Long time reservation holder and small investor here. My wife and I went in knowing the background of the Co-Founders which gave us a lot of confidence. We have great respect for the decisions, methods and design choices Aptera is making, and only wish we had more to invest! Great video, thank you.
@@andrewfuller8440yes it is definitely a form of gambling , but with enough research and background it becomes a calculated risk rather than just pure dumb luck. Much like a card counter in blackjack knowing the precise odds can often win. Many investors in startups are fully aware of the risks but also fully aware of the potential huge rewards as well, the trick is to not risk more than you are comfortable losing. For my wife and I it’s about 8% of our portfolio, a little more than what’s normally recommended, but since we’re older and live well below our means and also feel Aptera is something the world needs we’re willing to take the risk. The world belongs to the bold.
I don't expect my very small investment in Aptera to pay off, but I still sleep better knowing that I made it. I want to have some skin in this game even if it's only a gesture. Whatever happens, Aptera is one of the greatest dramas of this decade and it's a lot of fun to be a material part of it, Taking delivery of my Launch Edition is only an added bonus at this point. They are doing something profound and the grass-roots enthusiasm behind this beautiful little car speaks to it.
Great presentation. Very well done! You hit the best info all the way through. My compliments. Invested, I'm 5 for 5 on the customer profile list. Never wanted a vehicle more than an Aptera.
I met Chris Anthony at Fully Charged Live in September 2022, he spoke with the same passion he displays in every interview today. He and Sandy had just unveiled the Gamma prototype and the crowd was drinking the Kool-Aid. I had just taken delivery on an Arcimoto FUV and I asked him about beta testing an Aptera. He said something about Paradigm investors and I figured that ship has sailed. Six months later I would get my opportunity and joined the Accelerator Program. Thanks for the links.
I was an early Wefunder investor before vehicle orders could be placed and placed the 42nd order for an Aptera (which qualifies for a Paradigm model). We are glad we invested and are looking foward to using our Aptera year round in Iowa.
I know Silicon Valley, California is the driving force of our Countries Economy. Did Aptera try to market the Aptera vehicle in Silicon Valley? I believe the Santa Clara, California Convention Center would be the best place to market Aptera. The Aptera company could give free test drives to the Engineers that run Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley, California is where the big money resides.
Similar story here. Was following the first go-round, but then I was waiting for it to come out. This time, I reserved and made a small investment over 3 years ago - as soon as I heard that Aptera was back. I also had a technical career, and am hoping this will be the last vehicle I ever need to buy.
Thank you for the straightforward info on investing. I have invested the minimum $1000. I know very little about investing, but I know I want an Aptera!
I backed Aptera initially for the $500 years ago and am now an accelerator. They are the perfect IPO people having failed and then succeeded. Exactly what you need to succeed.
The crash testing of those first few 'Bodies-in-Carbon' is going to be interesting. (Got my first Driving Certification behind the wheel of a 1962 MGA, ranked by the auto insurance industry as being about as much of a death trap as a Volkswagen Microbus -- if it Turned Turtle you weren't likely to be much trouble, for the First Responders. {Chris Anthony speaks of how well an Aptera will Do, once the exigencies of an Off-Road Excursion causes that sort of Upset.} Likely to be "ever-so-much-better" than a 'Vee-Dub' in a head-on collision, as Well. {Personal opinion, there.})
Similar here, 1st car a Triumph Spitfire which actually saved me from a potentially horrible head-on crash. Car speeding over the crest of a hill in MY lane…. a less nimble car would have been toast.
Historically - zero. All investments to-date have been lost. Corporate investors lost nearly $100,000,000 so far and won't touch it this time around, which at present is more shaky than when it went broke. Happy for someone to invent potential benefits instead of the reality.
Someone can check my math but if Aptera fails, 0; share price doubles = $2k; triples = $3k 😀 The reality remains to be seen but Aptera’s IP (intellectual property) makes them a compelling investment.
