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Aptera raises $40 million to bring the first solar electric vehicle to market

Green Authority

What if you never had to fill your tank with gas or plug in your car to charge with electricity? That is the vision of Aptera; to make the most energy-efficient vehicle to date with solar energy. Well, the company has raised $40 million to bring its solar electric car to production later this year. Sounds too good to be true?

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Membership Drive runs through Nov. 30 - help your local chapter build!

Electric Auto Association

An Aptera free reservation ($100 value) will be awarded to two new or renewing members in each current EVA chapter. You are all appreciated. We thank our volunteers across the country and around the world who work so tirelessly in their communities to spread the word about electric vehicles (EVs).

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Aptera partners with Elaphe for in-wheel-motor technology

Green Car Congress

The rebooted Aptera Motors has teamed with Elaphe Propulsion Technologies on a long-range, volume production electric vehicle powered by in-wheel motors. Aptera, initially known as Accelerated Composites, formed in 2005 to bring highly efficient, three-wheeled vehicles to the market ( earlier post ), went out of business in 2011.

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Tesla set to access up to $20B in revenues from Supercharger deals, Dan Ives says

Teslarati

While Aptera was the first to have access by adopting Tesla’s North American Charging Standard, or NACS, connector, Ford and General Motors followed suit in two announcements that shook the EV industry. Elon Musk teases a ‘production candidate’ Cybertruck at Giga Texas However, recent figures show over 1.9

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Driving electric in an oil capital

Electric Auto Association

The outreach efforts of the Houston Electric Auto Association (HEAA), founded 34 years ago in the heart of American oil country, have not always been met with a positive response. “We For the past two years, there’s been a whole lot more awareness and interest in electric vehicles (EVs),” Douglass continued. Showing a home-brew EV.

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Tech: Aerodynamics Is the Key To EV Range

Clean Fleet Report

We sometimes think that the challenges in front of a new generation of electric vehicles are all new. So at these speeds, aerodynamics easily accounts for more than 90% of all energy needs. Thus it’s no surprise OEMs have been trying to cut those losses long before the breakthrough of electric cars. A Balancing Act.

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“Never Charge EV” -1000 km Range Aptera Solar Car

Get Electric Vehicle

What if there is a vehicle you don’t have spent a single penny for fueling… guess what there is Aptera Solar Car. Aptera is an audacious startup with a vision to change the face of E-mobility forever. The company aims to eliminate the stratification in the EV sector by building affordable solar-powered Electric cars.

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