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A great many people were disappointed--though perhaps not surprised--when green automaker Aptera closed its doors in late 2011. Its project, the Aptera 2e, promised to be one of the most efficient vehicles on the road, but the company suffered the usual startup automaker pitfalls and disappeared with a bang. MORE
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. Here is the full text of the blog post, and the Press Release from Aptera Motors: [link]. Officially Official: Aptera production pushed back to 2010. Source: Aptera Motors]. About Aptera. MORE
But Aptera seems to think its solar-supplemented three-wheeler can fill that role just as well—if, perhaps for day-camping. Aptera recently completed its second "alpha" prototype, which the company named Sol, and released a video showing the. MORE
Aptera has just released a statement, saying it will shut down operations today. The official letter is below: After years of focused effort to bring our products to the market, Aptera Motors is closing its doors, effective today. This is a difficult time for everyone connected with our company because we have never been closer to realizing our MORE
Aptera Three-wheel two-seatWhat's the minimum necessary range for an electric car? 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. So the idea of an electric car with 1,000. MORE
Aptera are aiming to build a car with unrivalled efficiency to give it a range of 1000 miles MORE
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.” MORE
Aptera Motors now claims its updated electric three-wheeler will be able to run entirely on solar power, with no charging required for daily use. Specifically, Aptera claims its solar. MORE
The gist is that the unique Aptera three-wheeled electric car is supposedly going to be reborn, and will return to the U.S. A new company, Aptera USA, purchased the assets of the old Aptera after its December shutdown--including the designs This story is now a couple of weeks old, but we haven't hurried to publish it. market sometime next year. MORE
The alpha prototypes handled really well, according to Chris Anthony MORE
Aptera says you won’t have to plug in. Toyota finally confirms some electric vehicles on the way. Volvo’s first electric car is on our annual shortlist. And Canoo is planning to show another electric van—this one for making deliveries. MORE
It is now time for the beta prototypes and they promise some improvements MORE
The moment we've all been waiting for - the first few shiny Apteras have poked their noses out from the factory door MORE
We look at what Aptera sees as the lifestyle for its solar-supplemented, three-wheeled, hyper-efficient EV. The 2022 Jaguar I-Pace is getting a new interface and faster charging. MORE
Which EV startup sent out an SOS? Which upcoming full-size pickup has the operating footprint of an 85 mpg gasoline vehicle? Hint: It just might be electric. This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 12, 2021. MORE
That would be the Aptera 2e. The car is more than just an exercise in styling: Aptera plans to bring the car to market in late 2011. As electric cars make their way to market, one funky little vehicle has captured plenty of attention for its unusual looks. To that end, the company has been bringing a fully drivable prototype to various cities MORE
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. Tesla’s putting its 94-mile Model 3 out in the open, in Canada. MORE
The Aptera electric car, so futuristic looking it will appear in an upcoming Star Trek movie, is becoming more believable with each passing day. Tags: aptera battery electric car Extremely lightweight, it will be able to get decent range out of a relatively small lithium battery pack. Three-wheeled, it will not be speed limited like four-wheeled NEVs. They produced a short video from inside their Southern California base station. Check it out. Source: Autobloggreen.com ]. MORE
Which automaker has a Canadian compliance car with just 94 miles of range? Which plug-in hybrid isn’t staying on dealer lots because demand remains so strong? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 16, 2021. MORE
Which battery startup hinted that its technology might be close to production-ready? Which automaker’s CEO suggested that a timeline for a gasoline-vehicle ban might be better than a credit system? MORE
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Remy International will supply HVH250 electric motors ( earlier post ) for Aptera Motors’s Aptera 2e electric vehicle. Remy is already supplying a High Voltage Hairpin (HVH) electric motor for Aptera’s entry in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, where the 2e has successfully reached fourth phase of competition. The three-wheel Aptera 2e has a novel light-weight design weighing approximately 1,800 pounds. MORE
Posed in front of a mirrored glass office building under a colorful logo, they are the final employees of the now-defunct Aptera Motors on the last day of its existence: Friday, December 2. Now we can bring you the inside chronology of the events that led to the end of Aptera It's not the best photo, but it means a lot to the 19 people in it. MORE
It was great while it lasted, but the dream of being able to buy a sleek, three-wheeled Aptera 2e electric car seems to be receding into the distance. A month ago, the company stopped taking deposits for new Apteras, blaming an issue with the escrow account in which they were held. Now, the company says it will return all deposits it has taken to MORE