Sorry you had to get your first answer from a lying troll. During the "accelerator program", which is now over, a 10k investment guaranteed you would be one of the first 2000 people to receive an Aptera (if you also put down the $100 reservation fee and if you later paid the rest owed on the car when it's built. I don't believe there's any advantage to that particular amount of investment now. ... I"m surprised to see a reply from Ausie liar. I had blocked him. I'll bet he changed his handle because every logical person had blocked him.
I really like what Aptera is trying to do, but I don't see a three wheeler ever working in cold weather populated, and semi populated areas of the world. If we all moved to some tropical beach resort, this would be great just like any other three wheeler covered or uncovered, but reality says if the cyber truck is getting so much, pushback on its alone, what will the three wheeler do in today's driving society? Good luck, hope you do well…
Thanks. I get your viewpoint. I live in Georgia, so I think the vehicle will do just fine for me. My hope is they achieve some semblance of success which will allow them to build other types of vehicles as well using their super efficient design philosophy. I understand they already have some designs on the drawing board.
Be prepared to say goodbye to that money. Aptera do not look viable to me and I don't think they're going to reach production. This will become more obvious in the next year. They're a lot of talk but have not provided any evidence of miles per kWh, range or charging ability.
Basically none of the questions involve doing your due diligence and reading their SEC filings. You would have realized their claim that a market potential of 600k vehicles per year was not only ludicrous but borderline idiotic. They basically claimed the possibility of take the complete sales for the categories they highlighted which requires those buyers to ignore all other offerings. A realistic approach would to look where those categories overlapped instead of just adding them all up. However this plays well to the uninformed supporter You seem to confuse passion for marketing, the ability to convince their fans how important what they are doing is and how by supporting them the supporters become important as well. Marketing 101. The size of the EV market in no shape or form guarantees Aptera will have a significant portion thereof. Given the historically very low acceptance of three wheel vehicles combined with the fact that two seat vehicles sell in very low volume they have managed to start off with two strikes against their success, throw in the third with having looks that immediately removes another major segment of the vehicle buying population. As for technical background to understand the significance of thir approach, well that would simply inform you that Aptera makes a lot of boasts which are not supported by their actions let alone facts. To put it bluntly, the only innovation here are their claims. They have not proven their efficiency claims, they have not released their aerodynamic numbers to support claims made there, and they certainly have failed to hit three previous claimed dates for production. We already have solar mobility, as in powering our EVs from solar energy generated on our roof tops which is more economical and provides a broader use of the money spent. Aptera won't have vehicle to home so their solar is wasted on a full or near full charge.
I wonder how much this commenter is being paid for his silly claims. He says he has a "technical background" and then proves he doesn't understand basic technology. If he did, he would know that reducing weight, air resistance, and rolling resistance saves energy, and he would have known about the A. Morelli shape - which was published in 1982, and had the performance confirmed by MIT in the '90s.
Your comments indicate to me you have neither read their SEC filing nor paid attention to the video. While you make a good point that their market analysis is overblown with overlapping categories, you completely missed the point that they only need to sell 6,000 vehicles a year, not 600,000 to stay viable. You say the demand for two seater, 3-wheel vehicles is historically weak yet they have over 47,000 reservations. I don't think you can compare a typical 3-wheel vehicle to the solar electric vehicle with ample storage that Aptera is building. As for “boasts not supported by action” and lack of innovation, had you read their SEC filing you would know they are building tangible Intellectual Property. Per their 2023 SEC filing, “We have been granted 2 design patents, have 32 patents pending, and our patenting process is ongoing. Pending patent applications include nine design, eight provisional, and thirteen non-provisional patent applications, with eight pending in the United States and four applications pending worldwide via the Patent Cooperation Treaty”. They continue to hit production milestones, albeit much, much slower than we would wish. You say I confuse passion for marketing, but you seem to think passion and marketing are mutually exclusive. Of course they are going to market their product, but you think that means they aren’t passionate about it?
@@n.brucenelson5920 you don't know if he understands that or not. What he said is that Aptera have not provided any evidence to support their claims. To be taken seriously then they should have provided test data to support the expectations.
