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Aptera Forges Strategic Alliance with CTNS to Build Battery Packs for its Solar EV

Electric Cars Report

Aptera Motors takes a critical step towards its goal to reach scaled production of its transformative solar EV with the establishment of a strategic alliance with CTNS.

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Taiwanese energy company to supply batteries to Aptera and is rumored to produce the SEVs in Taiwan

Electrek

Aptera Cofounder and Co-CEO Chris Anthony is there with Taiwanese energy company Formosa AdvEnergy Technology Corp, on the heels of a new agreement to supply batteries to Aptera’s upcoming solar EVs. Nancy Pelosi isn’t the only American shaking things up in Taiwan this week.

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Aptera and EVE Energy partner for 21700 NMC battery cells

Teslarati

Aptera has announced that they will be using EVE Energy batteries in their upcoming production car, and the batteries will be produced in San Diego. Specifically, Aptera has chosen to use EVE’s 21700 NMC 811 cylindrical lithium-ion batteries in its structural battery packs.

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Aptera makes DC fast-charging standard with launch edition vehicle

Teslarati

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. What do you think of the article?

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Aptera CEOs discuss IPO plans, solar EV production, 3-wheel variants, and a possible 4-wheel model

Baua Electric

Video footage meant for investors has leaked, showing Aptera Motors co-founders and co-CEOs Steve Fambro and Chris Anthony discussing many topics about the solar EV startup’s future, including a potential IPO. Usually, when we share progress updates from notable solar EV developer Aptera Motors, they come directly from the horse’s mouth.

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Aptera sells all 2,000 production slots of its Launch Edition solar EV, raising nearly $34 million

Baua Electric

We are just over one year removed from the initial launch of solar EV startup Aptera’s Accelerator program, which was implemented to not only get customers to commit to their SEV purchase fully but also help give the company some financial runway as it inches toward scaled production.

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Aptera’s latest update teases its solar EV app, battery tech, and delivery timelines [Video]

Baua Electric

Solar EV startup Aptera Motors continued its welcomed level of public transparency today, posting another progress update video for February, offering some juicy details. There is a multitude of reasons why Aptera Motors is different from the other OEMs out there. There’s lots to unfold here, so let’s dig in.

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