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EV range roundup, Fiat 500e battery swapping, Morgan 3-wheel electric sports car: Today’s Car News

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Some EVs do exceed EPA range figures at 70 mph. Britain’s Morgan splits the difference between a vintage sports car and an Aptera with its latest prototype. And Ample’s battery swapping tech is getting put to the test on a car-sharing fleet of Fiat EVs in Spain. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Aptera Motors shuts down, effective today; cites lack of private sector investment to match DOE commitment

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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. We still believe it will happen.

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1,000-mile electric car unveiled: Aptera returns 10 years later

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The longest-range 2019 Tesla, the Model S Long Range, gets an EPA range rating of 370 miles. 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. So the idea of an electric car with 1,000.

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2024 Corvette E-Ray, 2025 Ferrari 812 successor: Automobile Information Headlines

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Overview: 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray runs and weapons with AWD hybrid energy 2025 Ferrari 812 successor spied at the street Infiniti Optical Qe thought will preview logo’s first EV Overview: 2024 Lexus TX Mercedes crashes two electrical automobiles, seeing accident-free life Aptera presentations sun EV is nearer to manufacturing, omits timeline (..)

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Aptera partners with Elaphe for in-wheel-motor technology

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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.

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Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Concludes Knockout Qualifying Stage; 15 Vehicles from 12 Teams Continue On

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For emissions, vehicles had to meet the minimum US EPA emissions standards in on-track challenges. Aptera, Aptera 2e (San Diego, CA) Battery Electric. Vehicles also had to complete emissions, efficiency, and range events in which they had to achieve at least two-thirds the minimum fuel economy and range requirements.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

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