@@CalvinJordan-b1c - So, they took the current Pi and made sure it floats. Talking about it is one thing, showing that it does is another. Aptera has talked about lots of things and most don't seem to pan out. Until they can show it, I don't believe it.
Maybe aptera should venture into making efficient submarines since they already got the design figured out, though I am not looking forward to another Oceangate disaster
@ road test it in high cross winds then all will be revealed. Combine with ice, slush and snow. This is what I encountered. Until it is tested there is no proof of facts.
Agree with the previous commenters - 50K+ current reservation holders, and nothing new. However, not a bad overview for one of these AI voiced clickbait vids. Other than that one error, it was pretty accurate. Chris has lost a lot of weight since some of those old interviews were shot!
We're obviously not counting the first go-round which was a different company, where all of the reservations were refunded. If you are, then that's just ignorant.
I Think there is some miss understanding of the purpose with Aptera. It is a vehicle for electric long distance travel. Not shorts local trips which should be made by bicycle, by public transport or by fot.
It's an American company and they are catering to Americans. We have a terrible public transportation system, terrible access for people to ride a bike or walk. So, we have a legacy problem and thus, we are forced to buy more vehicles. Unless you are poor and don't mind taking a chance to get run down or run off the road or wait a really long time for a bus to show up then you don;t need a car.
@@perisraelsson221 - Thus the reason why it's so wide. Not people or cycling friendly at all. Just don't tell the superfans that as they justify a really wide vehicle.
That's true. But I think it makes a good case for both scenarios especially for trips short enough to be powered only with energy from the panes. can you imagine owning a car you never have to fuel or charge. the long-term savings would be significant
Im sure no one cares how you feel it should work they are going to do as they do, in small towns people still walk and ride bikes its safe and they do that now with big 8cyl trucks in their driveways but in cities (and I used to ride) its taking your life in your hands, even walking can be a risk so ya its going to be used forshort trips - a lot
I thought the denticles of shark skin had a drag reduction of around 10% and the tubercles on whales had a drag reduction of maybe 20%. Some say 35% but c'mon. Maybe we should be chasing down efficiency possibilities with the suffix "cles".
EVs while not dead, have been sold to the bulk of people who can afford and think there the next big thing. They are not, we all have heard the issues with them charging time, Electrical grid capacity and fires being the biggest. Fun fact every major manufacture are testing Ammonia engines zero carbon, 90% the power of gas, existing cars can be converted at a low price, gas stations can be converted, still require the maintenance of a gas car so the service companies love them,
They conveniently forget the Aptera is not a car. A three wheeled vehicle is legally classed, regulated, insured, as a motorcycle. In dome cases it is called an autocycle. But no place considers it to be a car. Why so many boosters intentionally lie about that is a mystery. Aptera themselves do not call it a car. What issues could spring from people finding out they just bought a motorcycle instead of a car? Well, some condos and other developments only allow cars to park overnight. No motorcycles, no trucks. Oops.
Trump is not a fan of EVs and green initiatives in general, it has been reported that the $7.5k EV tax credit is going away at some point after he takes office, the EV tax credit was/is important to some. Elon has the ear of the president to personally garner support for his EVs but he probably won’t advocate for other EV manufacturers. This will be interesting to watch and see if Aptera can get past regulatory hurdles.
Everyone thinks EV’s are the only game in town. I think the Aptera is the only real ev that’s worth buying. But it will be 20 years or more before EV’s will be ready for prime time, right now they are just a rich man’s car and not practical at all unless just used for short commuter purpose. If they come up with a safe battery that will go 250 to 300 miles on a charge is safe and have and infrastructure to support it then maybe I would buy it as long as I don’t have to mortgage my children’s future for it. Even then Natural gas, bio methane or hydrogen is a better choice for the heavy truck market. There are many obstacles to electric transportation. Having just one fuel for all vehicles is stupid we have experienced that during the oil embargo’s. I’m not against EV’s im against an all in on one source of energy.
@@fotoguru222 - I'm just repeating the specs that I keep hearing over and over again. Nobody wants to hear that the cheapest is of unknown price, goes 250 miles and up to 16 miles per day on solar. That gets nobodys attention.
