Aptera Answers YOUR Questions!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2024
- Anytime I got a question from you guys about Aptera that I didn't know the answer to, I wrote it down and asked it in this video!
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0:00 Intro
0:33 Hatch
3:09 Doors
5:10 Hood
6:52 Body
8:17 3rd Seat
9:08 Wiring
9:57 Interior
10:36 Phantom Drain
12:44 Simplicity
13:36 Small Staff
16:05 Solar Production
16:54 OTA Updates
17:16 Winter
18:12 Belly Pan
18:39 Profitability
20:08 Timeline
21:34 Air Filter
21:55 Charger
22:44 Safety
24:27 Efficiency
26:46 Fast Charging
29:12 Solar Generation
31:15 Sealing
32:30 Knock Knock
32:56 Trunk
34:16 Camping
35:26 Wrapping
37:04 Future
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Thanks for coming out! Great job with the questions, filming, and editing. 😎
Thanks again! Hope to be back again soon 😎
i heard sneak peek right at the end of this interview. lets have a peek :)
Why do give interviews only to beta-male woke TH-camrs?
@@jimjones-pz1tt A "beta male" whose wife or girlfriend is filming the video... Woke? LOL! Ok Trumpie.
I sent in an e-mail to come visit before I made an investment. Can you chase it up. I used the investor email address.
Chris, we remember that you got the NACS ball rolling.
This is wrong. It was already proven by countless articles that Ford led the way on NACS adoption. They were working with Tesla prior to Aptera's statements. Aptera is riding other player's coat tails as always.
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Aptera deserves major credit for this. Thank you Chris.
@@andromedach You are wrong. Look at Ford's public statements deriding the Tesla connector. Aptera was publicly showing the Tesla connector long before they had permission to use it - and they had permission 6 months before Ford did.
Here's a pretty insane fact I learned recently: it takes 4kWh of electricity to refine a gallon of gasoline out of crude oil. This means the Apetera travels 40 miles before the gallon of gas even gets loaded into the ICE car !
Yeah when people argue that EVs don’t actually help the environment, they forget this fact. Reminds me of that terrible Conway Ted Talk.
And that doesn't include the energy it takes to find the crude in the ground, drill for it, pump it our, transport it multiple times, power the associated infrastructure, including the pump.
I've heard a bunch of numbers for the kw for each gallon refined. Do you have a source on 4kwhr? I'd like it for a research paper I'm working on. Thanks.
@@gehrigornelas6317 looking in academic sites would benefit you more if you have access to those. Also it’s not literally using ~4kwh of electricity to create that gallon, it’s only about small fraction from electricity. The rest is generated from oil.
A more accurate explanation is that it takes around 4kwh of energy (not so much electricity) to refine a gallon of gas. In other words, it costs almost 4kwh of crude oil to create about 30kwh of gas (estimated energy of one gallon of gas at 100% efficiency). That might seem like a lot, but remember that gas engines are only about 30% efficient, so it takes 4kwh to create about 10kwh of useful energy once you reach the tailpipe.
All estimated information I provided can be found with easy google searches.
@@gehrigornelas6317 first result that came up on google, in a quora forum
@@gehrigornelas6317There is a study on the efficiency of US oil refineries that has an (upfront) conclusion of ~90%.
Put together with the 40 kwh energy content of a gallon of petrol the loss at an average refinery equates to 4 kwh.
For the study I will try to post a link, but it might get blocked.
The study is called "Estimation of Energy Efficiencies of U.S. Petroleum Refineries" by Micheal Wang at the Center for Transportation Research, Argonne national Laboratories.
You may also want to look at the other stats further down, which estimate a lower refinery efficiency (and thus higher energy input) for petrol fuel, but (slightly) higher efficiency for other fuels (including diesel and LPG)
Remember looking at "concept cars" that the legacy car makers would bring to car shows? If you were like me, you would think "wouldn't it be cool if they would actually build that." Now Aptera is building something even more radical and awesome than the wildest concept car and they plan to sell it. I have always loved sports cars and I have always hated paying for fuel. This is my dream car.
Feel like I just attended another Advanced Automotive EV Engineering class provided by Aptera. Future Aptera owners will be the most informed EV drivers on the planet. Thanks Drew and Chris.
Every time I learn something new about this vehicle it just amazes me. I can't wait to get mine!
ditto
It really feels like this is the Beetle of this century. Such a revolutionary thing.
Wow, that was awesome. The Aptera is indeed the most efficient vehicle ever. Not only aerodynamically, but production wise. The simplest machine produced in the simplest manner. It is a thing of beauty!
...a joy forever.
