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I think "chatter mode" where it talks to pedestrians and/or other cars w/ beeps/boops R2D2 style. Then the ability for two Apteras to "chat" with each other and carry on a conversation.
Would love to see the possibility to use my future Aptera battery to server as home power backup in conjunction with a external grid disconnect/inverter, ideally integrable with a existing home PV system. V2G -- guess that requires a more intelligent grid to make sense. Also love any extra storage "holes" below the cargo area if there is dead room available! Q: Will the "board computer(s)" have a bit extra capacity for future add ons and will it be accessible for custom/own "hacks" for what so ever may be fun to add? Will the camera video feeds accessible...?
Aptera embraces right to repair and encourages tinkering. There will be connectors where additional computers can be plugged into the wiring harness - for after the sale addition of the Safety pilot (for example).
Aptera as an airport rental car! Any single person or couple who is traveling will enjoy the fuel savings Aptera offers. It has premium speed, acceleration, sound, and less road noise with plenty of cargo space. Starting under $30,000. It seems like every rental fleet would do well to have at least 10% of their fleet be Aptera. Less maintenance with lower costs for tire, suspension, and brakes from the 3 wheel electric design. This is Tesla's $25,000 robotaxi. If Tesla built these in 2 years with their low battery & electronics costs, they could make a 4-wheel 5-seat version for $25k.
Wow, looking forward to seeing the vehicles and driving one. Awesome engineering. I really like the variable power reclamation. I would like to see the color change from white in hot climates to black in cooler climates. It is possible.
Thanks for posting the 2nd half of the webinar. 0-60 in under 3 seconds seems unreal with the tri-motor 150kW (210HP), even with the low weight. I am very interested in the V2G, but even vehicle to load capability. Powerwall cost is $5K-$8K, and stores a fraction of the power of even the smallest Aptera battery pack. So being able to run appliances and lights in a power outage has value to me (in CA). Heated and cooled seats are also compelling. I have heated seats now and it uses a fraction of the EV power compared to inefficient electric space heaters. Adding a heat pump would be ideal. As they dial in the motors and software, I am eager to see some real world testing of range.
The 25 kWh model with AWD will have amazing acceleration! The 150 kW figure is the continuous power output. The peak hp is 75 hp per wheel, or over 300 hp total.
@@n.brucenelson5920 Do you mean 75kW peak? (101HP per wheel?) that is great news! I figure that my 40kW, tri-motor model should weigh just under 2,000lbs, so acceleration would still be amazing! Still, 0-60 in under 4 seconds is already super quick, but under 3 seconds is supercar territory!
@@deanmcmanis9398 Yes. Thanks for catching that! 75 peak kW or around 100 HP per wheel. Performance will be extraordinary indeed, but it is likely that repeat runs will be limited by cooling capacity.of the motors.
There are two trikes that I think are interesting, this one, and the Arcimoto. I hope they both make it. Interestingly, Sandy Monro is working with both.
I would love to see these ( both trike products ) financially successful ! … maybe ( for future merger ) for international manufacturing and distribution … or acquisition by Tesla too ( they have mastered giga production manufacturing ) … In the $20k bracket especially for the foreign and very sunny and more economically challenged markets like India Mexico Brazil Africa ! Maybe Elon will become more open minded to the three wheels when your progress has become evident by product deliveries in 2022 … at least about use of Tesla super chargers stations !
i have been wondering about using the shell as battery! also for the idea that you'd have an opening for radiator, maybe you can just make more conventional radiator but it sits flush with body so it is like part of the skin of car. not sure how skin cooling works exactly but maybe you could combine the two ideas in this way. dont see why a radiator couldn't be an aerodynamic form? imagining an aluminum radiator thats sits flush with body work (wherever you have highest airflow over body maybe?) and maybe has some fins sticking past body surface that heat can radiate out of. also could consider how radiating out the heat over certain area of body would augment aerodynamics. thinking of the hot air as lower pressure so maybe radiating it out the nose of the vehicle to lower pressure at the nose? also assuming your composite materials could take the heat you could probably form radiator out of that. molding pathways into panel and having an inlet and outlet to connect to.
