shaking my head since the boom of electric vehicles have not included hub motor equipped versions. It seems to me - and I am far from an automotive engineer - that if you used a hub motor (or IWM as you call them) on all four wheels you could then use a computer to distribute power when and where needed. If you are easing down the autobahn then only one of the motors would be needed. If traction becomes an issue, all four could be used. (or any combination of them) The ECU could even use the motors to yaw the vehicle if needed. So many possibilities! Whenever I have asked why hub motors are not used the answer I consistently receive is "too much unsprung weight" ...It seems that the benefits outweigh the negatives in this case.

The perfect car for me .

yep i would as a investor

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It all boils down to efficiency vs. maintainance cost.

Choosing efficiency over all else. That's a hard pass for me. That vehicle is butt ugly. I would never drive it EV are efficient enough without having to drive around that POS. Now asked me about the cyber truck…

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For the sake of a short shaft Aptera has chosen to increase the unsprung mass leading to a bumpy ride. It’s not too late to change Aptera.

Suitable for axial flux???

Vulnerability to environmental contamination (I live near Buffalo, NY!) And impact/vibration with mich less suspension isolation are of concern

Waiting for this tech marvel to be imported in Greece