@@dsds3968 Both my wife and I (as well as many others) have had rides in prototypes or even driven them themselves. This experience provides effective evidence for many of their claims. More specific claims will have evidence presented by third parties once the PI validation testing is completed.
@@dsds3968 Some data has been provided, but the data for the PI builds is what matters. The design of the prototypes has changed greatly over time and the data is no longer representative. The validation data collected from the production intent vehicles will be.
You are ignorant, you do not buy a short, it is a short sale, position. That can only happen with a publicly traded company, as one needs to borrow the shares in order to sell them.
Wish to place a side bet, I can figure it out with you. Current value of $10.50 per share, plus extra interest costs, say 15%. (It is around 500/600% for DJT short sales) and tell me how many shares you wish to short and pay me 50% of that value. If it goes up you must mark to the market of course, and put up more money, or get washed out of the short sale. How many shares do you wish to sell?
@@chrisbarrett2512 If they ipo i will invest every little cent i have in shorts and become rich. Just like with all the other ev startups, name me one that didn't plummet (besides Tesla, although also going down hard)
Long time reservation holder and small investor here. My wife and I went in knowing the background of the Co-Founders which gave us a lot of confidence. We have great respect for the decisions, methods and design choices Aptera is making, and only wish we had more to invest! Great video, thank you.
I'm doing a review of his reasons; video out soon.
Hope you have a back up plan…
Investing in startups is a form of gambling, you should only risk what you can afford to lose, saying that I believe Aptera will be successful.
@@andrewfuller8440 Which is exactly what we've done....
@@andrewfuller8440yes it is definitely a form of gambling , but with enough research and background it becomes a calculated risk rather than just pure dumb luck. Much like a card counter in blackjack knowing the precise odds can often win.
Many investors in startups are fully aware of the risks but also fully aware of the potential huge rewards as well, the trick is to not risk more than you are comfortable losing.
For my wife and I it’s about 8% of our portfolio, a little more than what’s normally recommended, but since we’re older and live well below our means and also feel Aptera is something the world needs we’re willing to take the risk.
The world belongs to the bold.
I don't expect my very small investment in Aptera to pay off, but I still sleep better knowing that I made it. I want to have some skin in this game even if it's only a gesture. Whatever happens, Aptera is one of the greatest dramas of this decade and it's a lot of fun to be a material part of it, Taking delivery of my Launch Edition is only an added bonus at this point. They are doing something profound and the grass-roots enthusiasm behind this beautiful little car speaks to it.
Very well said!
Good logical approach to apply to all investing plans. Thanks for your coverage.
I highlighted the logical approach to @chrisbarrett. What do you think?
Well done…informative and pleasantly put. Thank You!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Well done.
Charge on!
Great information! Well said to only invest money you are prepared to lose. Thank you!
Great presentation. Very well done!
You hit the best info all the way through. My compliments.
Invested, I'm 5 for 5 on the customer profile list.
Never wanted a vehicle more than an Aptera.
I am considering making a video about this. If I do, I invite you to comment further on what I have to say.
Great video, glad I invested and pre ordered. I look forward to more of your great content on Aptera.
I met Chris Anthony at Fully Charged Live in September 2022, he spoke with the same passion he displays in every interview today. He and Sandy had just unveiled the Gamma prototype and the crowd was drinking the Kool-Aid. I had just taken delivery on an Arcimoto FUV and I asked him about beta testing an Aptera. He said something about Paradigm investors and I figured that ship has sailed. Six months later I would get my opportunity and joined the Accelerator Program. Thanks for the links.
I was an early Wefunder investor before vehicle orders could be placed and placed the 42nd order for an Aptera (which qualifies for a Paradigm model). We are glad we invested and are looking foward to using our Aptera year round in Iowa.
Investor in Aptera every year since 2019 and reserved my Aptera on the first day reservations opened up. I am all in!
Thanks for another interesting episode. As an accelerator, I found your insights interesting and encouraging.
