CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 23, 2022

A few days ago, Aptera put out a monthly update. Aptera also revealed the next (and third) stage of vehicle prototypes, the Gamma, which is fairly close to production. One interesting tidbit is that Aptera […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 21, 2023

Recently, Aptera held a live online event where the company revealed the Launch Edition version of its three-wheeled solar-powered car. There are some really cool things about the final design, but also some downsides early adopters will face. You can see the event yourself below, or read my recap and commentary below it.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 12, 2022

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 […]. We are pushing technology to the limits, especially when it comes to technology within new electric vehicles.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 22, 2022

Last year, I had a chance to visit Aptera and take a ride in its prototype vehicles. It was a fun experience, and we could see that Aptera is fundamentally on the right track to making a decent vehicle. We were pretty mild-mannered when we visited, but from what I see in this recent Rich […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

As Aptera moves its way through the development process and toward production, the company knows that its current facility just isn’t going to be enough. For one thing, Aptera is planning to make 40 vehicles daily at some point next year, and that’s not going to happen in a garage or even in a small […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 11, 2022

A couple weeks ago, we covered Aptera’s buried announcement that it will be using the Tesla/NACS plug for its vehicle. It was expected that the company would make this choice, but it was not highlighted. Days later the company announced in a blog post (as the main topic) that it would be using the Tesla […].

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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 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

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

JANUARY 21, 2023

In Part 1, I shared a lot of information that came from Aptera’s Launch Edition reveal. If you haven’t already read that, I’d recommend starting there. A link to watch the event yourself is also included in Part 1.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 22, 2022

Aptera recently acquired Andromeda Interfaces, a company that it was already working with to develop its upcoming vehicle’s user interface. One of the biggest things Andromeda brings to the table is its Energy Tipster software.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

A recent video by Aptera shows us not only that it is committed to making the vehicle repairable by normal people, but it also gave us a peek at how some of that is actually going to happen. Keep in mind that these shots are of Alpha vehicles (early development vehicles), so things are likely […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 7, 2022

Last week, Aptera revealed the latest version of the vehicle’s interior. While it may not be the final design, it does show the direction the company wants to go as it moves through the development process. Most of the interior is fairly standard EV fare, including a very simple interior, a center display, etc. The […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

For those who don’t follow Aptera too closely, the company recently revealed its third and next-to-last vehicle design: Gamma. It shows not only improvements in the overall design as it relates to buyers, but also shows the work the company has done to make it easy to build and easy to repair. Here’s a short […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 27, 2022

In the past, we’ve had a lot of positive coverage of Aptera, and that’s something I hope to be able to continue. But, we must also cover the challenges the company faces. It has built several prototypes, secured a manufacturing space, and seems to now have both a solid design and a solid plan for […].

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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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In Part 1, I explained the situation Aptera faces as it makes the case to the world that it’s ready for serious production. But, like last time, the biggest thing holding the vehicle back is that the car isn’t very normal. With two seats, three wheels, and a very unconventional shape, it’s got a lot […].

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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

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

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

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. This article is part of a series. You can find Part 1 here. The car’s odd shape and small frontal area are great for […].

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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

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

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A recent video by Aptera tells us not only that its vehicle-mounted solar panels are in production, but gives us some clues about the journey to get to this point. It wasn’t easy, and certainly wasn’t just a matter of slapping some panels on the outside of the car. As pointed out in the beginning […].

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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. Everyone knows that solar power is great and useful, but many people also know that the limited space on the outside of a car just doesn’t gather that much […]

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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

OCTOBER 25, 2021

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Aptera. Its upcoming solar-electric vehicle will be able to go up to 1,000 miles (1600 km) on a charge, but for most people doing their normal routines, the vehicle won’t usually need to charge at all. This sounds outlandish to many people because cars just don’t […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Probably the best example of this criticism was when Aptera promoted its petition for Congress to mandate Tesla’s much smaller and more elegant plug be the US standard instead […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 22, 2022

With a super efficient car like an Aptera, you can get a meaningful amount of power from solar panels, mostly because the car doesn’t use that much power. One of the big problems with solar vehicles is that there’s just not much room on a car to make that much power. But, if you don’t […].

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Electric Auto Association

JULY 5, 2021

Houston chapter leads toward clean energy in Texas. Clean air and clean water are on everyone’s minds right now,” Douglass said, explaining that city officials have been hard at work adapting alternative energy sources. Kevin Douglass is an ambassador for Aptera,” Hanson continued. “As Showing a home-brew EV.

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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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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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Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

On Saturday, January 28, over 150 members attended the official annual meeting and ride-and-drive at Aptera headquarters in Carlsbad, over 100 staying for dinner. The latter came with discount offers from Neo Charge on their SmartSplitter, Bluedot , EV Charging for Dummies , Recurrent Auto , Clean Energy Credit Union , and more.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

About a month ago, a fellow writer here gave his perspective on which up and coming cleantech companies should be covered and which shouldn’t, along with other thoughts about writing. In the comments, some readers thought Michael was belittling me without naming me, and that may be true. If he was talking about me, I’m […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 10, 2022

Even here at CleanTechnica, there’s a lot of skepticism about solar-powered cars. The obvious problem, of course, is that solar power just doesn’t generate enough power per square foot of surface area to get a lot of power out of the top of a car. As one well-known automotive engineer on YouTube explains, there’s a […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Arcimoto, the 3-wheeled tandem-seating EV company, has been deep into financial problems and was on the brink of bankruptcy. The company had moved into a larger production facility last year, but was forced to pause production entirely due to insufficient funds at the beginning of 2023. This has led to job cuts and furloughs for […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 20, 2023

For those of you who read CleanTechnica regularly and follow authors, you probably know about my oddball project I’m undertaking with my Chevy Bolt EUV. I’m under no delusions that it’s a real SUV, because it’s obviously just a chunky Bolt EV hatchback.

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