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Solar vehicle fans rejoice: Aptera begins solar-cell production

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Aptera has announced today that it has begun producing solar cells for its upcoming hyper-efficient EV. A critical part of Aptera’s hyper-efficient vehicle design is the implementation of solar cells that cover the vehicle. The video also highlights some of the design goals Aptera set for its solar design.

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Aptera to showcase solar EV tech in the UAE as it preps its first production-intent builds [Video]

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Aptera Motors has just delivered its first solar EV to a customer. Yes, it is now April, which means we get another video update from Aptera. Aptera Motors is a veteran solar EV startup that perpetually remains on Electrek’s radar for two reasons. April fools! Watch the video in full below.

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Aptera receives new $21 million grant as it nears production readiness

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Aptera has received a new $21 million grant from the California Energy Commission to help it achieve production readiness. As is the challenge for most EV startups, Aptera has been on a non-stop quest to secure capital to start production of its launch edition vehicle.

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Aptera makes DC fast-charging standard with launch edition vehicle

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Aptera has announced that its upcoming launch edition vehicle will come standard with DC fast charging, and is now technically capable of using Tesla Superchargers. Since its inception, a major hurdle for the Aptera design team has been the vehicle’s charging. Do you have any comments, questions, or concerns?

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Tesla owner builds his own deployable solar roof for Model Y

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A Tesla Model Y owner decided to build his own solar roof that can add over 20 miles of range to the electric SUV per day. Tesla, like many other automakers, had previously explored adding solar to electric vehicles, but it has never pulled the trigger on the feature. It led to a surprise announcement.

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CNET Does A Great Job At Covering EVs With Onboard Solar

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Even here at CleanTechnica, there’s a lot of skepticism about solar-powered cars. The obvious problem, of course, is that solar power just doesn’t generate enough power per square foot of surface area to get a lot of power out of the top of a car.

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Volvo adopts Tesla’s NACS Connector for EVs

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Aptera, a solar EV company, adopted NACS before any other automaker. Aptera wants Congress to adopt Tesla Supercharger plugs as U.S. Earlier today, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) announced it would make the Tesla NACS connector a standard and planned to initiate an expedited process to get it to that point.

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