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I'm not giving up my ICE truck. I want my Aptera to tool around town and small trips throughout New England.

Maybe your analysis should start with: Prius: available. Aptera: not available. Prius : a car, Aptera: a motorcycle.

The internet is making FUD more dangerous.

Nice program, and good analogy. At the turn of the century horses were the primary mover for transportation, and they legitimately could say that horses had literally hundreds (thousands) of years as a proven, established, reliable, and commonplace resource for transportation and industry. But as internal combustion engined vehicles evolved, and gasoline became more commonplace, gas prices dropped, and gas powered vehicles simply became better and more convenient than horses for most people. Similarly, EVs are evolving to be more efficient, more affordable, cleaner, quicker, quieter, more comfortable and more reliable. And with the Aptera, future EVs will be lighter, simpler, and far more efficient. Especially with solar assist reducing the need to recharge.

Can't wait to get my Aptera sitting in my driveway. My cash investments are significant amounts of money to me, but with the transparency of the company's management and engineering team plus the fact that the PI builds are not only underway, but have already been paid for in full, once the validation testing and marketing tours are underway and/or completed then the capital raise through the convertible notes will likely be completed or nearly completed. One financial expert friend of mine actually suggested to me that the target raise will be oversold by a significant amount with impending economic news here in the U.S. In any event, my delivery date is still H1 2025 and Aptera assures me that they are still on target for that.

Well done, Bill! Charge on!

Thanks Bill! Good points ( well I have a similar lifestyle ). I believe the Accelerated Launch Edition will only be prewired but hope to explore that addition since I am getting older😉. Our old 70# Doberman ( gal )will never climb up the Dog Kit steps so hope to help that old lady through, behind the seat, into the cargo area.But the other aspects of the kit make sense! I do have an 600 mi range Aptera too as I have visions of a cross country trip (?) My eight cross country trek but …first with an sEV. We only have few years experience with an EV6 to date. A one thousand mile trip the longest trip to date. It is mainly used for errands like you! When you trek back from Aptera HQ ( CA) to Georgia … Coffee on me if you’re traveling the I 10 area, coming through the Tucson area! Our sun will probably be helping with your range. If I have my LE too we can “bump nosecones” Bellies are too difficult 😉

Own an EV - it's a smart phone you drive. Nobody has wall phones anymore, or flip phones even. Is the aptera gonna sell? I doubt it. Sure, some will buy, but it's vaporware from my perspective...keeps getting redesigned and not coming out. It's a MOTORCYCLE, at least in my state. Need a different license to drive it. It's weird - look at how the cybertruck is being received. I'm interested...but i'm also gonna wait to see how it goes...if it ever goes. with phones, apple went from nothing to a new idea and the king since. Tesla holds that spot with EVs. Model Y is best selling vehicle worldwide...sound like iPhones? And i remember many phone companies - blackberry, nokia, motorola, even the google phone that are now all gone. Car companies may likely follow to a large degree.

Healthy scepticism is always good, especially when it involves money. The Aptera is not yet ready. BEVs are barely ready, but getting better, with poor infrastructure and battery degradation. Without scepticism we'd ALWAYS be chasing new shiny unproven tech. Let's be open to new tech AND examine the pros/cons long term.

Vehicle technology changes, people never change!

Thank you for helping to dispel the FUD Bill, it's thick, loud, and tiring.

In the early part of the 1900's horses in lower Manhattan, downtown Philadelphia and Boston, became a health issue leaving too much excrement on the streets. Does history repeats itself with the Aussie idea man, spreading his crap all over the comments about the Aptera. Strange!

Brillant

I don't know why my recent post says (edited) because I wote it and posted it only the once. YT does some strange things. It is copied once to my latest so people can compare it.

Your angle was useless because it didn't justify the Aptera in any way. I own a BEV and have done for more than a year, and am not the sort of person to spread FUD about EV's, but the Aptera has a lot to fear, be uncertain about and doubt. Just because some in the past have spread FUD about something doesn't mean it's wrong to alert people to someting else in the present or near future. That's illogical, but it's the premise you infer. With Aptera, you can fear death in accidents with those massive pickups you have so many of on US roads (just one example to fear). More so than in another pickup, at least. With Aptera, you can be uncertain it will get you ten miles without overheating (just one example of many). Dozens of current EV choices don't have that uncertainty. My EV has done 40,000 kms without ever overheating, but not all at once. I have done 320 kms in one stretch on hot Summer days a number of times. With Aptera, you can doubt you're ever going to get one because it hinges on not folding like last time (just one example). Not getting the funds and not making the PI's gives plenty of reason to doubt, besides many other factors. You may as well kiss your money goodbye now. Besides all that, the premise that solar on a moving vehicle is needed is unfounded. I charge from my house roof solar, and on the odd occasion where I am too far away I can still charge from a charging station. I don't ever need to generate my own solar on the move. The science doesn't support it right now, and I don't mind admitting that in the distant future it might, but intelligence says order an EV when it does, and not before. There's no need to pretend the tech is here and dupe poeple into doing their dough. I am happy to discuss this in detail until you realize what a deceiver you are.