I know Silicon Valley, California is the driving force of our Countries Economy. Did Aptera try to market the Aptera vehicle in Silicon Valley? I believe the Santa Clara, California Convention Center would be the best place to market Aptera. The Aptera company could give free test drives to the Engineers that run Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley, California is where the big money resides.
Similar story here. Was following the first go-round, but then I was waiting for it to come out. This time, I reserved and made a small investment over 3 years ago - as soon as I heard that Aptera was back. I also had a technical career, and am hoping this will be the last vehicle I ever need to buy.
Thank you for the straightforward info on investing. I have invested the minimum $1000. I know very little about investing, but I know I want an Aptera!
I am tempted to make a video about this. If I do, please comment in it?
I backed Aptera initially for the $500 years ago and am now an accelerator. They are the perfect IPO people having failed and then succeeded. Exactly what you need to succeed.
People have failed multiple times. Chris Anthony has failed about eight times. He makes a business of it.
Good job!
Great presentation
Thank you!
I was one of the early 2000 reservations. And invested when they restarted. I thank you for sharing your perspective.
The crash testing of those first few 'Bodies-in-Carbon' is going to be interesting. (Got my first Driving Certification behind the wheel of a 1962 MGA, ranked by the auto insurance industry as being about as much of a death trap as a Volkswagen Microbus -- if it Turned Turtle you weren't likely to be much trouble, for the First Responders. {Chris Anthony speaks of how well an Aptera will Do, once the exigencies of an Off-Road Excursion causes that sort of Upset.} Likely to be "ever-so-much-better" than a 'Vee-Dub' in a head-on collision, as Well. {Personal opinion, there.})
Similar here, 1st car a Triumph Spitfire which actually saved me from a potentially horrible head-on crash. Car speeding over the crest of a hill in MY lane…. a less nimble car would have been toast.
Go Aptera!
What is the benefit of investing $10,000 dollars?
Historically - zero. All investments to-date have been lost. Corporate investors lost nearly $100,000,000 so far and won't touch it this time around, which at present is more shaky than when it went broke. Happy for someone to invent potential benefits instead of the reality.
Someone can check my math but if Aptera fails, 0; share price doubles = $2k; triples = $3k 😀 The reality remains to be seen but Aptera’s IP (intellectual property) makes them a compelling investment.
Sorry you had to get your first answer from a lying troll. During the "accelerator program", which is now over, a 10k investment guaranteed you would be one of the first 2000 people to receive an Aptera (if you also put down the $100 reservation fee and if you later paid the rest owed on the car when it's built. I don't believe there's any advantage to that particular amount of investment now. ... I"m surprised to see a reply from Ausie liar. I had blocked him. I'll bet he changed his handle because every logical person had blocked him.
@@gr8dvd I believe your math should be "share price doubles = $20k" not 2k, etc.
@@takenoshortcuts 👍 Would you believe… just checking to see if anyone was paying attention? …or ‘spellcheck’ error? 😀
I really like what Aptera is trying to do, but I don't see a three wheeler ever working in cold weather populated, and semi populated areas of the world. If we all moved to some tropical beach resort, this would be great just like any other three wheeler covered or uncovered, but reality says if the cyber truck is getting so much, pushback on its alone, what will the three wheeler do in today's driving society? Good luck, hope you do well…
Thanks. I get your viewpoint. I live in Georgia, so I think the vehicle will do just fine for me. My hope is they achieve some semblance of success which will allow them to build other types of vehicles as well using their super efficient design philosophy. I understand they already have some designs on the drawing board.
@@ChasingAptera let's hope, every form of electric transport facilitates the transition to a cleaner world.
Be prepared to say goodbye to that money. Aptera do not look viable to me and I don't think they're going to reach production. This will become more obvious in the next year. They're a lot of talk but have not provided any evidence of miles per kWh, range or charging ability.
