CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 22, 2022

While hypermilers, clean technology enthusiasts, and environmentalists are willing to make compromises and even pay extra for extreme efficiency, Aptera definitely pushes the limits of what we’ll put up with. They’ve had all sorts of things to say about Aptera’s offbeat and avant-garde styling. And the general public?

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Teslarati

JANUARY 24, 2023

Aptera has announced that its upcoming launch edition vehicle will come standard with DC fast charging, and is now technically capable of using Tesla Superchargers. Since its inception, a major hurdle for the Aptera design team has been the vehicle’s charging. What do you think of the article?

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

Aptera Motors has just delivered its first solar EV to a customer. Yes, it is now April, which means we get another video update from Aptera. This month’s progress update recaps a recent visit to France, details an upcoming trip to the United Arab Emirates, and talks about the status of Aptera’s first production-intent solar EV builds.

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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. While other manufacturers have trip planning software, that requires you to pick a destination and a route at the beginning […].

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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. It has built several prototypes, secured a manufacturing space, and seems to now have both a solid design and a solid plan for […]. But, we must also cover the challenges the company faces.

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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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Teslarati

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Aptera has announced today that it has begun producing solar cells for its upcoming hyper-efficient EV. A critical part of Aptera’s hyper-efficient vehicle design is the implementation of solar cells that cover the vehicle. The video also highlights some of the design goals Aptera set for its solar design.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Today’s milestone is another feather in the cap of solar EV developer Aptera, the last prominent startup remaining in the quest to achieve scaled production and deliver its ultra-sustainable mobility solutions to the masses. As you may notice on the current leaderboard , Aptera completed its customer investor process with 2,040 reservations.

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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

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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Teslarati

JUNE 27, 2022

Aptera has announced that they will be using EVE Energy batteries in their upcoming production car, and the batteries will be produced in San Diego. Today, they have announced yet another partnership, this time with EVE Energy, a Chinese battery manufacturer who will be supplying Aptera with batteries made in a San Diego production facility.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 10, 2023

Tesla has licensed its North American Charging Standard (NACS) to connector manufacturing giant Volex. Other automakers, like Volvo, Rivian, Polestar, Aptera, Nissan , and others, have also committed to using the NACS connector, which is a direct competitor to the Combined Charging System (CCS).

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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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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.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Solar EV startup Aptera Motors continued its welcomed level of public transparency today, posting another progress update video for February, offering some juicy details. There is a multitude of reasons why Aptera Motors is different from the other OEMs out there. There’s lots to unfold here, so let’s dig in.

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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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Teslarati

JULY 29, 2022

Aptera’s online marketing strategy includes a brand ambassador program that is very on character for the brand, to say the least, as it highlights the very specific cross-section of people who are interested in the company. Aptera has prided itself on its weird nature from the beginning. Aptera has chosen a different approach.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

We have TWO reports from guest bloggers who attended the Aptera in the Wild EVent Thursday night at Smooth’s Sports Grille in Long Beach, CA. Also embedded below is a recent Aptera 2e demo ride video (with founder Steve Fambro) from the 2009 TED conference (held in Long Beach, CA) recently uploaded by Aptera forum member Josh.

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InsideEVs

JUNE 23, 2022

The solar EV upstart says more electric car manufacturers should do the same.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2010

The Clean Tech Institute in Santa Clara has agreed to develop a training curriculum for electric auto manufacturing. Aurica intends to have swappable batteries charged with solar and wind power, and will need employees with renewable energy expertise as well as knowledge of electric car manufacturing.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

The CCS1 design found on most other manufacturers’ vehicles is large, clunky, and a far less streamlined experience than the Tesla design. Tesla will now allow other manufacturers to use the Tesla charging standard on their vehicles and charging equipment. Aptera (@aptera_motors) November 11, 2022.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 22, 2024

The meetup has been rebranded for its fourth year to include more than just Tesla enthusiasts, now covering fellow Elon Musk-led companies SpaceX, X, xAI, The Boring Company and Neuralink, as well as other EV brands like Aptera, Lucid and Rivian. You can see the full post on X from Tesla Owners Silicon Valley announcing the event below.

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2023

Not only is it expansive, but it is reliable, and other manufacturers have even signed deals with the company to utilize its chargers and adopt its connector. ” Tesla has landed partnerships with Ford, GM, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Rivian, Polestar, Volvo, and Aptera, which have all committed to adopting NACS.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 13, 2023

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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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.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The company invited charging network operators and vehicle manufacturers to use the NACS. Aptera already called for Congress to adopt Tesla’s Supercharger technology as the Standard for all EV charging in the United States. Tesla opened its EV connector design to the world on November 11.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Today, we learned that Hoefsloot is out as CEO, and Lightyear is abandoning Solar EV development in favor of onboard systems to sell to other manufacturers. That only leaves Southern California solar EV developer and reborn startup in its own right, Aptera Motors, as the last of the big three still fighting to reach scaled production.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 15, 2010

Independent electric car manufacturer, Aptera, has unveiled a new version of its all-electric three-wheel vehicle, the 2e. The unveiling of the 2010 model came as the California-based manufacturer gave a state of union address to explain why the firm was behind schedule on plans to bring the model to full production.

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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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All Cars Electric

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Currently, the Congress is debating an expansion of the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) program to include vehicles like the Aptera 2e/2h. The following is the opinion of Jason M. Hendler whose blog can be seen here.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 10, 2024

But in a look at these Rivian models’ shared design and manufacturing elements, if the company can get past its headwinds it has a lot of innovation yet to come. Citing inside sources, the two companies are reportedly in “advanced talks” that may include major investment, manufacturing and, perhaps, a shared platform.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 18, 2021

What if there is a vehicle you don’t have spent a single penny for fueling… guess what there is Aptera Solar Car. Aptera is an audacious startup with a vision to change the face of E-mobility forever. Now you got an idea about the specifications and the promises Aptera makes, Let us look into the company. Aptera Solar Car.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

That is exactly what Aptera did–they basically took a drop shape and added wheels to it–though three, not four. That is exactly what Aptera did–they basically took a drop shape and added wheels to it–though three, not four. The C d values in the article are the official values as stated by the manufacturers.

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All Cars Electric

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The President has cast his vote and approved three wheel vehicles for funding under the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing program created back in 2007. Now with the president's signature, makers such as Aptera will be able.

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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.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 1, 2008

million into electric-vehicle maker Aptera and battery start-up ActaCell. Aptera, of Carlsbad, Calif., Tags: manufacturers batteries utilities. Here's part of the story from CNET : Google.org is investing $2.75 makes street-legal three-wheelers with a unique, aerodynamic design.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 1, 2024

Long awaited by potential customers and crowdfunders, solar electric vehicles (SEVs) made by the startup Aptera Motors are set to hit the road in 2024, the company says. Aptera says it aims to begin early production in 2024, with the first 2,000 vehicles set to be delivered to investors.

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