History always repeats itself and is a great lesson for the future.

THANKS BILL🤗 FOR YOUR HELPING DISPEL THE FUD 🔋🔋🔋

Those carriage makers were right. Horseless carriages did scare horses, the brakes were bad, there were and are accidents, they were expensive toys for the wealthy. Then they got better, cheaper, safer and more reliable. When Henry Ford started building affordable cars, everything changed. That's what will happen with EVs too. We're not quite there yet but it will happen.

The only aptera you will get is the 1/18th model they are selling, they are also pre-order, so no guarentee you will even get the model.

I assume your an aptera investor, and thus your shares might have significant value if aptera reaches IPO, therefore you might well have financial motivation to do these videos. Depending on how many shares you have. Personally I think aptera would be better folding sooner rather than later, as I belive no customers will ever get an aptera, even if they raise a billion dollars.

There is oil used in the vitesco gearbox, probably doesn't need changing much, but still there is oil in there.

Thanks Bill. I too share many of the same reasons Aptera “ Fits me “. In our household we have our “ own vehicles “. When we are driving together my wife loves to be the passenger “ in my vehicle” and have me ( “James “ ) do the driving, Which will be the same with Aptera. She 💚 loves what Aptera is bringing to market and what it plans for Solar Transportation. She is reluctant to drive the inique vehicle herself because of the crowd that will follower her and be wanting to talk/ ask questions. My wife “ allows me to take her EV6 to EV events to talk to interested parties Only because I don’t have my Aptera (until 🤞2025.) GOOD GIRL! My Wife, My Life Enjoy yours !

There is no universe where a 17 year old Toyota Prius costs $2400 a year to insure. How is that possible?

Well done.

Your poor Prius will have to drive for at least anothe 10 years. Maybe time to buy a real existing BEV?

The USCG effort should be telling. Over a month since the presentation and they were projecting 60-90 days to complete the offering. So roughly Election Day. Seems like they need around 1,000 qualified investors to review the data and engage. If they could complete a PI to a decent level and send out an update to anyone who inquired @ USCG, that would presumably go a long way.

Thank you sir for covering this topic in a clear and data driven way. Although your hybrids are marginally better than large or less efficient internal combustion engine cars, you failed to mention two of the two most consequential costs of ICE/Hybrid vehicles compared to EVs - namely, air pollution and the impact on climate change. There is tremendous cost to society as a whole, including your family and mine, of continuing to operate ICE vehicles. There are the thousands of deaths and high medical costs associated with ICE vehicle air pollution, and the many costs of increased occurrences and intensity of weather emergencies, species and habitat loss, warming and acidification effects on the ocean, and increased climate migration. These costs should be an important part of any vehicle selection analysis. The Aptera gets high marks here for the electric battery and drivetrain, and the reduced embodied carbon footprint due to the carbon sequestered in its body and the low emissions profile due to the extreme efficiency and direct solar to running miles from the built-in solar panels. I too am an Aptera investor and reservation holder, and am excited to finally have this vehicle parked outside my home.

Funny, I have a 2007 Prius with almost 300,000 miles on it, fresh Toyota hybrid battery a year and a half ago and the only vehicle I'm even remotely interested in is the Aptera. Nice to see this 🙂

The Aptera concept has a number of plusses, but the reality is that the vehicle is still far from production and doesn't seem to be getting any closer. The entire drive train has just been re-engineered. Who knows what other major change is coming before someone says "put down your pencils" and they get on with production.

I hope Aptera makes it beyond the first year, first gen, recalls, issues, customer complaints, accident investigations, negative press coverage,, etc.,. Their production intent prototypes look awesome, and designed for ease of manufacture, and I hope they are able to minimize defects and quickly respond to problems and opportunities. I don't know if they are flat or agile, but I hope so if it will make production easier for them.

What are you losing? Any money you invested in them and probably your reservation fee too.

Please step out of the Aptera bubble and look at some more objective information on this company. It's basically a scam.

The evidence that this is a con and never going to happen is obvious. The vehicle design is fine but the business model is unworkable.