Wonderful invention/development of 'the motorcar'. ;-). But I am worried about the number of nervous nellies here. Picayune nit pickers. (Eg I heard of a Bolt that caught fire in a garage). Yeah sure, so what, different car; different design, different circumstances. Well my Corolla "caught fire' too!. Ask about REAL problems, and with Aptera, I see nothing but an amazing, worthwhile piece of incredibly innovative freedom for all of us lucky enough to get one. Am reserving!
Hi guys. If you have a flat tire and need to change it, how you do it if the motor is linked to the wheel? There is no sign of spare tire but if you have one it will be without the electric motor on it. This is something to think about.
Emulate NTSB car safety tests, except per customer concerns? E.g., Do a collision at 100 mph that rolls the Aptera to see the suspension absorb the shocks while recording external & internal G-loads.
3 Wheels; Handling/grip: You can draw a flat plane through any 3 points in space, but not 4 points. ie: On an uneven surface a 4 legged table will always wobble/ have one leg in the air. But a 3 legged table never wobbles. All the legs always touch the floor, no matter how uneven. What that means is that even without suspension, the Aptera will always have all 3 wheels on the ground., When you add a suspension that fact is likely enhanced..? With the high unsprung weight of hub motors (and unnecessary brakes), 3 wheels is probably better than 4 due to the above fact..? However; having the Aptera lean into corners would be great! More stable and more fun! :) I have some ideas on how to easily do that..
He said they wanted to work with a heat pump in the future but for now they have several off-the-shelf heater options while battery cooling is done through the vehicle skin in a process Nathan described several times but is hard to visualize from what he says. Renderings would be nice.
Do you agree with Musk that LIDAR & RADAR just don't have the useful resolution needed for unmapped nav? It seems like, so long as vision can discern object approach/departure rates (ranging) via binocular analysis, its high resolution abilities will relegate other methods to the FSD dust bin. Also, enhanced IR & UV, cameras can give riders a sense of a "protective buffer" that beyond human vision capabilities may provide, especially in inclement conditions.
My concern is that most car park bays are being installed at 2.5m. The wheelbase of the Aptera is 2.55m, which is at least 0.55m wider than most sedans.
Actually, I think there is a possibility that the manufacture of the Aptera will be largely influenced by the creation of a lot of small factories designed to assemble the Aptera. As the body parts are made of resins and cast presumably in molds of some sort (I have the impression they're a lot like small aircraft or boats in this way) a RHD vehicle would need to only modify a few castings to work plus the switch in geometry of the steering location (assuming the steering is not all drive by wire.) In that kind of rollout, I suspect RHD vehicles will be made in RHD countries when they open a mini-factory. As this video shows, they have the design work for the mini-factories well under way and so know the capital requirements. With the motors from Elaphe and the suspension parts, seats and the like largely off the shelf, assembly will be benefit local areas by employing local people to put 'em together. The overall simplicity of the process and that part placement in the vehicle is easily accomplished by workers - two can handle and place major body components - is where the manufacturing gains its efficiencies without robots or cranes.
I would caution the seat designer that the integrated headrest appears to force the head into a hunchback - type position. Some adjustability, or at the least, allowing those with normal postures to avoid the induced problem. I have had it on some autos, and do not recommend the design that appears to force retrolisthesis. It is EXTREMELY irritating to anyone trained, as are dancers, to be pushed into the position.
Aptera will come with a hitch and a light weight towing option. Details on how it will be towed are still being developed. This will probably be revealed after testing of the beta vehicles.
As I learned from fluid mechanics the total drag force for an object moving in a fluid medium like air the total drag force is proportional to the square of the speed. How could the faster the Aptera go the better? Is it not scientific?
