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Aptera delays 2e until 2010

Revenge of the Electric Car

Big changes at Aptera … more details ( plus official press release ) after the jump: Officially Official: Aptera production pushed back to 2010. Addressing the situation he said: “Right now my advanced work is a lower priority for Aptera. Officially Official: Aptera production pushed back to 2010.

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Lightyear shelves solar EV plans, hires executives to spearhead solar systems for other OEMs

Baua Electric

Also joining the Lightyear team as its new CFO is Marnix Borghouts – a CPA and finance executive with over three decades of experience across several sectors. That only leaves Southern California solar EV developer and reborn startup in its own right, Aptera Motors, as the last of the big three still fighting to reach scaled production.

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Aptera Unveils Pre-Production 2e, Suppliers

Green Car Congress

In a press conference in Carlsbad, California, Aptera Motors unveiled the pre-production version of the electric three-wheel, 200+ mpg Aptera 2e along with 23 strategic suppliers , including GE; A123Systems for the Li-ion battery pack; Remy International for the drive motor ( earlier post ); and BorgWarner for the single ratio transaxle.

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Plug In 2008

Plug In Partners

San Diego Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison Co. million into electric-vehicle maker Aptera and battery start-up ActaCell. Aptera, of Carlsbad, Calif., million in series A financing led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and including Google.org, Applied Ventures, and Good Energies. " and Southern Company.

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And the EVA Board candidates are…

Electric Auto Association

My Bachelor's Degree is in Mass Communication and I am half way through gaining my Master's Degree in Business where I scored very high in Leadership, Teamwork, and Finance. We know that gas and oil change stations will morph in the future and that roads in the Midwest will look like more like roads in California do today.

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2010 Aptera 2e First Drive and Video on Inside Line

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Thats the beauty of the 2010 Aptera 2e electric vehicle — you can speed away from the scene and the cops wont know it, with just a quiet hum as the electric motor winds up and a feeling of satisfaction as the torque presses you deep into the seatback. she asks, pointing to the teardrop-shape prototype of the Aptera 2e were driving.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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