On Friday, Aptera CEO Paul Wilbur sent out an email with the news that the Aptera 2e -- the all-electric, two-seat, ultra-efficient car we’ve awaited for nearly five years -- wouldn’t be making it into production. As the long, drawn-out story that has been Aptera’s existence finally comes to a close, what can other small MORE
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That's what happened to Aptera, builders of a tadpole-like, two-seat, three-wheeled electric vehicle. But Aptera If at first you don't succeed, try again. It's a positive, optimistic attitude that can go a long way when presented with challenges--such as your first electric car company disappearing after several years of optimism and hype. MORE
AVL North America announced that since January 2009, it has contributed to the development of Aptera Motors’ electric vehicle concept, Aptera 2e, an Alternative Class finalist in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE competition, through use of its vehicle system and driveline analysis tool, AVL CRUISE. The adaptable platform also played a key role in helping Aptera to meet the competition’s safety, emissions and performance requirements. MORE
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. Elaphe is a perfect match for Aptera. We provide the packaging versatility and turning needed to enable Aptera’s industry-best efficiencies. MORE
The post Here Comes the Sol: Introducing Aptera’s Second Solar Electric Vehicle appeared first on EV Obsession. The sun is the most important and largest source of energy for life on Earth. MORE
At the end of last week we broke the news that Aptera, the company responsible for the futuristic three-wheeled electric car known as the Aptera 2e was closing down. Now a series of YouTube videos have surfaced showing showing people we assume to be Aptera employees wilfully destroying Aptera body shells with a forklift truck, presumably so they MORE
Aptera's CTO said that in a chat with the Denver Electric Vehicle Council MORE
Skin cooling and size are among the most recent videos MORE
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. The Aptera 2e. MORE
And will an activist strategy about oil stoke interest in Aptera? Electric cars are cleaner than gas cars almost everywhere. Ethanol faces more challenges at the pump. Battery-electric trains catch on in Europe. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. MORE
The Aptera three-wheeled car is back with in-wheel motor tech. It’s a morning of returns. The British brand Morris is back with an all-electric, carbon-fiber vehicle. And Tesla has returned to Germany’s Nürburgring. A reconstituted Toyota concept points to future tech for Lexus, and Bosch borrows from airbag technology for a. Today in Car News MORE
A video recently last Tuesday by Aptera takes exactly that angle—introducing the company’s electric three-wheeler in light of international conflict and climate change, as related to the oil. MORE
Aptera returns. A familiar name in electric vehicles, Aptera, is back—with a new version of its three-wheeled EV that can now go up to a claimed 1,000 miles on a. Lithium is unexpectedly plentiful. Faraday Future could be headed for more change. And does smart charging matter as much as fast charging? All this and more on Green Car Reports. MORE
Aptera Motors, the developer of an all-electric, three-wheeled lightweight aerodynamic vehicle ( earlier post ) is shutting down. Aptera executives had been engaged in exhaustive due diligence with the Department of Energy (DOE) pertaining to an ATVM (Advance Technology Vehicle Manufacturing) loan. The concept of this vehicle had been in place since the very beginning of Aptera, and we had been wholly focused on its development for the last year. MORE
Electric vehicle startup Aptera has just released a new video with perhaps the best look yet at the company’s futuristic electric three-wheeler. more… The post Aptera shows off its ultra-futuristic solar-powered Sol electric vehicle with 1,000-mile range appeared first on Electrek. MORE
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. If Aptera rings a bell but you can't quite place it, it was a company that was seeking funding to build a hyper-efficient, three-wheel electric car way back MORE
It was enough to leave Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield “pretty darned excited” about the trike MORE
Steve Fambro, Aptera's founder, will be speaking today for the first time about Aptera. Specifically - hopefully - What Went Wrong Over at Aptera. Not to be ghoulish about an EV company that didn't make it, but.don't we all wanna know? The show airs live at 3pm Eastern on Transport Evolved MORE
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. It was a rainy night but I decided to jump in my car and see the new Aptera in person tonight in Long Beach. From: Aptera. MORE
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JUNE 10, 2021
But Aptera seems to think its solar-supplemented three-wheeler can fill that role just as well—if, perhaps for day-camping. Aptera recently completed its second "alpha" prototype, which the company named Sol, and released a video showing the.
Electrek
JUNE 9, 2021
Electric vehicle startup Aptera has just released a new video with perhaps the best look yet at the company’s futuristic electric three-wheeler. more… The post Aptera shows off its ultra-futuristic solar-powered Sol electric vehicle with 1,000-mile range appeared first on Electrek.
