I did put in a reservation in '23 but I don't see myself getting an Aptera any year soon. Living in Denmark I have to realise that Aptera is made primarily for the US market and I don't see them using any ressources to make sure it will be approved for the European markets for several years. I still love the basic idea driving with cv 0.13 though - wind resistance is the primary cost of driving an EV and I would buy it even without solar cells just for the efficiency. The Hyundai Ioniq from 2016 is STILL the most efficient EV out there and nobody has brought more efficient EV on the market yet.
You’ve got to add the 1000 mile range vehicle has never been made even in prototype. This is based on math but hasn’t been real world tested. In fact the current production vehicles haven’t been range tested for the 400 mile Launch Edition. Having said that, I’m excited to see this come to the affordable market. I’m not a tree hugger, I’m just tired of driving a box.
Tesla took approximately 2 years to go from announcing its first car, the Tesla Roadster, to shipping the first production models. The prototype was unveiled in 2006, and the first production Roadster was delivered in February 2008 Elio is a a more-fair comparison
First: Aptera needs over a billion $ to build a Factory. Without that mass production will not happen. Without mass production the whole thing is pointless and to expensive.
I hear in this narrator's voice disclaimers on several points. Those points need to be addressed by Aptera's team. Yes, Aptera has challenges in front of it. That's both understandable and reassuring. Chris and Steve have seemed reluctant to articulate such challenges with a vulnerability that would very much engender trust among those of us who have been following their adventure for the last several years. It can be done without jeopardizing their place in the nascent SEV market.
Not a bad review but Lightyear is dead. I expect one they demonstrate the range with the PI and in parallel with crash tests, they will start building the first 25 or 30 delivery vehicles. I keep in mind there may be, hopefully, minor redesigns of the PI vehicles.
I did put in a reservation in '23 but I don't see myself getting an Aptera any year soon.
Living in Denmark I have to realise that Aptera is made primarily for the US market and I don't see them using any ressources to make sure it will be approved for the European markets for several years.
I still love the basic idea driving with cv 0.13 though - wind resistance is the primary cost of driving an EV and I would buy it even without solar cells just for the efficiency.
The Hyundai Ioniq from 2016 is STILL the most efficient EV out there and nobody has brought more efficient EV on the market yet.
You’ve got to add the 1000 mile range vehicle has never been made even in prototype. This is based on math but hasn’t been real world tested. In fact the current production vehicles haven’t been range tested for the 400 mile Launch Edition. Having said that, I’m excited to see this come to the affordable market. I’m not a tree hugger, I’m just tired of driving a box.
Thanks and noted Sir,
Tesla took approximately 2 years to go from announcing its first car, the Tesla Roadster, to shipping the first production models.
The prototype was unveiled in 2006, and the first production Roadster was delivered in February 2008
Elio is a a more-fair comparison
Aptera can make a difference
@@ImpressiveTechViewyes, just like BEOS
The same production& delivery forecast we already got in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024...
First: Aptera needs over a billion $ to build a Factory. Without that mass production will not happen. Without mass production the whole thing is pointless and to expensive.
I hear in this narrator's voice disclaimers on several points. Those points need to be addressed by Aptera's team. Yes, Aptera has challenges in front of it. That's both understandable and reassuring. Chris and Steve have seemed reluctant to articulate such challenges with a vulnerability that would very much engender trust among those of us who have been following their adventure for the last several years. It can be done without jeopardizing their place in the nascent SEV market.
Not a bad review but Lightyear is dead. I expect one they demonstrate the range with the PI and in parallel with crash tests, they will start building the first 25 or 30 delivery vehicles. I keep in mind there may be, hopefully, minor redesigns of the PI vehicles.
Light year is dead, what are you talking about? Lucid loss per car is $60,000 plus. GM is about $14 k. Ford is about $10k.
Hmmm! Lo!
And Rivian loss per vehicle is 37k.
I suspect this is AI generated content. The AI doesn't understand that the light year crashed and burned. This is crap. Give it a thumbs down.
AI voice
AI synthetic content. Unreliable BS. Thumbs down.
No so!
@@ImpressiveTechView Ok, then please explain why you put in all that outdated info about lightyear in there? It is not relevant to the Aptera content.
I pre production prototype? LOL!!! DISLIKE
What will you do when they don't meet your predictions?