It's exciting technology, and no one would like to see it hit the market more than me. If I could, I'd get one. But let's be real. The investment team that started this company has a track record of declaring bankruptcy before putting a product into production. Repeatedly. The Aptera company is roughly a decade into taking people's money without ever delivering a product to anybody. The NTSB requires a whole slew of crash tests before a manufacturer can get anywhere near selling vehicles across state lines, and these Ponzi scheme dolts never did that. It's almost as if the investment capital team wanted to cash out early while hot-potatoing the company to someone else who would actually do the unsexy work of getting a company off the ground but they were to incompetent to do even that. If anyone has any evidence that this is more than some investment capital and engineering nerds jerking each other off, I'd love to hear it, but I'm not holding my breath.
@@aussieideasman8498are you going to Las Vegas to see the production intent Aptera? I didn't think so because that would show how big a liar you are!😂
@@gmv0553 You just showed how big an 1d10t you are. Who flies from Brisbane Australia to Vegas to see a trade show? And if you want to show people how big a liar I am, all you have to do is write in the comments every lie you have detected. Bet you can't, lol. I eat you num-nuts for breakfast.
Design is a discipline ....whereas Decoration is an addition driven by emotion.
True!
Closer to 50,000 reservations not 15,000. Maybe a little more research is needed.
Old old stuff.
Indeed; I’m reservation #55,800 and that was money-down in 2022
When I saw that drawing of the Aptera.without the front wheels. I immediately thought to myself, how would that handle underwater as a submarine? 🤔
It floats
@@CalvinJordan-b1c - It does. Can you show me where it does as I'll buy one right now if it does.
@@billsmith5960 they talked about it in a early video
@@CalvinJordan-b1c - So, they took the current Pi and made sure it floats. Talking about it is one thing, showing that it does is another. Aptera has talked about lots of things and most don't seem to pan out. Until they can show it, I don't believe it.
Maybe aptera should venture into making efficient submarines since they already got the design figured out, though I am not looking forward to another Oceangate disaster
We need more options like this. Where I live we get high interstate winds. My Wrangler ,even with sand bags, was blown off course.This is far lighter.
@@mgxmaddguiness7066 The aerodynamic nature means no need for any sandbags, as cross winds should not be problematic.
This is fine. Aptera said so. They don't make claims, just state facts.
@ road test it in high cross winds then all will be revealed. Combine with ice, slush and snow. This is what I encountered. Until it is tested there is no proof of facts.
No comparison… Aptera is slippery in regard to headwinds and cross-winds, helped by its wide stance too.
@ weight is it’s downfall.
Agree with the previous commenters - 50K+ current reservation holders, and nothing new. However, not a bad overview for one of these AI voiced clickbait vids. Other than that one error, it was pretty accurate. Chris has lost a lot of weight since some of those old interviews were shot!
Steve has aged 20 years too. Oh - that's right - it's been 20 years, lol.
How long has it taken them to get the 50K reservations?
A little less than 4 years I believe
@@michaelmay9958 - Nope. Try again.
We're obviously not counting the first go-round which was a different company, where all of the reservations were refunded. If you are, then that's just ignorant.
I Think there is some miss understanding of the purpose with Aptera. It is a vehicle for electric long distance travel. Not shorts local trips which should be made by bicycle, by public transport or by fot.
It's an American company and they are catering to Americans. We have a terrible public transportation system, terrible access for people to ride a bike or walk. So, we have a legacy problem and thus, we are forced to buy more vehicles. Unless you are poor and don't mind taking a chance to get run down or run off the road or wait a really long time for a bus to show up then you don;t need a car.
@@billsmith5960 It was ment to be a little bit provocative towards the North american car future that is möte of "Car first" instead of people first.
@@perisraelsson221 - Thus the reason why it's so wide. Not people or cycling friendly at all. Just don't tell the superfans that as they justify a really wide vehicle.
That's true. But I think it makes a good case for both scenarios especially for trips short enough to be powered only with energy from the panes. can you imagine owning a car you never have to fuel or charge. the long-term savings would be significant
Im sure no one cares how you feel it should work they are going to do as they do, in small towns people still walk and ride bikes its safe and they do that now with big 8cyl trucks in their driveways but in cities (and I used to ride) its taking your life in your hands, even walking can be a risk so ya its going to be used forshort trips - a lot
I thought the denticles of shark skin had a drag reduction of around 10% and the tubercles on whales had a drag reduction of maybe 20%. Some say 35% but c'mon. Maybe we should be chasing down efficiency possibilities with the suffix "cles".
