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Mercedes eSprinter review, Aptera funding, Tesla California sales, EV crash course: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Aptera says it has enough money to push ahead with production. Tesla tops the sales charts in California by a long shot. Mercedes’ eSprinter previews passenger vans and more. And is 90 minutes enough to school dealerships on EVs? This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Aptera confirms Tesla charge port for its solar EV

Green Car Reports

Aptera this week confirmed that its solar-supplemented three-wheel production EV will offer a Tesla connector and corresponding charging equipment, both produced by the charging-hardware maker Lectron. The California startup's adoption of the Tesla standard, now called NACS, was already all but a given.

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Aptera awarded $21M grant from California Energy Commission to help bring solar EVs to production

Electrek

Solar electric vehicle startup Aptera Motors shared encouraging news today as it has been awarded a grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to the tune of $21 million. more… The post Aptera awarded $21M grant from California Energy Commission to help bring solar EVs to production appeared first on Electrek.

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Aptera chooses EVE Energy 2170 cells for 1,000-mile solar-supplemented EV

Green Car Reports

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.

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Aptera Reveals Gamma (Near-Production) Vehicle Interior

CleanTechnica EVs

A recent social media post by Aptera shows that it is making significant progress toward its production vehicle. Not only is Aptera on the last phase before its production design, but they’ve kitted it out with a complete interior and exterior (something it didn’t do with the last phase of production).

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Aptera is tuning its 1,000-mile EV—and it can outrun some sports cars

Green Car Reports

Aptera recently provided an update on development of its electric 3-wheeler, releasing a pair of videos showing a test mule being put through its paces at California's Chuckwalla Valley Raceway. The stripped-down vehicle shown here is a "beta" prototype, representing the second of four phases of development, Aptera noted.

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Aptera receives new $21 million grant as it nears production readiness

Teslarati

Aptera has received a new $21 million grant from the California Energy Commission to help it achieve production readiness. As is the challenge for most EV startups, Aptera has been on a non-stop quest to secure capital to start production of its launch edition vehicle. Do you have any comments, questions, or concerns?

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