Consider that this may lead to Aptera becoming supply constrained similar to Tesla currently with batteries. One of the benefits of the extra efficiency of the Aptera design is that a smaller battery can provide more than adequate range
Will your AP be capable of optimally navigating to chargers, selectively, weighting driver prioritization (relative or specific) among Time, Speed, Distance, & Cost, preferences?
Nathan Armstrong had responded that Aptera will have several 3rd-party off-the-shelf AP options to choose from by the time production starts in 2022. He hinted that owners could install their own AP software/hardware if they'd like as well. Honestly it would be great if Tesla bought Aptera. That solves the battery, charging, and self-driving questions. But Aptera will get this first generation of vehicles made with currently available components and they will be great vehicles.
V2G with load balancing. There should be an open standard for it. And it should be secure. Everything from window blinds to heating/cooling system to mining equipment could be configured to reduce energy use depending on the price :) VPP 30% percent with only 10k for 1M people is impressive.
@@tammysimons4916 No he wasn't. He was talking about an older design. And it had to do with the aero, not the ability to float. I think it was probably a shape that would give some sort of forward push when confronted with cross wind. Like how a sail works.
@@jeffreypetsinger2967 Jeffery, I am actually a bit jealous. I decided on a 40 kWh 2 motor Paradigm model for several reasons. 1. Financial, as even that model will be stretch for us. 2. It will be be the first to be delivered. 3. I no longer do much driving in poor traction conditions. 4. Even the 5.5 seconds 0-60 times can be compared to modern V8 performance models, and will be a thrill compared to what I drive now. 5. If I decide if really need AWD later, due to Right to Repair, I an confident I can add it.
@@n.brucenelson5920 I am getting the larger pack so I am able to drive at 77 mph on long trips without a charge since the mileage will drop off at higher speeds. The 1000 mile is more than I will ever need and comes with a weight penalty. I will be driving in slippery conditions, so I want that control.
The interface for V2G needs to be DC as suggested by Volkswagen to avoid for the vehicle to have to carry the AC/DC/AC conversion equipment. Even the home charger should be DC, why should the vehicle waste space and weight ? Every solar grid feed inverter already does all the frequency and voltage syncing....all the technology is there and tried and proven.
V2G makes no sense for a vehicle this light. Makes far more sense to let utility scale equipment handle it (batteries, flywheels, cryo air). Solar on the car is useful for convenience and solar on homes makes sense because of broken economics. It will always be more efficient to do solar at the utility scale. Home roof and car top solar shouldn't exist until we have exhausted available flat roof commercial buildings and land is a concern.
@@moestrei Realistically they will sell 10-20x as many 250 and 400 miles versions. Functionally 1000 mile isnt actually useful and is more a marketing tool. A 3 wheel drive lighter 250 or 400 will have tons of range for most people and will handle far better since it saves about 500lb of batteries. The battery and unit numbers is tiny compared to anything grid scale and unless its LFP a car based battery should not be used on grid. Also the aptera if used as marketed wont often be plugged in often anyway; the solar charging is a huge conveyance for those it works for. V2G also requires hardware to be added to both the car on home which might be a drop in the bucket for a cybertrucks weight but not aptera.
Not every version can do that. Having a large pack has a lot of drawbacks. Not only is this version almost twice the cost of the cheapest model with 250 mile range, it's also a much bigger load on the environment because of the production of the big battery pack. For some situations (taxi services etc) swappable batteries could be an excellent idea.
doens't matter - they have zero focus on making produciton cars and delivering them to customers - this is just one more silly hype about what is mostly a fantasy car - who cares.
I know this is stupid but why not have 4 wheels. US markets don't like 3 wheel cars. 4 wheels would be so much easier. Unless there is new information I don't know about regarding 3 wheel cars.
This is an engineers' circle jerk. Freeze the design and make it or go home. I would have bought it as a 100 mpg gas vehicle, but it wasn't perfect yet. Now it will cost as much as a model 3. I'll have bought a Tesla before you make 1000 of these. So sad.
Aptera is being developed faster than Tesla's Lotus conversion. That vehicle would have been produced if the founders hadn't lost a board fight to the CEO their start up incubator out in place to oversee production. It won't happen again.