Hi Bill , have you looked at Atieva ( Lucid motors) battery patent? Seems aptera has exactly the same design, thats going to be a big problem, the battery pack they have been showing will need to pay lucid licensing fee and/or royalties. Are you aware of this? Being an investor I think its your right to know this.

I also live in Georgia and hope to fly to California and drive an Aptera back home, but I decided last year to buy a lightly used Bolt EV in the meantime, so the level 2 charger in my garage has something to do. I don't know how much I'll drive on solar energy ultimately, but I've always considered the Aptera's solar panels gimmicky. If the company's claims pan out, the vehicle's aerodynamic efficiency will double the range per kWh that my Bolt delivers, and the Bolt is already a very efficient EV. Even with no solar charging, Aptera's efficiency improvement is groundbreaking.

It costs me $70/year to insure my 150cc Honda scooter. It was $6,000 new after taxes. It gets 80mpg with mixed city and highway driving. Has a top speed of 70mph. This is what I use as my daily commuter and short trips around town when the weather is nice. Safety is a concern, I have been in one motorcycle accident on larger naked motorcycle after colliding with an SUV the pulled out in front of me. They had insurance so no costs from it, just permanent bodily harm. Aptera claims there three wheel car will be as safe as 4 wheel car, but they aren't required to meet the safety standards of a 4 wheel car, but being an enclosed vehicle with seat belts and air bags makes it vastly safer than a motorcycle (assuming the airbags don't malfunction and explode on you or start a fire and the battery doesn't have issues). I have invested some money in Aptera and hope they succeed. It would make a great daily commuter for a lot of people and if the insurance rates are less than a typical sedan it would be cheaper to drive than even a fuel efficienct scooter. It also would be a great road trip vehicle for two people as it's smaller battery pack means it's should be able to charge to 80% capacity in less time than any Tesla, while having access to their charge network without an adapter.

ha ha. we have a blue 2007 Prius too! 🤣🤣

Assuming they have the pet divider kit ever you never want an unsecured pet or pet in crate in the trunk space of any vehicle. So unless Aptera has tie down points for the pet crate you are just risking your pet's life. The price you quote is not the price they told US Capital Group which is $39,000. Given the told reservation holders that new price after telling the company responsible for securing them funds, who do you think got told the truth? Put it this way, US Capital probably forced Aptera to open their books. But go ahead and believe your lie. They confirmed that openPilot will not be available for some time. Insurance is likely to be much higher than any motorcycle because of the 40 kWh battery pack. Given the nearly all custom parts in the Aptera insurance will be higher that a comparable car. Sorry, I know some fun people and they laughed when I asked. I live in the same state :) The solar electricity handbook, look it up, can provide you sunlight exposure values for your home. Just understand the panel angle will never be ideal. Georgia electricity prices in my area are 11c a kWh. My maintenance on the Tesla has been cabin air filters, tire rotations, and such. Aptera safety is very suspect. They are claiming to meet FMVSS which is an absolute minimum standard. They certainly will not meet the safety standards your 2007 Prius did which at the time was rated at four stars and the Prius has side air bags as well. Quit believing that lie about carbon fiber usage in F1 cars being comparable to what Aptera is using. Aptera is using short strand carbon fiber - the cheapest method out there - the method companies like Harley uses for FENDERS. You cannot be daft enough to believe any of that. Resale value will only exist if they make only a handful but the real reason there will be none is that it does not move the needle at all. the automotive world is not excited let alone interested in it.

Aptera yes. Good point about the pets safety. I hope nobody buys a gas car while they're waiting for Aptera production.

Aptera is a vaporware scam.

Sadly, I won't live long enough to see the Aptera reach production.

One point of disagreement. Aptera is one of the best EV’s where there are few superchargers. Both because of the solar capability, and reasonable range from just a standard outlet. Still, I really enjoyed the video. Liked and subscribed.

I’m number 1758 on the waiting list. I own a Tesla model 3 , 2021 too. Love it. Looking forward to the Aptera.

Aptera looks small when you see it in photos because of its rounded shape but it's quite roomy inside. It's also quite long at almost 14'.

My 2004 Prius died in 2022 after 18 years so be warned. You are aware that the LE will NOT include your options for many years?

Thank You!! Well Done and very helpful for me!

I assume my 600 mile Aptera will be even more unique than the 499 mile as it will be a 600 mile launch edition for an accelerator and should be numbered too.

I will be driving my Aptera from San Diego to near Philadelphia when I pick mine up.

I signed up for a 600 mile range Aptera. I want the 1,000 mile but I couldn't justify it.

I have told my wife we would tow the Aptera by our RV as it weighs just 2000 lbs. It would be great if it had a drive assist to minimize any range impact as well.