Basically none of the questions involve doing your due diligence and reading their SEC filings. You would have realized their claim that a market potential of 600k vehicles per year was not only ludicrous but borderline idiotic. They basically claimed the possibility of take the complete sales for the categories they highlighted which requires those buyers to ignore all other offerings. A realistic approach would to look where those categories overlapped instead of just adding them all up. However this plays well to the uninformed supporter
You seem to confuse passion for marketing, the ability to convince their fans how important what they are doing is and how by supporting them the supporters become important as well. Marketing 101. The size of the EV market in no shape or form guarantees Aptera will have a significant portion thereof. Given the historically very low acceptance of three wheel vehicles combined with the fact that two seat vehicles sell in very low volume they have managed to start off with two strikes against their success, throw in the third with having looks that immediately removes another major segment of the vehicle buying population.
As for technical background to understand the significance of thir approach, well that would simply inform you that Aptera makes a lot of boasts which are not supported by their actions let alone facts. To put it bluntly, the only innovation here are their claims. They have not proven their efficiency claims, they have not released their aerodynamic numbers to support claims made there, and they certainly have failed to hit three previous claimed dates for production. We already have solar mobility, as in powering our EVs from solar energy generated on our roof tops which is more economical and provides a broader use of the money spent. Aptera won't have vehicle to home so their solar is wasted on a full or near full charge.
I wonder how much this commenter is being paid for his silly claims. He says he has a "technical background" and then proves he doesn't understand basic technology. If he did, he would know that reducing weight, air resistance, and rolling resistance saves energy, and he would have known about the A. Morelli shape - which was published in 1982, and had the performance confirmed by MIT in the '90s.
Your comments indicate to me you have neither read their SEC filing nor paid attention to the video. While you make a good point that their market analysis is overblown with overlapping categories, you completely missed the point that they only need to sell 6,000 vehicles a year, not 600,000 to stay viable.
You say the demand for two seater, 3-wheel vehicles is historically weak yet they have over 47,000 reservations. I don't think you can compare a typical 3-wheel vehicle to the solar electric vehicle with ample storage that Aptera is building.
As for “boasts not supported by action” and lack of innovation, had you read their SEC filing you would know they are building tangible Intellectual Property. Per their 2023 SEC filing, “We have been granted 2 design patents, have 32 patents pending, and our patenting process is ongoing. Pending patent applications include nine design, eight provisional, and thirteen non-provisional patent applications, with eight pending in the United States and four applications pending worldwide via the Patent Cooperation Treaty”. They continue to hit production milestones, albeit much, much slower than we would wish.
You say I confuse passion for marketing, but you seem to think passion and marketing are mutually exclusive. Of course they are going to market their product, but you think that means they aren’t passionate about it?
@@n.brucenelson5920 you don't know if he understands that or not. What he said is that Aptera have not provided any evidence to support their claims. To be taken seriously then they should have provided test data to support the expectations.
@@dsds3968 Both my wife and I (as well as many others) have had rides in prototypes or even driven them themselves. This experience provides effective evidence for many of their claims.
More specific claims will have evidence presented by third parties once the PI validation testing is completed.
@@dsds3968 Some data has been provided, but the data for the PI builds is what matters. The design of the prototypes has changed greatly over time and the data is no longer representative. The validation data collected from the production intent vehicles will be.
You should buy short, with that money earned you can buy the most expensive Tesla and a lifetime of electricity
You are ignorant, you do not buy a short, it is a short sale, position. That can only happen with a publicly traded company, as one needs to borrow the shares in order to sell them.
Wish to place a side bet, I can figure it out with you. Current value of $10.50 per share, plus extra interest costs, say 15%. (It is around 500/600% for DJT short sales) and tell me how many shares you wish to short and pay me 50% of that value. If it goes up you must mark to the market of course, and put up more money, or get washed out of the short sale. How many shares do you wish to sell?
@@chrisbarrett2512
If they ipo i will invest every little cent i have in shorts and become rich.
Just like with all the other ev startups, name me one that didn't plummet (besides Tesla, although also going down hard)
@@chrisbarrett2512
Duh i know, but if they ipo i know what i am gonna do
Besides not being possible, such a comment smells of ignorance regarding our climate crisis and what we need to be doing about it.