I love the fact that the guy heading what is likely the most efficient and environmentally friendly production vehicle to date is already thinking about one doing a cannonball run.
I love the confidence showing from years of mechanical and composites engineering the CEO displays throughout this video, climbing, sitting, lifting and jumping all around the one BiNC.
Yeah, but how great would it be if they got rid of all their engineers from upper management and replaced them with bean counters, while subcontracting all their work to the lowest bidder to increase their short term market value?
@@xpeterson Tesla fired all their motor engineers when they ran out of money in 2008. I know because i worked across the street from them in Union City, and we hired them for a non road vehicle project we were working on.
Using the old pager network? Brilliant!
Yeah it is surprising to know how much it is still used!
My question is - how widespread is the pager network in rural areas? I live in a cellular dead zone, and have no clue if pagers work here. Research I did was inconclusive, pager coverage maps have very little detail, and seem to leave out huge areas.
Finally! Been waiting for this. 😀
Oh, hello there Steve
You're late 😂
I'm looking forward to your next video where you give your take on this one. I'm glad you and Drew get along.
Every time you visit them my excitement for this car gets reignited.
I love the open, transparent attitude of the CEO showing every little detail of the car. Maybe it's a marketing strategy, but I don't think you'll ever see a Ford or GM CEO doing this.
One of the most knowledgeable CEOs I’ve come across!
"I know more about manufacturing than anybody else currently alive" - Musk
lol
Transparent as well with doing interviews.
@@Henry_D💀💀💀💀
I am so pumped for this car. The efficiency is so cool to hear more about. Side note, my dad and I are rebuilding a 64 C2 corvette, and in a weird way, I’m getting a lot of old corvette vibes just looking at the body structure.
I've had three cool Corvettes over the years including a C2. There is a definite benefit to driving a composite car in hail country. Just don't decelerate too rapidly...
it's so refreshing to have an intervewee actually anser the questions. Aptera is quickly becoming one of my favorite companies
I just reset my timer for another 12 months. My accelerator number is in the 1400s. I can do the 12 months standing on my head.
Great camera work from Louise (again!)
This is very exciting! Seeing this video makes Aptera that much more tangible, even though I've always believed they could succeed. Thanks, Chris, for sharing with us once again!
This vehicle is something really special. Truly, an engineer's dream in so many ways!
I'm so impressed with every video I see of that CEO. He's such a real dude! I can't wait to buy an Aptera.
Impressed with the strength of the roof when Chris stood on it with no issues and then said it would be much stronger in final production.
Thank you for this fantastic video. There are many cool facts and innovations about the Aptera in just this video alone. Well done asking all the right questions!
* Lithium 12v battery located in the rear
* Every 30 pounds added to the Aptera reduces range by 1%.
* Aptera utilizes an SMS system for remote management, (similar technology as house electrical meters, gas meters and pagers etc.) using 3-4% of the energy compared to competitors' live data streams. (leading cause to phantom drain in other EV's it seems?)
* No 4G-5G modem; internet needs are streamed from the phone via Apple CarPlay or Android Auto with the ability to connect to homes wifi.
* Aptera's interior is 1/5 the weight of a comparable sized vehicle's interior with many less parts
* Aptera owns the code for all individual systems throughout the vehicle allowing seamless communication, reducing bugs compared to traditional outsourcing.
* Winter driving is not much of a concern when it comes to traction control or heating the Aptera because of its thermos like construction. Biggest concern is snow build up within the wheel pans.
* Belly pan cooling vs. traditional radiator: A traditional radiator is a little lighter but it’s a little less efficient than belly pan cooling so its a give and take on efficiency between the two (early Aptera’s will have a traditional radiator)
* Break-even point: 6000 vehicles/year; higher margins expected at 20,000 vehicles/year, with local body production planned.
* Targeting 15-19% margin on each vehicle long-term.
* Hood opens to access cabin air filter.
* Mechanical latch inside for emergency door opening; no external mechanical access.
* Aptera theoretically more efficient than e-bikes at highway speeds
* (Possibly) Around 150 Wh/m at 80 mph.
* ‘NACS’ originally named by Chris through petition in 2022.
* Plans to gamify solar charging performance among Aptera owners in a 100-mile or so radius.
* Separate removable glass SMC cover for serviceable parts; electronic latches, logo lights, knock knock sensor, window mechanisms etc.
* trunk hatch has rain management with drain holes.
I have listened to the Aptera CEO give a few talks & interviews now and love his enthusiasm for the vision he is trying to bring to transportation and his knowledge of the whole manufacturing process. I live in San Diego and only about 2 miles from the offices. Can't wait to see these cars on the road...Let me know if you need a validation driver!