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Had a diesel truck horn sound as an option, regular horn sound with a light press, diesel horn on a hard press.
That would be awesome haha
I want to pick mine up at Monroe and Assoc. and have Sandy sign it
I think "chatter mode" where it talks to pedestrians and/or other cars w/ beeps/boops R2D2 style. Then the ability for two Apteras to "chat" with each other and carry on a conversation.
I personally would love bumblebee voice mode with transformers sound effects.
That would be hilarious
Would love to see the possibility to use my future Aptera battery to server as home power backup in conjunction with a external grid disconnect/inverter, ideally integrable with a existing home PV system. V2G -- guess that requires a more intelligent grid to make sense. Also love any extra storage "holes" below the cargo area if there is dead room available! Q: Will the "board computer(s)" have a bit extra capacity for future add ons and will it be accessible for custom/own "hacks" for what so ever may be fun to add? Will the camera video feeds accessible...?
Aptera embraces right to repair and encourages tinkering. There will be connectors where additional computers can be plugged into the wiring harness - for after the sale addition of the Safety pilot (for example).
Aptera as an airport rental car! Any single person or couple who is traveling will enjoy the fuel savings Aptera offers. It has premium speed, acceleration, sound, and less road noise with plenty of cargo space. Starting under $30,000. It seems like every rental fleet would do well to have at least 10% of their fleet be Aptera. Less maintenance with lower costs for tire, suspension, and brakes from the 3 wheel electric design. This is Tesla's $25,000 robotaxi. If Tesla built these in 2 years with their low battery & electronics costs, they could make a 4-wheel 5-seat version for $25k.
Wow, looking forward to seeing the vehicles and driving one. Awesome engineering. I really like the variable power reclamation. I would like to see the color change from white in hot climates to black in cooler climates. It is possible.
Thanks for posting the 2nd half of the webinar. 0-60 in under 3 seconds seems unreal with the tri-motor 150kW (210HP), even with the low weight. I am very interested in the V2G, but even vehicle to load capability. Powerwall cost is $5K-$8K, and stores a fraction of the power of even the smallest Aptera battery pack. So being able to run appliances and lights in a power outage has value to me (in CA). Heated and cooled seats are also compelling. I have heated seats now and it uses a fraction of the EV power compared to inefficient electric space heaters. Adding a heat pump would be ideal. As they dial in the motors and software, I am eager to see some real world testing of range.
The 25 kWh model with AWD will have amazing acceleration! The 150 kW figure is the continuous power output. The peak hp is 75 hp per wheel, or over 300 hp total.
@@n.brucenelson5920 Do you mean 75kW peak? (101HP per wheel?) that is great news! I figure that my 40kW, tri-motor model should weigh just under 2,000lbs, so acceleration would still be amazing! Still, 0-60 in under 4 seconds is already super quick, but under 3 seconds is supercar territory!
@@deanmcmanis9398 Yes. Thanks for catching that! 75 peak kW or around 100 HP per wheel. Performance will be extraordinary indeed, but it is likely that repeat runs will be limited by cooling capacity.of the motors.
There are two trikes that I think are interesting, this one, and the Arcimoto. I hope they both make it. Interestingly, Sandy Monro is working with both.
I would love to see these ( both trike products ) financially successful !
… maybe ( for future merger ) for international manufacturing and distribution
… or acquisition by Tesla too
( they have mastered giga production manufacturing ) …
In the $20k bracket especially for the foreign and very sunny and more economically challenged markets like India Mexico Brazil Africa !
Maybe Elon will become more open minded to the three wheels when your progress has become evident by product deliveries in 2022 … at least about use of Tesla super chargers stations !
