Aptera Close and Personal - Chasing Aptera Episode 8
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- The Electric Vehicle Associatiion held it's annual meeting at Aptera's Headquarters on January 27th and my wife and I attended. Chris Anthony gave the keynote address and Chris McCammon answered my questions. I share the highlights.
Aptera: aptera.us/
Electric Vehicle Association: www.myeva.org/
Rich Rodriguez's "My Aptera Journey: / @rich1rodriguez
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Very nice!
Continuous improvement. Bill is going great.
Thanks! I am a huge fan of your channel.
I found this video pretty amusing personally. I'm the guy with the Arcimoto in the background, and you see me passing behind Chris M as you interview him. Chris would continue to give rides to whomever wanted to, after the EVA folks moved on to the next event. This would be my first time sitting in the vehicle but it was such a short ride, and not really much time to take in many details. Still, as an Accelerator it's enough to know I'm buying mine first chance I get. As an added bonus, I had an opportunity to let Chris drive my FUV around the lot as I sat in the back. I think he enjoyed the experience of driving another autocycle saying it was indeed fun and intuitive. Thanks for posting, love the new channel title.
I would have loved a ride in your Arcimoto, but there was so much going on. Thanks for the kind words
I found it amusing too, but for wildly different reasons.
Fantastic video! Thanks for your detailed Aptera coverage for those of us who could not be there!
And thanks for asking questions we’ve posted, including (mine) driving with the trunk open. From the sounds of those (short) test drives, sounds like just sitting in the vehicle gave you 95% of the same experience.
Glad you enjoyed it!
That is such an awesome presentation. Excellent update. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good information!! Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Good to here that a video will be comming out soon to explain the new version of the cooling system.
Fantastic job! This video was well done, detailed and interesting. Thank you!
Thanks! I’m a fan of your videos as well!
Well done, Bill. It was great to see that 6'8" fellow climb into the car... and fit!
Charge on!
That was even more amusing than seeing him climb into a Lambo.
Thanks, Rich. The questions you gave me were great! Look forward to seeing your next video on “My Aptera Journey”.
Great video! You can tell Chris M enjoys his job but it's challenging. He has to know everything about the vehicle, despite it still being in active development.
Must be tough for him as he knows enough to know they'll never get to production
Very true! Thanks!
@@bluetoad2668 “The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer. A cynical habit of thought and speech, a readiness to criticize work which the critic himself never tries to perform, an intellectual aloofness which will not accept contact with life's realities-all these are marks, not ... of superiority but of weakness.” - Theodore Roosevelt
@@billmanewal1786 sadly I think it's the Aptera guys who are sneering at you sir. Unfortunately your assumptions about my character are inaccurate - you'd be embarrassed if you knew me.
@@bluetoad2668Obvious troll.
Thank you for this review. I am an accelerator too and am looking forward to getting my Aptera, hopefully later this year. I used to be about 6 feet tall, actually 5' 11 and 1/2 inches but as I age I have lost a little over an inch of height due to age compression of my disks so knowing that Aptera has great headroom and legroom is good news.
Exactly the same for me. I’ve gone from 5’ 11 1/2” to 5’ 10”. My experience was that it was comfortable and roomy.
It was good to see the 6’8” guy getting in & out. It would have been good to see a picture from the driver side with him in it.
But I’m mainly curious if the guy that was recording him getting out (wearing a long sleeve blue shirt & is bald on top with white hair in a pony tail & a white beard) got a chance to get in. He looks to be closer to my proportions.
Great meeting y'all at EVA! Thanks for a great review video. You captured a lot of the most important highlights.
Thanks, Al. It was really great meeting you.
I loved the one where Chris Anthony said "there are 2900 battery cells for the whole pack - the math is above me to divide it by six [modules]".
Haha, it's abouve my math skills as well, at least without a battery cell slicer! 😁
Loving your videos. MOAR APTERA!!
Early on I could swear they were talking about it being able to tow. But I haven't seen anything anywhere about the LE actually having any type of a hitch capability. If someone could get an official answer or has seen one could you please reply to comment and lmk?
Great stuff. earned a solid sub for if your out to the factory again. As a canadian it isnt easy to get facetime with the amazing Aptera crew and im very jealous the access you had. A 6'8" and no issue is a huge validation about the claims for the size of the interior. if anything its overkill and i will raise the seats up with simple spacers / longer bolts for a better view.
Very good video describing the event and the Aptera! The best one I have seen!
Wow, thanks!
excellent video, keep it up
Thanks!
Great video. Seeing the walkthough of some of the factory and hearing more of the tiles was good.
Thanks 👍
I am looking forward to seeing this car on the streets and highways, instead of the factory parking lot.
Great video and questions
Thanks!
Good For The Aptera Company To Making A Simple EV-Car With The Futuristic Design Model 🚗🚘 On A Modern Digital Architecture 😇👌
Thank you, I plan to drive my LE version back to Iowa where I live when I pick it up in 2025.
I am actually in a similar situation location wise. I live in SC and ordered a launch edition. One thing I'm interested in that I've not seen much recent information on is the off road option. We don't like spending money on roads here, so you will often mistake being off road when you aren't 😂.
I also need to drive mine from Carlsbad to Asheville, NC.... Convoy?
Sounds like fun. We’ll have to see how the timing works out. I’m pretty low on the list.
@@ChasingAptera It would be so much fun! Will get back in touch when we get closer to delivery.