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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2019
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. Elaphe is a perfect match for Aptera. We provide the packaging versatility and turning needed to enable Aptera’s industry-best efficiencies.
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.”
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Aptera Motors now claims its updated electric three-wheeler will be able to run entirely on solar power, with no charging required for daily use. Specifically, Aptera claims its solar.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 28, 2019
Aptera Three-wheel two-seatWhat's the minimum necessary range for an electric car? 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. So the idea of an electric car with 1,000.
Green Car Reports
JUNE 10, 2021
We look at what Aptera sees as the lifestyle for its solar-supplemented, three-wheeled, hyper-efficient EV. The 2022 Jaguar I-Pace is getting a new interface and faster charging.
InsideEVs
MAY 10, 2021
Aptera's CTO said that in a chat with the Denver Electric Vehicle Council
Electric Cars are for Girls
DECEMBER 9, 2011
Steve Fambro, Aptera's founder, will be speaking today for the first time about Aptera. Specifically - hopefully - What Went Wrong Over at Aptera. Not to be ghoulish about an EV company that didn't make it, but.don't we all wanna know? The show airs live at 3pm Eastern on Transport Evolved
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. If Aptera rings a bell but you can't quite place it, it was a company that was seeking funding to build a hyper-efficient, three-wheel electric car way back
Green Car Reports
MARCH 30, 2020
A video recently last Tuesday by Aptera takes exactly that angle—introducing the company’s electric three-wheeler in light of international conflict and climate change, as related to the oil.
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Aptera says you won’t have to plug in. Toyota finally confirms some electric vehicles on the way. Volvo’s first electric car is on our annual shortlist. And Canoo is planning to show another electric van—this one for making deliveries.
Revenge of the Electric Car
NOVEMBER 20, 2009
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. Here is the full text of the blog post, and the Press Release from Aptera Motors: [link]. Officially Official: Aptera production pushed back to 2010. Source: Aptera Motors]. About Aptera.
EV Obssesion
JUNE 8, 2021
The post Here Comes the Sol: Introducing Aptera’s Second Solar Electric Vehicle appeared first on EV Obsession. The sun is the most important and largest source of energy for life on Earth.
Green Car Reports
MARCH 30, 2020
And will an activist strategy about oil stoke interest in Aptera? Electric cars are cleaner than gas cars almost everywhere. Ethanol faces more challenges at the pump. Battery-electric trains catch on in Europe. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 28, 2019
Aptera returns. A familiar name in electric vehicles, Aptera, is back—with a new version of its three-wheeled EV that can now go up to a claimed 1,000 miles on a. Lithium is unexpectedly plentiful. Faraday Future could be headed for more change. And does smart charging matter as much as fast charging? All this and more on Green Car Reports.
InsideEVs
JUNE 9, 2021
You won't want to miss the integrated tent option
Electric Cars are for Girls
JANUARY 21, 2009
The moment we've all been waiting for - the first few shiny Apteras have poked their noses out from the factory door
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 2, 2011
Aptera has just released a statement, saying it will shut down operations today. The official letter is below: After years of focused effort to bring our products to the market, Aptera Motors is closing its doors, effective today. This is a difficult time for everyone connected with our company because we have never been closer to realizing our
InsideEVs
MAY 21, 2021
Skin cooling and size are among the most recent videos
Plugs and Cars
MAY 2, 2008
The Aptera electric car, so futuristic looking it will appear in an upcoming Star Trek movie, is becoming more believable with each passing day. Tags: aptera battery electric car Extremely lightweight, it will be able to get decent range out of a relatively small lithium battery pack. Three-wheeled, it will not be speed limited like four-wheeled NEVs. They produced a short video from inside their Southern California base station. Check it out. Source: Autobloggreen.com ].
InsideEVs
MAY 20, 2021
It is now time for the beta prototypes and they promise some improvements
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 7, 2011
At the end of last week we broke the news that Aptera, the company responsible for the futuristic three-wheeled electric car known as the Aptera 2e was closing down. Now a series of YouTube videos have surfaced showing showing people we assume to be Aptera employees wilfully destroying Aptera body shells with a forklift truck, presumably so they
Revenge of the Electric Car
FEBRUARY 5, 2009
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. It was a rainy night but I decided to jump in my car and see the new Aptera in person tonight in Long Beach. From: Aptera.