Jury is not still out on Tesla V2G, they said during the last shareholder meeting they will do it.
i have been wondering about using the shell as battery! also for the idea that you'd have an opening for radiator, maybe you can just make more conventional radiator but it sits flush with body so it is like part of the skin of car. not sure how skin cooling works exactly but maybe you could combine the two ideas in this way. dont see why a radiator couldn't be an aerodynamic form? imagining an aluminum radiator thats sits flush with body work (wherever you have highest airflow over body maybe?) and maybe has some fins sticking past body surface that heat can radiate out of. also could consider how radiating out the heat over certain area of body would augment aerodynamics. thinking of the hot air as lower pressure so maybe radiating it out the nose of the vehicle to lower pressure at the nose? also assuming your composite materials could take the heat you could probably form radiator out of that. molding pathways into panel and having an inlet and outlet to connect to.
Wonderful invention/development of 'the motorcar'. ;-). But I am worried about the number of nervous nellies here. Picayune nit pickers. (Eg I heard of a Bolt that caught fire in a garage). Yeah sure, so what, different car; different design, different circumstances. Well my Corolla "caught fire' too!. Ask about REAL problems, and with Aptera, I see nothing but an amazing, worthwhile piece of incredibly innovative freedom for all of us lucky enough to get one. Am reserving!
Re: Bolt fire scenario, will there be monitors to alert smartphones to "battery malfunction" conditions to help owners minimize possible damages?
Hi guys. If you have a flat tire and need to change it, how you do it if the motor is linked to the wheel? There is no sign of spare tire but if you have one it will be without the electric motor on it. This is something to think about.
One of these at the Targa Tasmania would be insane for promotion.
very curious do we have air-conditioning?
@@TheJerry1946 Yes, Aptera has A/C and extraordinary thermal insulation of the passenger area.
Emulate NTSB car safety tests, except per customer concerns? E.g., Do a collision at 100 mph that rolls the Aptera to see the suspension absorb the shocks while recording external & internal G-loads.
Has no one ever told you that you speak much too fast...? Let me be the first. "As fast as we can" sums it up.
What about an outside airbag in the nose to deflect kangaroos?
3 Wheels; Handling/grip:
You can draw a flat plane through any 3 points in space, but not 4 points.
ie: On an uneven surface a 4 legged table will always wobble/ have one leg in the air.
But a 3 legged table never wobbles. All the legs always touch the floor, no matter how uneven.
What that means is that even without suspension, the Aptera will always have all 3 wheels on the ground.,
When you add a suspension that fact is likely enhanced..?
With the high unsprung weight of hub motors (and unnecessary brakes), 3 wheels is probably better than 4 due to the above fact..?
However; having the Aptera lean into corners would be great! More stable and more fun! :)
I have some ideas on how to easily do that..
What time does the floating aptera start?
Will this vehicle be able to tow a small trailer?
Will there be an octovalve to effectively manage motor, battery & cabin temps?
He said they wanted to work with a heat pump in the future but for now they have several off-the-shelf heater options while battery cooling is done through the vehicle skin in a process Nathan described several times but is hard to visualize from what he says. Renderings would be nice.
Do you agree with Musk that LIDAR & RADAR just don't have the useful resolution needed for unmapped nav?
It seems like, so long as vision can discern object approach/departure rates (ranging) via binocular analysis, its high resolution abilities will relegate other methods to the FSD dust bin. Also, enhanced IR & UV, cameras can give riders a sense of a "protective buffer" that beyond human vision capabilities may provide, especially in inclement conditions.
Will the Aptera come with a hitch option to tow a very lightweight trailer?
Can I put bean bags in the back of my new aptara so I can work Uber and put a kid or two back there so the mom can take her kids
Biodegradable (or at least recyclable or repurposable) tires?
The stock tires will be standard off the shelf tires.
yes but can it fly??! .... seriously tho ive wondered if it was really windy could the rear end lift up?
There is about 25 lbs of downforce built into the design at 65 mph which increases rapidly with increasing speed. This comes at the cost of some drag.
"The faster you go the more efficient you are." Where are you buying your Kool-Aid?
Relative to other vehicles, OBVIOUSLY.
Is there going be a RHD version for the RHD markets?
The reply I received from them is yes, but probably after the LHD demand has levelled off.