Prototypes are on the road now. My wife and I had rides in 2021.
I probably shouldn't admit it, but I think forged carbon fiber is my new kink.
LOL, that's fabulous!!
Every time I watch a new Aptera video with real updates, the more I want one.
I'm on my second tesla can't wait to get right to fix and not get ignored by a car company
Love all the info Chris is providing. He's a legit engineer and seems to know every design detail, trade study and consideration that was made in the engineering and manufacture of this vehicle. If only more CEOs were like that, and not just pose as engineers. Hats off! Well done!
While changing speeds and turning, the weight of Aptera is the key efficiency. At high speeds, the aerodynamics is the key to efficiency. The drive train efficiency is always key.
15-19 points of margin is healthy. I hope they can keep it up.
Really, REALLY excited for this vehicle to become reality
Awesome to know you're going to leverage Android and Apple as much as possible. Will make things a lot simpler!
I've never been excited about any future 'car' that I might own until Aptera came around. I just checked my reservation and they changed a few things for the better. Can hardly wait til production starts.
I have some money freeing up soon, so I might throw some more into my initial investment to get higher on the list.
Drew, GREAT professional interview, and the camera work (Louise? Is that your wife's name?) was stellar. And the content?
Wow, I'm all a-tingle!
Yes! Louise is an incredible camera woman
Very Impressive! The more I see Chris and Steve, the more I respect their extensive thought going into this vehicle.
I really wanna see those future models! What a cliffhanger. 😩
Did they really give you a sneak peek?
You kind of know that this will succeed, because there's zero BS about this Company. Nothing flash, nothing wasted, every Cent spent wisely, and even then only if absolutely necessary. Something of the Elon about their vision and the route thereto.
So helpful. But for than that… SO INSPIRING to have Chris walk you through all of the details. Way to go Drew (and the FIRST non-Aptera employee to sit in the BINC tub.) Keep up the incredible #Aptera updates. So excited. So encouraged. Favorite quote “Now we’re measuring in weeks and months and no longer years.” Looking forward to seeing the first customer Accelerator edition drive out of the building.
Man, I love the Aptera. Such a cool vehicle. I can’t wait to start seeing these on the road.
That wrap up haha - great video thanks! I LOVE what Aptera is trying to do, I hope they sell like hotcakes. I'd sell my Model 3 in a New York second to get my hands on one!
I’m happy it’s taking them years to go into production. Gives me more time to save and considering purchasing in full to avoid financing / paying interest.
As an early/low level investor I could have put my reservation in long ago. I’m waiting to put mine in until I have the capital readily available or know I will have it within two years.
Just absolutely amazing details. I'm sure others will break down and analyze every word. Thanks so much for this. Great to see the weight and Chris on the vehicle. Love to see the little details like the holddown strap point. Will definitely be rewatching this great footage for every little detail.
wow... great interview.....thanks so much......keep the faith
What a great exchange with Chris! It would seem that Aptera is far enough along to be even more free with vehicle details, and so many more were revealed here. Thank you Aptera and thank you Drew.
I would hope to average 1500 miles / week 1/10th from solar. The more use you get from your Aptera, instead of a different vehicle the more you can save.
Excellent interview/tour. Great to see Chris Anthony provide the commentary and show off his knowledge of the vehicle and its engineering. Very hopeful for this to become a reality and for vehicles to begin rolling out of the factory floor. I'm a reservation holder and anxious to have the chance to see and drive a production vehicle, and to make an Aptera my next vehicle purchase.
Dude! What a great interview and showcase of the BINC! Great questions about the wheelpans, because I was thinking about the snow and if they have some engineers working in Europe on that, I look forward to seeing what they come up with. Maybe something that has some sort of venting out the back? Who knows. Would have liked to have heard what they plan on having for Drift-X. Will they have a display or will it just be Chris and Steve going out there and having presentations to see if they could line up any backers. So the belly cooling is being put off for the launch. That's fine.
All the talk about taking out weight and having a more efficient system reminds me of the space program where they really needed to watch how much weight they could push into space. That's pretty neat.
On another note, I was thinking that my garage faces south and is light in color, so I should be able to just back it out of the garage and with the reflected light off the garage, I shouldn't have to orient it in a East West direction. And if need be I can always plug it in at night. I hope that will be a feature as well and you can schedule the time it will charge when plugged in to take advantage of the off peak hours, but I'm sure they already do. And it's great to hear the software is coming along inhouse and with the contractor for the UI. Also great to hear about the way it will link to your phone and use that SMS? system that pagers used to use. Very efficient!