Maybe you would first need an existing aptera motorcycle?
It still concerns me that they don't seem to understand the safety issues of having a huge unswept blind spot on the right side of the windscreen.
Thank you for asking about it.
What blind spot are you referring to?
It has the same visibility as a 2 seater helicopter. Are you confusing the A-pillar with a blind spot?
Google "parallax". The only blind-spot in the Aptera is the normal rear 3/4s blindspot and covered by cameras.
@@vorg_ There is a large band of the windscreen (looks at least a foot wide), forward of the A-pillar, that won't be cleared because the wiper doesn't reach that far to the right- so during blizzards and so forth the driver won't be able to see a large area to the front right. This will be a hazard to pedestrians and poses a risk of collision with traffic approaching from the right.
@@robertkirchner7981 That sounds like quite the assumption. You sit the vehicle and see it is not an issue.
@@vorg_ You cannot see the right wheel from your driver seat position. And its a big flap moving around.
Nothing a little RainX can’t fix.
Nice
how will the car hold up to salt in the rust belt? I am assuming it will do great in the salt belt...
Fellow Georgian and accelerator/investor. Which initials are you on the leader board? We are RF. (around #1000 on leader board) My wife and I are planning to drive ours from CA to GA. Is that your plan too?
I'm WB. I'm at 1274 last I checked. We also planned to drive from CA to GA. I've come across a number of folks looking to pick up their LE and drive to various locations in the east. I don't know about the timing, but I think it would be a blast if we could create a convoy at least part of the way. My wife and I were planning to visit family and do some leisurely site seeing along the way.
@@ChasingAptera We have similar plans, possibly AZ, Denver.
Im wondering if we should purchase a spare tire and jack. makes me nervous to travel that far without it.
@@rfolea2 It couldn't hurt. I did have a viewer who was a seasoned truck driver commenting that in his many years of driving he'd only had one or two flats. He recommended just bringing a can of Fix-a-Flat tire sealant and if on the outside chance you had a flat you could buy time to find a place to have the tire properly repaired.
Do you know if Aptera is aware of WiTricity and planning to integrate their wireless charging system like Tesla and BMW are?
The 600 and 1000 mile variants have taller battery cells which means they have room to move the seats higher. That means they can put a charger under the battery pack of the 250 and 400 mile versions fairly easily.
But I don't think wireless will ever take off for cars. May as well have an underbody connection instead. Wireless just costs too much in heat and inefficiency. I think faster, safer charging via plugging in will always be the preference; at least in my lifetime.
Maybe Aptera should concentrate on building even a single production ready prototype?
With the aluminum belly pan cover I don't believe the copper coil used for wireless charging can work.@@vorg_
@@vic321344 They are, but 16 not 1. One only would be too inefficient and not meet the testing needs.
I'm curious how much the motors cost as I'm not a fan of choice of hub motors due to it now becoming a sacrificial part. In a traditional drivetrain the wheel hub bearing and CV axle / stub axle take the bulk of the potential damage our crappy American roads could torture us.
I hope they succeed, but the niche market hasn't had a successful growth in America.. I think their fatal flaw is targeting the wrong country all together where its produced and predominantly sold. Think South of USA border with cheaper labor rates than even China.
Aptera got an empty warehouse, 30 Mill cash, have to pay the bill for batteries, solar, chassis from italy and hub motors from Slovakia. With what money doe they plan to pay the workers? And from what money do they want to survive? While spending 2-4 Mill per month just to exist (SEC). And they still do not have a single production prototype available (since 2019). With what money do they want to pay all the necessary testing?
They are dependent on getting more finance. Without that it basically stops here. Sunk cost fallicy. The owners have nothing at risk, red flag.
Nothing at risk? How about $160 million each?
@@bluetoad2668
They’ve already said their burn rate is about 1million/month
@@jerrymolnar8010 then they should correct their sec filings. Would be very beneficial for probable Investors.
This event gives the impression that the EVA are somehow endorsing Aptera, I hope that's not true. Most of the financing appears to be provided by small investors that are also reservation holders. I'm not sure how much of the owners capital (if any) is at risk. The cash burn rate is 2-4 million per month and they have 30 million left. I'd say this is an extremely risly investment and not for the faint hearted. Don't get bamboozled by all the tech talk, as an investor you should be looking at the finances - be prepared to lose 100% of your investment on this.
I can’t speak for the EVA, but feel confident in saying they are not endorsing Aptera, but want to support electric vehicles in general. In past episodes I have emphasized that this is a risky investment. Investing in a startup is always risky. Considering the circumstances, however, it made sense to emphasize the technology in this video.
@@ChasingAptera I very much appreciate you taking the time to reply in a polite and thoughtful manner. That's refreshing, thank you.
The cash burn rate is down below 2 million a month now. When you speak of the owners capital, you should realise that what they have are shares of stock in this company. If the company fails their shares become worth very little.
@@glennzajic7318 how much capital have they invested personally though? They take pretty high salaries. Is anyone asking the tough financial questions here? How much do they need to get to their target production rate? You'd better hope it's less than 30 million, but that's nearly burnt up just running the company for 1 year (at ca. 2 m per month), how about the cost of the tooling and building out that 'factory' and shipping in those body shells?
@@bluetoad2668 The tooling has already been purchased and is producing production intent parts.
Aptera is FAR ahead of where Tesla was in December of 2008.