My concern is that most car park bays are being installed at 2.5m. The wheelbase of the Aptera is 2.55m, which is at least 0.55m wider than most sedans.
Actually, I think there is a possibility that the manufacture of the Aptera will be largely influenced by the creation of a lot of small factories designed to assemble the Aptera.
As the body parts are made of resins and cast presumably in molds of some sort (I have the impression they're a lot like small aircraft or boats in this way) a RHD vehicle would need to only modify a few castings to work plus the switch in geometry of the steering location (assuming the steering is not all drive by wire.)
In that kind of rollout, I suspect RHD vehicles will be made in RHD countries when they open a mini-factory.
As this video shows, they have the design work for the mini-factories well under way and so know the capital requirements. With the motors from Elaphe and the suspension parts, seats and the like largely off the shelf, assembly will be benefit local areas by employing local people to put 'em together.
The overall simplicity of the process and that part placement in the vehicle is easily accomplished by workers - two can handle and place major body components - is where the manufacturing gains its efficiencies without robots or cranes.
I would caution the seat designer that the integrated headrest appears to force the head into a hunchback - type position. Some adjustability, or at the least, allowing those with normal postures to avoid the induced problem. I have had it on some autos, and do not recommend the design that appears to force retrolisthesis. It is EXTREMELY irritating to anyone trained, as are dancers, to be pushed into the position.
Agreed! Many car seats are very poorly designed and makes them more fatiguing. Not good for overall safety.
ps never saw it floating in the drink ........
?horn? Tow package?
Concerned with low down pressure and narrow tires it will aquaplane in wet weather
Drive slower I did that in a puddle with my first Nissan Sentra. Scary 😳
Narrow tires reduce aquaplaning and they're better in snow. Pressure on the road deceases with wider tires.
Said no towing option. I assume that meant no option to tow, but what about option to be towed?
Aptera will come with a hitch and a light weight towing option. Details on how it will be towed are still being developed. This will probably be revealed after testing of the beta vehicles.
As I learned from fluid mechanics the total drag force for an object moving in a fluid medium like air the total drag force is proportional to the square of the speed.
How could the faster the Aptera go the better?
Is it not scientific?
If V2G is available, many customers would opt for larger batteries vs without.
Consider that this may lead to Aptera becoming supply constrained similar to Tesla currently with batteries. One of the benefits of the extra efficiency of the Aptera design is that a smaller battery can provide more than adequate range
So you can almost turn this Amphibious
Will your AP be capable of optimally navigating to chargers, selectively, weighting driver prioritization (relative or specific) among Time, Speed, Distance, & Cost, preferences?
Nathan Armstrong had responded that Aptera will have several 3rd-party off-the-shelf AP options to choose from by the time production starts in 2022. He hinted that owners could install their own AP software/hardware if they'd like as well. Honestly it would be great if Tesla bought Aptera. That solves the battery, charging, and self-driving questions. But Aptera will get this first generation of vehicles made with currently available components and they will be great vehicles.
V2G with load balancing. There should be an open standard for it. And it should be secure.
Everything from window blinds to heating/cooling system to mining equipment could be configured to reduce energy use depending on the price :) VPP
30% percent with only 10k for 1M people is impressive.
I want use my ordered car for a Uber lift
Michael is completely knocked out 😂😂
If anyone knows what car the man at the end was taking about With a sail I’d love to know more about it
I think he was referring to the Aptera because it is suppose to be able to float.
@@tammysimons4916 No he wasn't. He was talking about an older design. And it had to do with the aero, not the ability to float.
I think it was probably a shape that would give some sort of forward push when confronted with cross wind. Like how a sail works.
I want to use it for a Uber/lift so I can make money
HVAC alternatives?? Heating and cooling of hands, and extremeties -- , is a way to safely heat and cool the internal organs and body as a whole.
SDM is basic for a car 🚗 today!!! (Self driving mode)
Can someone post the time in the video at which he claims 0-60 in under 3 seconds?
