InsideEVs

JULY 29, 2025

This is the Smart Charging Cube, a modular and portable DC fast charger that can accommodate up to four electric vehicles at once. That’s a big bonus in places like temporary job sites, where electric trucks need a top-up from now and then. Thanks to a set of huge batteries, it doesn’t need a powerful grid connection.

Connect

InsideEVs

JULY 25, 2025

The brake pads in EVs last a lot longer, up to 100,000 miles in real-world taxi use. The lack of tailpipe emissions is the main way electric vehicles are seen as better for air quality, especially in cities packed with cars. 5 EV Tire Myths Discharged Do Electric Vehicles Really Pollute More Than Gas Cars?

USA

InsideEVs

JULY 26, 2025

Email: tips@insideevs.com Join the conversation ( ) POPULAR I Got A Parking Ticket For… Using A Charging Station In An Electric Car Ford Mustang Mach-E: Heres What Happens When It Hits 250,000 Miles Teslas Cheaper EV Coming Soon: Heres What We Know EVs Help Air Quality. And Not Just In The Obvious Way.

Affordable

InsideEVs

JULY 27, 2025

With over 1,000 horsepower and plenty of clearance, the Rivians are comfortable running quarter-mile sprints as they are crawling up rocks. So when Scout launches its electric truck with front and rear lockers , Im excited to see just how capable it is. First, to see how good the R1T is, watch TFLEVs rock crawling review here.

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InsideEVs

JULY 28, 2025

electric vehicle charging market. Then He Tells a Passenger the Real Reason Why 18 h ago RECOMMENDED FOR YOU Bound By Conformity: Why Toyota Employees Say Its Lagging In One Key Area Electric Air Taxi Flies From One Airport To Another Airport ‘DO NOT GET A TESLA’: Woman Buys Tesla in California. Have a tip?

America

InsideEVs

JULY 29, 2025

General Motors decided a few years ago that its new electric cars would slowly ditch Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in favor of a Google-based infotainment system. Just two cars still have the feature–the Cadillac Lyriq and GMC Hummer EV–at least for now. Overseas, though, GM seems willing to offer CarPlay on more EVs.

GM

InsideEVs

JULY 28, 2025

government’s rapid-fire retreat from clean energy programs, America’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure is steadily improving, with an increasing number of stations, greater reliability and faster speeds. Now, Italian electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) maker Alpitronic is helping raise the bar even higher. efficiency.

America

InsideEVs

JULY 28, 2025

Its also apparent whenever Tesla refers to the "cost per mile" of its autonomous cars, something that hints at vehicle ownership as a whole potentially being something Tesla sees as going out of style in the future. This is evident in Teslas push for the Robotaxi to become rapidly adopted despite not having yet solved true self-driving.

Tesla

InsideEVs

JULY 28, 2025

Photo by: Patrick George Iulian Dnistran By : Iulian Dnistran Jul 28, at 11:00am ET Facebook X LinkedIn Flipboard Reddit WhatsApp E-Mail Share Comment Audi delivered 101,000 electric cars globally in the first half of the year. That’s nearly a third more than last year.

Audi

InsideEVs

JULY 27, 2025

Email: tips@insideevs.com Join the conversation ( ) POPULAR I Got A Parking Ticket For… Using A Charging Station In An Electric Car Ford Mustang Mach-E: Heres What Happens When It Hits 250,000 Miles Teslas Cheaper EV Coming Soon: Heres What We Know EVs Help Air Quality. And Not Just In The Obvious Way.

Tesla

InsideEVs

JULY 28, 2025

In a world-first, its VX4 electric airplane prototype flew from one airport to another. But in the world of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, which is still trying to figure out a lot of things, going from one airport to another is a big deal. You know what planes do–they fly from airport to airport.

Taxi

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The rebooted Aptera Motors has teamed with Elaphe Propulsion Technologies on a long-range, volume production electric vehicle powered by in-wheel motors. Aptera, initially known as Accelerated Composites, formed in 2005 to bring highly efficient, three-wheeled vehicles to the market ( earlier post ), went out of business in 2011.

Aptera

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2010

Remy International will supply HVH250 electric motors ( earlier post ) for Aptera Motors’s Aptera 2e electric vehicle. Remy is already supplying a High Voltage Hairpin (HVH) electric motor for Aptera’s entry in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, where the 2e has successfully reached fourth phase of competition.