Thanks again Tailosive and Chris and the whole Aptera team!
Can’t wait!!! ❤Aptera ☀️
Drew, thank you again for another great Aptera video! Really excited to see all their hard work and innovation coming to fruition; looking forward to getting mine!
Really well done! Thanks for making the trip. Now I can’t wait for AOC/Steve to recap it all for me tomorrow.
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I’m excited to hear his thoughts too!
Starting to feel like I might actually be able to buy one of these someday. :)
glad to see Aptera show you some love. You gotta be in the records as the #1 aptera influencer by now huh
Can’t wait for Aptera to Publicly IPO. Aptera , Tesla and Polestar are up there with good EVs tbh
Great video and loved seeing the body parts. Aptera is the only EV I would consider buying. I'd probably go for the 400 mile one. Maybe by the time I get my current ride paid off, I'd be able to afford one.
The best video you have done for months. lots of info and explanation .
6:18 employee randomly rides by on a skateboard indoors lmao
This video is showing the Apteras features really good!
Am impressed by the camera work... good job in getting the camera on the things that mattered, showing the story. Thanks!
This company is very transparent. I've seen many "startups" that talk a lot and probably have good intentions but never really show anything. Aptera is a serious company. I hope they start working on a four wheeler version of their car, as I believe "visual appeal" is 50% of marketbility. Okay, I just made up a word. But markeability, or the ability of creating a market for this product, has a lot to do with appeal.
You better get one Drew! Incredible coverage of this really cool unique company.
Also… I only know this company cause you brother 😂.
That’s the plan!
Awesome video!!! THANKS!!!
Awesome video! Thank you!!
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Thank you Drew, excellent job, and wonderful to see this. The ground swell is gaining momentum, and critical mass is upon us, with Drift X and a funding plan soon to be announced.
This is very interesting to watch, thanks for making these :-)
Now this is absolutely brilliant!!! ❤
It's nice to see your true excitement real nice job
amazing video, thanks for all he great information!!!
Good video! Lot's of nice details
Awesome video, always thankful for the coverage!!!
Great video Drew. A lot of good information here. Thanks.
Great interview, well done!
I have two ideas you can share with Aptera. 1. For greater heating and cooling efficiency. Hang a drape behind the seats to keep the conditioned air up front. 2. Head room is never rrally an issue on most cars. My concern is my eye level compared to the rear view mirror/screen. I am 6' 2" and sit very upright in cars. My idea is to move the mirror/screen to behind the steering wheel and in-between the left and right side mirror screens.
In my many trips to the aito shows. I have not found a single vehicle the didnt have the rear view mirror blocking my line of site. I have come up to intersections with the mirror preventing me from seeing a semi truck coming from the right.
You just awesome! What an excellent content!
🎼“ Simply the Best”… Not like all the Rest! “🎶
Thank you ALL. Very informative. Keep is simple… People!😉
Thank you for this super interview 👍👍👍👍👍👏
I’m going to get me one of these with the largest batterypack and travel all the National parks when I retire. Boon docking and making the most of the camping accessories and power from solar charging.
I already love this vehicle! Can't wait to get mine! Thanks for a great video - it's way over my level of comprehension, but I'm glad you know what you're talking about!
Good stuff, thanks
I too had a CRX, and this so reminds me of it. Also had a Del Sol. LOVED both! I recently invested in this company, and I'm getting more excited about the possibilities everyday!
Exciting times! Great video, I’m jealous you are now an Aptera insider! ❤😎👍
Thanks for asking that winter question. I live in Canada where nobody knows about this car
I live in Iowa. We got down to -30 C this past winter. I will report on my experience with an early model after the Accelerators are delivered.
@@n.brucenelson5920 What about canadian accelerators? will we be pushed to the back of the line? This happened with Rivian. But thank God I didn't buy that truck
@@ashrafc7794If you were planning to pick uo your vehicle in Carlsbad, you won't lose your place. Then comes the Paradigms and only then the UAE models.
Great video Drew. The construction is amazing, I love the focus on efficiency.
i love the harbor freight jack , i have the same one they last for decades
With regard to the bike efficiency discussion - the calorie thing is funny and worth thinking about- however from a climate and 'pure energy use' standpoint the greatest source of emissions and energy consumption for cars is building roads and construction of suburban sprawl. The car (even an aptera) will always create vastly more carbon as long as there are car-sized roads and single family home construction. On the plus side, Aptera cars are a lot better than Teslas for city-dwellers without home charging.
Source for your claim that "The car (even an aptera) will always create vastly more carbon as long as there are car-sized roads and single family home construction."?