20:19
I will just note that the times for the various AWD versions will differ depending on battery pack size. The fastest will be the 25 kWh model.
@@n.brucenelson5920 I plan to get the 600 mile range version. I guess I'll just have to limp along at under 3.5 seconds.
@@jeffreypetsinger2967 Jeffery, I am actually a bit jealous. I decided on a 40 kWh 2 motor Paradigm model for several reasons. 1. Financial, as even that model will be stretch for us. 2. It will be be the first to be delivered. 3. I no longer do much driving in poor traction conditions. 4. Even the 5.5 seconds 0-60 times can be compared to modern V8 performance models, and will be a thrill compared to what I drive now. 5. If I decide if really need AWD later, due to Right to Repair, I an confident I can add it.
@@n.brucenelson5920 I am getting the larger pack so I am able to drive at 77 mph on long trips without a charge since the mileage will drop off at higher speeds. The 1000 mile is more than I will ever need and comes with a weight penalty. I will be driving in slippery conditions, so I want that control.
WILL IT FLOAT??... 26:36 👍🏾(ur welcome) 😉
Tesla battery connection use small wire (act as a fuse).
Why not multiple battery types? - no single winner.
Now they just need to give us special tires so that we can use it as a car or a boat.
Dune buggies have paddle wheel type tires that might work.
The interface for V2G needs to be DC as suggested by Volkswagen to avoid for the vehicle to have to carry the AC/DC/AC conversion equipment. Even the home charger should be DC, why should the vehicle waste space and weight ? Every solar grid feed inverter already does all the frequency and voltage syncing....all the technology is there and tried and proven.
V2G makes no sense for a vehicle this light. Makes far more sense to let utility scale equipment handle it (batteries, flywheels, cryo air). Solar on the car is useful for convenience and solar on homes makes sense because of broken economics. It will always be more efficient to do solar at the utility scale. Home roof and car top solar shouldn't exist until we have exhausted available flat roof commercial buildings and land is a concern.
@@ccibinel The Aptera comes with a 100kWh battery. A Tesla Powerball is 13kWh. Amen.
@@moestrei Realistically they will sell 10-20x as many 250 and 400 miles versions. Functionally 1000 mile isnt actually useful and is more a marketing tool. A 3 wheel drive lighter 250 or 400 will have tons of range for most people and will handle far better since it saves about 500lb of batteries. The battery and unit numbers is tiny compared to anything grid scale and unless its LFP a car based battery should not be used on grid. Also the aptera if used as marketed wont often be plugged in often anyway; the solar charging is a huge conveyance for those it works for. V2G also requires hardware to be added to both the car on home which might be a drop in the bucket for a cybertrucks weight but not aptera.
Why talking about swappable batteries in a vehicle which can do 1600km?
Not every version can do that. Having a large pack has a lot of drawbacks. Not only is this version almost twice the cost of the cheapest model with 250 mile range, it's also a much bigger load on the environment because of the production of the big battery pack.
For some situations (taxi services etc) swappable batteries could be an excellent idea.
What about it being towed by others ?
Towing recommendations will be made after further prototype tests.
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doens't matter - they have zero focus on making produciton cars and delivering them to customers - this is just one more silly hype about what is mostly a fantasy car - who cares.
I know this is stupid but why not have 4 wheels. US markets don't like 3 wheel cars. 4 wheels would be so much easier. Unless there is new information I don't know about regarding 3 wheel cars.
"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses"
- Henry Ford
There wheels reduces weight, cost, rolling resistance, and aerodynamic drag - all part of the design goal.
This is an engineers' circle jerk. Freeze the design and make it or go home. I would have bought it as a 100 mpg gas vehicle, but it wasn't perfect yet. Now it will cost as much as a model 3. I'll have bought a Tesla before you make 1000 of these. So sad.
Aptera is being developed faster than Tesla's Lotus conversion.
That vehicle would have been produced if the founders hadn't lost a board fight to the CEO their start up incubator out in place to oversee production. It won't happen again.