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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Baua Electric

MAY 6, 2024

Solar EV startup Aptera Motors has announced a clever new demand lever to get more of the public to invest in its technology en route to initial vehicle production later this year. Starting today, you can now invest in Aptera through a self-directed IRA. As it is for all startups, scaling is hard.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 22, 2022

One of the big problems with solar vehicles is that there’s just not much room on a car to make that much power. 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.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

Video footage meant for investors has leaked, showing Aptera Motors co-founders and co-CEOs Steve Fambro and Chris Anthony discussing many topics about the solar EV startup’s future, including a potential IPO. One solution to this lingering issue has always been the possibility of Aptera filing for an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

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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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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

We are just over one year removed from the initial launch of solar EV startup Aptera’s Accelerator program, which was implemented to not only get customers to commit to their SEV purchase fully but also help give the company some financial runway as it inches toward scaled production.

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Electrek

JULY 12, 2023

Aptera’s “Gamma” prototype of its solar-powered, three-wheeled electric car is overseas right now, doing aerodynamic testing at Pininfarina’s wind tunnel near Turin, Italy, in the shadow of the Italian Alps.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Lightyear, the company introducing the solar-powered EV the Lightyear 0, has acquired €81 million in investment to aid production and development costs. At the same time, the company may face competition to introduce the world’s first production solar EV, and their match doesn’t have an unobtainium price tag.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 29, 2022

A recent video at YouTube not only explains the math behind solar-powered EVs, but also gave plenty of nuance on the subject. More importantly, it’s made to be accessible for people who don’t follow EVs the way that many of our readers do. For those of you who don’t watch videos, or who are at […].

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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.

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InsideEVs

AUGUST 12, 2022

This is a detailed look inside the Aptera factory, as well as its promising Sun-powered three-wheeler.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 3, 2023

It’s been a wild ride for Aptera, but things may be coming to a successful conclusion. Things fell apart for Aptera 1.0, For those who’ve been longtime readers, we’ve been following them from the beginning. That means back before 2010 when it was going to be a hybrid car with a very similar shape. with […].

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Green Authority

JUNE 6, 2022

That is the vision of Aptera; to make the most energy-efficient vehicle to date with solar energy. Well, the company has raised $40 million to bring its solar electric car to production later this year. The Aptera is eye-catching, but its unique shape isn’t just for show. Read more: Solar panel lifespan.

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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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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.

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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

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.

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InsideEVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Plus, Pete Buttigieg is annoyed with Apple Vision Pro idiots and Aptera's solar-powered cars will soon hit the road.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Star-crossed startup Lightyear has finally thrown in the towel on attempting to bring its long-promised solar EVs to market – at least one donning its own badge and design language. Like many startups, the solar EV company demonstrated some inspiring and potential industry-changing technology, only to fall short due to a lack of funds.

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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

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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EVehicleShop

JANUARY 27, 2023

Recently very creative startup “Aptera” which works on making solar-powered electric cars have claimed that their electric car can run up to … This Solar Electric CAR can run 600+km on Full Charge Read More » The post This Solar Electric CAR can run 600+km on Full Charge appeared first on EVEHICLESHOP.

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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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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

A Tesla Model Y owner decided to build his own solar roof that can add over 20 miles of range to the electric SUV per day. Tesla, like many other automakers, had previously explored adding solar to electric vehicles, but it has never pulled the trigger on the feature. It led to a surprise announcement.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As I got out of my car in Aptera’s parking lot, I heard the roar of a fighter jet taking off to the east. It was a slightly strange roar, a little lower pitched than the ones I’ve heard elsewhere. The fighter quickly swept down the little canyon, and off toward the ocean, followed by […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 5, 2022

A recent article at Slash Gear attempted to tackle the problem of solar-powered cars. The topic did hit the news last month with cars like the Vision EQXX concept and Hyundai’s hybrid Sonata sporting solar panels, and if those cars were all we had to go on, the science mentioned in the article would be […].

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Electric Auto Association

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Join us as we kick off 2023 at Aptera headquarters. Aptera headquarters in Carlsbad, CA. The Electric Vehicle Association Annual Meeting will be held from 1 to 4 PM on Saturday, January 28 at Aptera headquarters in Carlsbad, California. We’re doing what it takes to make it a remarkable experience all the way through the weekend.”

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InsideEVs

JANUARY 26, 2022

It may be a three-wheeler, but it's really light and quite powerful, so it may even be fun around a track.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The last year has been tough for solar-electric car companies. There are many valid reasons to be skeptical of onboard solar panels powering electric vehicles, and when investors don’t believe in something, they don’t invest in it. Without investment money, getting a vehicle to production can be impossible.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 22, 2023

Aptera Motors announced plans to start production of its Launch Edition EV, which is equipped with around 700 watts of proprietary solar technology and powers up to 40 miles per day with solar energy. In October, Aptera announced the production of solar cells for its hyper-efficient EV.

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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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Electric Auto Association

JULY 5, 2021

They also like them because they’re fast and powerful.”. What’s so great about our meetings is the action they can inspire,” Hanson said, referencing a recent gathering that featured a representative from Aptera who spoke about the company’s plans to build a 3-wheeled, solar-powered vehicle. No Teslas allowed.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2010

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. The company also offers advanced production programs for start-ups and smaller companies, and developed the prototype for the electric vehicle Aptera.

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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. The company aims to eliminate the stratification in the EV sector by building affordable solar-powered Electric cars.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 10, 2024

The new network claims greater charging power at the connector than Tesla Superchargers, and it says its DC hardware is bidirectional-charging-ready and takes up the space of a Level 2 AC charger. And its first location in Manhattan is managed so as not to require grid upgrades for the 24-stall installation.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 1, 2024

Journey to the Center of the Earth To unlock the terawatt potential of geothermal energy, MIT startup Quaise Energy is testing a deep-drilling rig in 2024 that will use high-power millimeter waves to melt a column of rock down as far as 10 to 20 kilometers. Solar-Powered Test Drive The next car you buy might be powered by the sun.

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Douglas Nolan Current Profession: Editor of TV/Film and Solar Developer How will you add value to the EVA Board? Continued support and educating people; especially people who are skeptic about pulling more electricity from the dirty grids who are using fossil fuels to power EV charge stations. I own a solar farm company.

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