CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This solar powered electric car from Aptera could succeed where others have failed, now that autocycles are trending again. The post The Solar Electric Car That Looks Like An Airplane Is Almost Ready For Takeoff appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

What An Aptera Is Like On Real Streets The dynamics of driving in parking lots and at low speeds is important, but the Aptera is designed to be a vehicle that’s not only capable of driving on the highway, but going up […]. This article is part of a series. You can find Part 1 here.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 11, 2021

Aptera recently posted a video giving us a better peek at the vehicle and its features. In the video, the company shows its second development vehicle, nicknamed Sol. We didn’t learn many new details, but it’s a good way for people new to the idea of the company to get familiar with it, while giving […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Aptera put out a video update on Monday showing off the company’s three and only Alpha prototypes. For those unfamiliar, Aptera intends to build four phases of vehicles: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 12, 2022

We are pushing technology to the limits, especially when it comes to technology within new electric vehicles. One of the most exciting upcoming electric vehicles for many of us is the Aptera, and I recently had a chance to checkout the Gamma prototype at Fully Charged […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 19, 2021

Recently, Aptera unveiled a new investor section of its website, and the company also showed a fan-made video of the vehicle appearing in GTA 5. The Investor Website Before I get started with this article, let’s get one thing completely out of the way: I’m a terrible source for investment advice.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 16, 2022

While we’ve done a lot of articles about Aptera (to the point where a few readers expressed this to us, so we’re cutting back on it), and even visited its facility and took some test drives, one key detail has still been up in the air: the battery pack. This is a key component to […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Since Aptera re-emerged in 2019-2020, all of the vehicle’s prototypes have had a Tesla plug that hides behind the autocycle’s small license plate. At the beginning, Aptera couldn’t tell us what its final choice of plug would be, but it seemed to be its preference. In some ways, this is hardly news at all.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In & Around The Aptera Vehicles The most important thing that readers should understand is that photographs and even videos tend to make the vehicle look smaller than it really is. The car’s odd shape and small frontal area are great for […]. This article is part of a series. You can find Part 1 here.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As I got out of my car in Aptera’s parking lot, I heard the roar of a fighter jet taking off to the east. It was a slightly strange roar, a little lower pitched than the ones I’ve heard elsewhere. The fighter quickly swept down the little canyon, and off toward the ocean, followed by […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Aptera, the company building airplane-like cars that CleanTechnica has been covering for over a decade, is making a lot of progress.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The idea of putting solar panels on electric cars is gaining more traction, both as a charging convenience and as a contribution to grid reliability and resilience. The post Electric Cars In Every Garage, With Solar Panels appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 23, 2023

Maybe there will be an interesting book about Aptera after it inevitably fails. More likely it would be a moderately interesting chapter in a book about really bad ideas

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 10, 2025

The US startup Aptera deploys embedded solar panels to raise the bar on autocycles in the electric vehicle market. The post Three-Wheeled Electric Vehicles Are Coming For Your Fossil Fuels appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

As Aptera gets closer to production, I’ve been thinking a lot about where I’m going to take mine to push it to its limits. I think this is an important part of telling the story of the first 1,000-mile rated EV, and it gives us a preview of what’s going to be possible as battery […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 24, 2025

The new solar car from the US EV startup Aptera is on track for production, with a display screen from the leading flat panel manufacturer Tianma. The post One Step Closer To The Electric Solar Car Of The Future…Er, Solar Autocycle, That Is appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 17, 2009

“Recharging Transportation” offers viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the innovative California-based startup, Aptera Motors. Aptera Motors, and other new energy startups like it, are answering the energy challenges today and helping to provide clean technology jobs to the next generation of autoworkers. www.aptera.com.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Thus it’s no surprise OEMs have been trying to cut those losses long before the breakthrough of electric cars. Aerodynamic efficiency has a direct impact on fuel consumption, something always on car makers agenda. For example, Ford experimented with different shapes for its “Probe” concept car series.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 22, 2021

Another recent piece here at CleanTechnica went over a way to get 5 electric cars built with the same lithium that goes into an EV today. What George said is definitely true, but I wanted to add some thoughts on how we could actually make it happen. One non-starter I saw in the article was […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 22, 2021

How Far We’ve Come While electric cars were once dominant (around 1900), they fell from use because the battery technology of the time just wasn’t really up to most drivers’ needs. This article is part of a short series. You can find Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here. Once Cadillac started […].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. . and Chrysler. .’s

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The last year has been tough for solar-electric car companies. There are many valid reasons to be skeptical of onboard solar panels powering electric vehicles, and when investors don’t believe in something, they don’t invest in it. Without investment money, getting a vehicle to production can be impossible.

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As we support Community Outreach Group working to develop and implement (CEJA) Clean Energy Jobs Act and (FEJA) Future Energy Jobs Acts) programs in underserved areas. We completed our first clean energy project in 2020 — the installation of a Level 2 EV charging station at St. Paul’s Church on Chicago’s North Side.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 5, 2022

A recent article at Slash Gear attempted to tackle the problem of solar-powered cars. The topic did hit the news last month with cars like the Vision EQXX concept and Hyundai’s hybrid Sonata sporting solar panels, and if those cars were all we had to go on, the science mentioned in the article would be […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 29, 2022

A recent video at YouTube not only explains the math behind solar-powered EVs, but also gave plenty of nuance on the subject. More importantly, it’s made to be accessible for people who don’t follow EVs the way that many of our readers do. For those of you who don’t watch videos, or who are at […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 28, 2022

In another piece highlighting some comments Sandy Munro made in an extended Q&A session at TeslaCon Florida, this one includes a few videos about the EV transition, big legacy automakers he believes in and ones he doesn’t, and even short commentary on the large potential customer Sandy decided to turn down. In the first video […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 28, 2022

For many people, a car priced around $25,000 is important. After word that a $25,000 basic Tesla has been put on the back burner in favor of other products, I saw a lot of complaining. Whether it’s lower or fixed incomes, a desire to be frugal, or just that people would rather spend money on […].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Raising money to bring a PHEV to market.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 21, 2023

It ain’t easy being an electric car startup, and it’s even less easy if you’re doing something more exotic, like trying to sell a solar-powered car.

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