17:50 what???? 😅 ponty miles?? 20miles??
Why should a motorcycle feature change anything in the car industry?
Old video, old info.
EVs while not dead, have been sold to the bulk of people who can afford and think there the next big thing. They are not, we all have heard the issues with them charging time, Electrical grid capacity and fires being the biggest. Fun fact every major manufacture are testing Ammonia engines zero carbon, 90% the power of gas, existing cars can be converted at a low price, gas stations can be converted, still require the maintenance of a gas car so the service companies love them,
They conveniently forget the Aptera is not a car. A three wheeled vehicle is legally classed, regulated, insured, as a motorcycle. In dome cases it is called an autocycle.
But no place considers it to be a car. Why so many boosters intentionally lie about that is a mystery. Aptera themselves do not call it a car. What issues could spring from people finding out they just bought a motorcycle instead of a car? Well, some condos and other developments only allow cars to park overnight. No motorcycles, no trucks. Oops.
Med beds are coming Luin
Trump is not a fan of EVs and green initiatives in general, it has been reported that the $7.5k EV tax credit is going away at some point after he takes office, the EV tax credit was/is important to some. Elon has the ear of the president to personally garner support for his EVs but he probably won’t advocate for other EV manufacturers. This will be interesting to watch and see if Aptera can get past regulatory hurdles.
It would be interesting to see how things turn out these next 4 years
The ev tax credit is no benefit for the Aptera!
Yes I saw the video that mentioned that
Everyone thinks EV’s are the only game in town. I think the Aptera is the only real ev that’s worth buying. But it will be 20 years or more before EV’s will be ready for prime time, right now they are just a rich man’s car and not practical at all unless just used for short commuter purpose. If they come up with a safe battery that will go 250 to 300 miles on a charge is safe and have and infrastructure to support it then maybe I would buy it as long as I don’t have to mortgage my children’s future for it. Even then Natural gas, bio methane or hydrogen is a better choice for the heavy truck market. There are many obstacles to electric transportation. Having just one fuel for all vehicles is stupid we have experienced that during the oil embargo’s. I’m not against EV’s im against an all in on one source of energy.
Aptera is not a real anything beyond a fake prototype.
Aptera goes 1000 miles on a charge and 40 miles per day with free solar. All for $25,900.
@@billsmith5960 Bill, I thought you were better informed than that.
@@fotoguru222 - I'm just repeating the specs that I keep hearing over and over again. Nobody wants to hear that the cheapest is of unknown price, goes 250 miles and up to 16 miles per day on solar. That gets nobodys attention.
It's exciting technology, and no one would like to see it hit the market more than me. If I could, I'd get one.
But let's be real.
The investment team that started this company has a track record of declaring bankruptcy before putting a product into production. Repeatedly.
The Aptera company is roughly a decade into taking people's money without ever delivering a product to anybody.
The NTSB requires a whole slew of crash tests before a manufacturer can get anywhere near selling vehicles across state lines, and these Ponzi scheme dolts never did that.
It's almost as if the investment capital team wanted to cash out early while hot-potatoing the company to someone else who would actually do the unsexy work of getting a company off the ground but they were to incompetent to do even that.
If anyone has any evidence that this is more than some investment capital and engineering nerds jerking each other off, I'd love to hear it, but I'm not holding my breath.
Front full enclosure fenders will not hold up long term.......you will get fatigue cracking at fastener points ....sorry to much vibration
I think aptera acknowledges that and that is why they have made it a point to making it easily replaceable without the need for special tools
@@VolterMedia - That's right, scan the QR code and it gets replaced automatically.
another ad full of broken promises.
Plain lies.
@@aussieideasman8498are you going to Las Vegas to see the production intent Aptera? I didn't think so because that would show how big a liar you are!😂
@@gmv0553 You just showed how big an 1d10t you are. Who flies from Brisbane Australia to Vegas to see a trade show? And if you want to show people how big a liar I am, all you have to do is write in the comments every lie you have detected. Bet you can't, lol. I eat you num-nuts for breakfast.