Green Car Reports

JUNE 27, 2022

We look at what it's like to drive an electric school bus. Aptera reveals what will power its 1,000-mile EV—well, other than the sun. A drop-in conversion will turn classic Land Rovers into EVs. vehicle standards don't recognize the upstream emissions from EVs; is that a lost opportunity?

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 14, 2021

While not quite ready for production, the Aptera electric three-wheeler recently appeared on "Jay Leno's Garage," where Jay Leno got a comprehensive preview of the solar-supplemented EV from Aptera co-CEOs Chris Anthony and Steve Fambro.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 10, 2021

If you want an EV to take camping, several companies are eager to sell you an electric pickup truck. But Aptera seems to think its solar-supplemented three-wheeler can fill that role just as well—if, perhaps for day-camping.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 27, 2023

Aptera will integrate the Openpilot driver-assistance system with its electric three-wheeler, giving the vehicle, which is classified as an autocycle, tech similar to passenger cars.

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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. Officially Official: Aptera production pushed back to 2010.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 25, 2013

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. That's what happened to Aptera, builders of a tadpole-like, two-seat, three-wheeled electric vehicle. But Aptera.

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Electrek

JANUARY 15, 2025

A young EV startup called TELO Trucks has announced a partnership with solar EV developer Aptera to utilize the latters sustainable technology on its flagship vehicle, the MT1 compact pickup.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

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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Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 20, 2023

Aptera announced on Friday its Launch Edition, the first series of over 40,000 orders for a fleet of ultra-efficient vehicles that will bring solar mobility and freedom from the grid a reality. Aptera’s Launch Edition was created with one purpose in mind — energy efficiency.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Aptera has confirmed that it plans to use Tesla’s charge connector, now known as the North American Charging Standard (NACS), in its upcoming solar electric car. The post Aptera says it will use Tesla’s charge connector in its solar electric car appeared first on Electrek.

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 30, 2025

Aptera has completed its first-ever solar-supported road tripdriving over 300 miles on a single charge and proving that a solar EV isnt just a concept for the future, but a real-world solution ready for the present. The post Apteras production-intent EV completed its first solar-supported road trip appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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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 Reports

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Aptera says it has enough money to push ahead with production. In a first drive of the 2024 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter electric van, we. Mercedes’ eSprinter previews passenger vans and more. Tesla tops the sales charts in California by a long shot. And is 90 minutes enough to school dealerships on EVs?

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 14, 2025

If youve been following Aptera at all, youve probably heard a lot of pessimism from mainstream EV fans and investors, while also hearing a lot of enthusiastic things from Aptera fans. Initially, I was very excited about the vehicles planned unique features, [continued] The post Did Aptera Make A Splash At CES?

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Aptera is doing things very differently from other vehicle manufacturers. It doesn’t take a deep dive on the vehicle’s design and technology to know this, because Aptera’s vehicles are obviously very different.

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Electrek

MAY 30, 2022

Aptera announced that it has now received more than 22,000 reservations for its solar-powered electric car, which get to 1,000 miles of range, as it gets closer to production. The post Aptera has more than 22,000 reservations for its solar electric car with up to 1,000 miles of range appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 12, 2025

The electric vehicle landscape continues to evolve rapidly, with major automakers and well-funded startups steadily scaling production, improving battery technologies, and expanding charging infrastructure. Yet, the three-wheeled segment of electric mobility consistently manages to disappoint.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Jay Leno drives the high-mileage Aptera solar EV. And Lucid is showing different priorities than other electric vehicle startups and legacy. Solid-state cells pass some first tests for safety. And we take a look at what shapes Lucid up, potentially, to become the most direct rival yet to Tesla.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 16, 2024

Aptera is done with crowdfunding. BMW is sticking to the EV targets it announced several years ago—50% fully electric sales by 2030, not including hybrids or plug-in. Ford recalls Maverick Hybrid and Escape Hybrid models for a software issue. And BMW holds to its EV targets as other automakers waver.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 11, 2022

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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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 24, 2023

A few days ago, Aptera revealed the details for its Launch Edition vehicle. I won’t go into the full details here, but I wrote a detailed two-part article and a link to Aptera’s video presentation here. For the TL;DR crowd, the biggest details were that the Launch Edition will be rated for 400 miles of […]

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Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 17, 2025

Electric vehicle startup TELO Trucks has partnered with Aptera to introduce integrated solar panel options for the TELO MT1. The available solar panel options include: Rooftop Truck Cab Solar […] The post TELO Trucks partners with Aptera to integrate solar technology appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A new recreational mobility startup, Polydrops, has recently unveiled its latest model—a solar-electric travel trailer called the P21.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Following the teasing of interior images of the gamma version of its upcoming solar electric vehicle (SEV) last month, Aptera officially debuted the full prototype in front of a crowd in San Diego at Fully Charged Live. gamma now marks Aptera’s biggest milestone as it approaches SEV production in 2023.

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Electrek

JUNE 6, 2022

Aptera announced that it raised $40 million to bring its solar electric car with up to 1,000 miles of range to production later this year. The post Aptera raises $40 million to bring solar electric car with up to 1,000 miles of range to production appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 30, 2020

Electric cars are cleaner than gas cars almost everywhere. Battery-electric trains catch on in Europe. And will an activist strategy about oil stoke interest in Aptera? A study from the UK has found that electric cars are now cleaner than gasoline cars in 95% of. Ethanol faces more challenges at the pump.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 28, 2023

In a recent announcement, Aptera kicked off an investment competition. If you’re among the top 2,000 investors, you get one of the first Apteras to leave the factory. To get in the game, you’ve gotta invest at least $10,000 in the company. If you beat everybody else, the first car will be yours, […]

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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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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Aptera is getting Italian carbon-fiber coachwork for its 1000-mile solar EV. And we take the BMW i7 luxury electric sedan for a drive. Subaru hasn’t been swayed yet by incentives encouraging U.S.-built This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The first Aptera pre-production test vehicle has taken its first spin around the block as the company targets sales beginning next year. The post Aptera Puts Its First Production-Intent Vehicle On The Road appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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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. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Electrek

JULY 13, 2022

Aptera has launched a petition to ask Congress to make Tesla Superchargers and its plug the standard for electric vehicles in the US. The post Aptera asks Congress to make Tesla’s plug and Superchargers the standard for EVs in the US appeared first on Electrek.

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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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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 25, 2023

Solar mobility company Aptera Motors has received its first fleet order from eco-accelerator SustainabilitySooner, Inc. In a move that unifies each organization’s vision toward a greener future, SustainabilitySooner has placed a pre-order for 101 400-mile range, all-wheel drive solar electric vehicles to mobilize its team.

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