Aptera

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Aptera Motors, the developer of an all-electric, three-wheeled lightweight aerodynamic vehicle ( earlier post ) is shutting down. Aptera executives had been engaged in exhaustive due diligence with the Department of Energy (DOE) pertaining to an ATVM (Advance Technology Vehicle Manufacturing) loan.

Aptera

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.

Aptera

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.

Aptera

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?

Aptera

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.

Aptera

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2010

In a press conference in Carlsbad, California, Aptera Motors unveiled the pre-production version of the electric three-wheel, 200+ mpg Aptera 2e along with 23 strategic suppliers , including GE; A123Systems for the Li-ion battery pack; Remy International for the drive motor ( earlier post ); and BorgWarner for the single ratio transaxle.

Aptera

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.

Aptera

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.

Aptera

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.

Aptera

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 28, 2019

What's the minimum necessary range for an electric car? The world's auto industry seems to have settled on 200-plus miles for North America and 300 kilometers (160 miles) or more for European and Asian markets. The longest-range 2019 Tesla, the Model S Long Range, gets an EPA range rating of 370 miles.

Aptera

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.

Aptera

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 […]

Aptera

Teslarati

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Aptera Motors informed Teslarati that it reached a significant milestone, successfully completing the first test drive of its production-intent Solar Electric Vehicle (EV). Driving our first production-intent vehicle marks an extraordinary moment in Aptera’s journey,” said Steve Fambro, Aptera’s Co-Founder & Co-CEO.

Aptera

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.

Carbon Fiber

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.

Aptera

Electrek

AUGUST 31, 2022

Aptera has reopened investments to the public as it tries to secure more money to bring its 1,000-mile-range solar electric vehicle to production. The post Aptera reopens investments to bring its 1,000-mile-range solar electric vehicle to production appeared first on Electrek.

Aptera

Electrek

AUGUST 8, 2022

Aptera is teasing a new clean interior of for the latest prototype of its solar electric car with up to 1,000 miles of range. The post Aptera teases clean new interior of its solar electric car with 1,000 miles of range appeared first on Electrek.

Aptera

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Aptera, self-proclaimed builder of the world's most efficient passenger vehicle, is partnering with Elaphe Propulsion to bring in-wheel motor technology to its 1,000-mile electric two-seater.

Aptera

Electrek

MARCH 28, 2025

Aptera Motors has shared another exciting progress update video, giving us our best look yet at its production-intent solar EV out in the real world. The SEV startup recently completed the PI builds first-ever road trip, traveling over 300 miles using an all-electric battery and free energy from the Sun.

Solar

Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2007

Well, Popular Mechanics asked and the Aptera folks let them in. The magazine's Ben Stewart took the all electric car (3 wheeler) for a 20 mile spin in Carlsbad CA. Available 2008 •under $30,000 •120 mile range •10kWh Lithium pack •under 1500 pounds Check it out here. Tags: aptera. I thought I could smell the vapor.

Aptera

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a $10-million competition to inspire a new generation of vehicles capable of achieving 100 MPGe (miles per gallon or its energy equivalent), concluded its Knockout Qualifying Stage. Commuter Cars, Tango (Spokane, WA) Battery Electric. X-Tracer, E-Tracer 7002 (Switzerland) Battery Electric.

San Diego

Electrek

MARCH 21, 2023

Solar electric vehicle start-up Aptera Motors has announced its first fleet order from SustainabilitySooner, Inc. The initial pre-order is for 101 of Aptera ’s 400-mile range solar EVs and is expected to deliver millions in future revenue.

Aptera

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 28, 2019

Aptera returns. A familiar name in electric vehicles, Aptera, is back—with a new version of its three-wheeled EV that can now go up to a claimed 1,000 miles on a. Lithium is unexpectedly plentiful. Faraday Future could be headed for more change. And does smart charging matter as much as fast charging?

Aptera

Teslarati

JUNE 25, 2022

Via a recent Q&A with Aptera co-CEOs, the company revealed that it would be attempting to use the Tesla J1772 charging connector on their production vehicles. Aptera Sol prototype vehicle (Credit: Aptera). And according to Aptera’s most recent press release, they may be closer than ever to production.

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