Green Car Reports
JUNE 13, 2021
Which EV startup sent out an SOS? Which upcoming full-size pickup has the operating footprint of an 85 mpg gasoline vehicle? Hint: It just might be electric. This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 12, 2021.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 17, 2021
Which automaker has a Canadian compliance car with just 94 miles of range? Which plug-in hybrid isn’t staying on dealer lots because demand remains so strong? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 16, 2021.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 16, 2019
The Aptera three-wheeled car is back with in-wheel motor tech. It’s a morning of returns. The British brand Morris is back with an all-electric, carbon-fiber vehicle. And Tesla has returned to Germany’s Nürburgring. A reconstituted Toyota concept points to future tech for Lexus, and Bosch borrows from airbag technology for a. Today in Car News
Green Car Congress
APRIL 14, 2010
Remy International will supply HVH250 electric motors ( earlier post ) for Aptera Motors’s Aptera 2e electric vehicle. Remy is already supplying a High Voltage Hairpin (HVH) electric motor for Aptera’s entry in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, where the 2e has successfully reached fourth phase of competition. The three-wheel Aptera 2e has a novel light-weight design weighing approximately 1,800 pounds.
Green Car Reports
MARCH 25, 2013
That's what happened to Aptera, builders of a tadpole-like, two-seat, three-wheeled electric vehicle. But Aptera If at first you don't succeed, try again. It's a positive, optimistic attitude that can go a long way when presented with challenges--such as your first electric car company disappearing after several years of optimism and hype.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 15, 2010
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. The Aptera 2e.
Green Car Reports
MAY 23, 2012
The gist is that the unique Aptera three-wheeled electric car is supposedly going to be reborn, and will return to the U.S. A new company, Aptera USA, purchased the assets of the old Aptera after its December shutdown--including the designs This story is now a couple of weeks old, but we haven't hurried to publish it. market sometime next year.
Discover EV
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Aptera are aiming to build a car with unrivalled efficiency to give it a range of 1000 miles
InsideEVs
APRIL 10, 2021
The alpha prototypes handled really well, according to Chris Anthony
Green Car Reports
JUNE 12, 2013
A great many people were disappointed--though perhaps not surprised--when green automaker Aptera closed its doors in late 2011. Its project, the Aptera 2e, promised to be one of the most efficient vehicles on the road, but the company suffered the usual startup automaker pitfalls and disappeared with a bang.
InsideEVs
APRIL 13, 2021
It was enough to leave Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield “pretty darned excited” about the trike
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Which battery startup hinted that its technology might be close to production-ready? Which automaker’s CEO suggested that a timeline for a gasoline-vehicle ban might be better than a credit system?
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 12, 2011
Posed in front of a mirrored glass office building under a colorful logo, they are the final employees of the now-defunct Aptera Motors on the last day of its existence: Friday, December 2. Now we can bring you the inside chronology of the events that led to the end of Aptera It's not the best photo, but it means a lot to the 19 people in it.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2010
AVL North America announced that since January 2009, it has contributed to the development of Aptera Motors’ electric vehicle concept, Aptera 2e, an Alternative Class finalist in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE competition, through use of its vehicle system and driveline analysis tool, AVL CRUISE. The adaptable platform also played a key role in helping Aptera to meet the competition’s safety, emissions and performance requirements.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 11, 2010
That would be the Aptera 2e. The car is more than just an exercise in styling: Aptera plans to bring the car to market in late 2011. As electric cars make their way to market, one funky little vehicle has captured plenty of attention for its unusual looks. To that end, the company has been bringing a fully drivable prototype to various cities
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 2, 2011
Aptera Motors, the developer of an all-electric, three-wheeled lightweight aerodynamic vehicle ( earlier post ) is shutting down. Aptera executives had been engaged in exhaustive due diligence with the Department of Energy (DOE) pertaining to an ATVM (Advance Technology Vehicle Manufacturing) loan. The concept of this vehicle had been in place since the very beginning of Aptera, and we had been wholly focused on its development for the last year.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 13, 2011
It was great while it lasted, but the dream of being able to buy a sleek, three-wheeled Aptera 2e electric car seems to be receding into the distance. A month ago, the company stopped taking deposits for new Apteras, blaming an issue with the escrow account in which they were held. Now, the company says it will return all deposits it has taken to
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 5, 2011
On Friday, Aptera CEO Paul Wilbur sent out an email with the news that the Aptera 2e -- the all-electric, two-seat, ultra-efficient car we’ve awaited for nearly five years -- wouldn’t be making it into production. As the long, drawn-out story that has been Aptera’s existence finally comes to a close, what can other small
InsideEVs
MAY 28, 2021
She is an independent Director for a SPAC
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