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Aptera Reveals Launch Edition EV

CleanTechnica EVs

Recently, Aptera held a live online event where the company revealed the Launch Edition version of its three-wheeled solar-powered car. You can see the event yourself below, or read my recap and commentary below it. There are some really cool things about the final design, but also some downsides early adopters will face.

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Aptera Reveals Launch Edition EV (Part 2)

CleanTechnica EVs

In Part 1, I shared a lot of information that came from Aptera’s Launch Edition reveal. A link to watch the event yourself is also included in Part 1. If you haven’t already read that, I’d recommend starting there.

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Franz von Holzhausen to speak at X Takeover, formerly Tesla Takeover

Teslarati

Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen has been announced as one of the keynote speakers for an upcoming enthusiasts meetup event, set to take place in California this summer. Last year’s event had around 2,000 attendees, and the organizers are expecting between 2,000 and 3,000 for this year’s event.

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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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Aptera 2e makes public debut

Revenge of the Electric Car

We have TWO reports from guest bloggers who attended the Aptera in the Wild EVent Thursday night at Smooth’s Sports Grille in Long Beach, CA. Also embedded below is a recent Aptera 2e demo ride video (with founder Steve Fambro) from the 2009 TED conference (held in Long Beach, CA) recently uploaded by Aptera forum member Josh.

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Enthusiasm electric!

Electric Auto Association

On Saturday, January 28, over 150 members attended the official annual meeting and ride-and-drive at Aptera headquarters in Carlsbad, over 100 staying for dinner. In spite of the intermittent rain, test drives continued an hour after the event officially ended. “It We couldn’t have asked for a better turnout.”

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Ford Europe EV Plans, Virginia Now a ZEV State – EV Week In Review: Feb. 15-22, 2021

EV Adoption

VW will overtake Tesla in EV sales by 2025, analyst says – Tesla’s global EV market share is expected to slip from more than 20 percent in 2020 to about 10 percent in 2025, with VW Group’s growing from less than 10 percent to more than 15 percent, Pete Kelly, LMC managing director, said last week in an online forecast event. 22, via Reuters.