Green Car Reports
JUNE 27, 2022
California’s Aptera Motors today confirmed its battery supplier for its upcoming solar-supplemented, hyper-efficient three-wheeled cars: China’s EVE Energy. It plans to use cylindrical cells, in the same 2170 format that’s been used in the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, as well as the Rivian R1T and others.
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 23, 2023
Aptera details the first of its three-wheeled solar EVs due to have up to a 1,000-mile range. The Aptera Launch. Lucid offers one of many expected luxury EV leases tapping into federal money. Tesla claims its heat pump is better. And Lightyear bails on its solar-car starting line and skips to the future.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 12, 2021
Aptera Motors’ says that most drivers will never need to charge its three-wheeled, solar-powered car—offering a driving range of up to 1,000 miles—and that it will be “the most efficient vehicle ever made available to consumers.”
Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Aptera claims to have raised enough money in a recent crowdfunding campaign to start production of its solar-assisted three-wheeled EV, but the company is still far from assured of success. Aptera is no stranger to crowdfunding. Aptera investment perks The company also claims to have made meaningful progress.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 12, 2021
Tesla’s putting its 94-mile Model 3 out in the open, in Canada. And Aptera’s “never charge” solar car goes to the track. Aptera’s three-wheeled. Panasonic expresses some skepticism about the battery format Tesla sees as the future. What did hybrids look like a century ago?
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Aptera, self-proclaimed builder of the world's most efficient passenger vehicle, is partnering with Elaphe Propulsion to bring in-wheel motor technology to its 1,000-mile electric two-seater.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 28, 2019
The world's auto industry seems to have settled on 200-plus miles for North America and 300 kilometers (160 miles) or more for European and Asian markets. The longest-range 2019 Tesla, the Model S Long Range, gets an EPA range rating of 370 miles. What's the minimum necessary range for an electric car?
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