Love all the small details that were revealed. A little surprised that audio speakers will be a basic setup knowing that Steve is such an audiophile. But hey…overall, SO SO PLEASED with this video and substantial information. Can’t weight for Aptera Owners Club for further breakdown…Great job Drew!!!
Basic speakers probably keeps the costs down.
My Hope is that Aptera will have luxury models in the future to rival that of luxury brands.
They clearly need to get the Aptera on the road..develop a few models then assuming sales are good they can consider more luxury options.
I've specced the upgraded audio option. Looking forward to the details on that system!
Some food for thought on efficiency: The most lightweight electric vehicle you could possibly get (and likely...would ever be made) is a self-balancing electric unicycle. An electric unicycle carrying one person going 25mph consumes about 25 wh/mi. If you think about that as the "ceiling" for electric vehicle efficiency, and the aptera is at 100wh/mi now...there's not that much more you can improve on!
One of those was built and confirmed at that efficiency.
This is not a ceiling for efficiency, because the energy lost due to air resistance can be greatly reduced and Aptera does so, even if it has a little more rolling resistance at low speeds.
@n.brucenelson5920 my dude, the EUC weighs ~60lbs and the aptera weighs 1800lbs.
@@tonydeveyra4611 If you are talking about the Master Pro, you better check your facts. It weighs almost twice as much, and has a fraction of the range, speed, and load carrying capacity.
Next couple of days are the make or break it to find out the extent of our discretionary allowance this period. Prayers we can do the $2k more investment for the $1k off the price. That will make the case for upgrading as well to the 40 kw model.
While I don't play the lottery, if I did won, I'd fund Chris and Steve's best dreams for this vehicle in a minute, but far, far better than a single gut busting millionaire would be a million buyers putting cash down for the vehicle.
The pride the Aptera folk have for their child is palpable! Remember - it takes a village!
So cool!
Amazingly beautiful, thank you for your time,it’s the best video about an Aptera ever.it’s giving me so much hope that is coming soon
I want one!
I would really enjoy this for my 200 mile a day commute. It'd be amazing to upgrade the hatch at a later date for more efficient solar panels.
Great stuff! Really exciting to see the BinC up close… really close. Let’s leave ‘em alone now so they can get that thing wired up and wrapped up! 😊
One question I wanted to ask. When are they going to start the wiring? Are they still waiting for more parts to arrive? Let's say it takes another month. I'd love to see it in stages as they build it.
I did not expect it to have that much room in the cabin.
TBF, not everything is in there yet. And it depends on the size of the people as well. Saw a picture of two female employees sitting in it and they looked like small children if it were in a full equipped vehicle.
The calculations for 85 mph with driver & passenger weight of 370 lbs, shows 164 Wh/mi or an approximate range of 302 miles with a 5% battery reserve.
Something that doesn't seem to add up is the battery pack for the LE. Chris has said more than once that there are roughly 2,900 cells. The best combination I have found for 2,900 cells is 18s 27p / module (2,916 cells). If my math is correct, a 6 module pack will be 53.217 kWh. That doesn't match the 46 kWh that has been said is in the LE. (Each LMN-811 cell is rated at 3.65V & 5.0A.) If someone has better information / calculation, please let me know.
Cant wait to sell my dodge ram for this.
Extremely exciting
Great interview! You are the only company ahead of Tesla. CONGRATULATIONS 🎊
For me efficiency is paramount so that is what attracts me to Aptera. So overall I love what this company is doing. I am disappointed in the decision of not using a heat pump which should be part of the efficiency strategy in my mind. It is not a deal breaker, but I really wish they would reconsider. I wonder if it would be too complex to add it post market?
I ask about that in my previous interview. They want to but they’re much more expensive and not available off the shelf. The HVAC they chose for the launch edition is fairly efficient and very cheap. Long term they want to switch to a heat pump but if they wanted one on launch the wait would be longer
@@TailosiveEV Thanks! I still am curious about an aftermarket retrofit of a heat pump but I think that might be too complicated. I live in Southern CA so it is not that big of a deal unless I take it on a trip to the mountains. I was thinking about a camping situation where it got very cold.
@@KrinkenRohleder I worked for a company that designed and built heat pumps. I was surprised too, but Covid put an end to widely available transportation qualified reversing valves. When this changes again, they can be added in. As a continuous improvement company, Aptera doesn't have to wait for a model year change to add them in.
Great video, thanks to all of you!! Go Aptera!!
Would love to get a look at the planned future models of Apteras mentioned (37:52). Imagine a General Motors Ultralite 1992 concept like sedan/coupe using the stamp and glue body process that is being used here🤔 That would be cool.
There is some general info in the first SEC report.