The promise of 'Right to repair' and 'privacy' (no permanent internet connection required in order to access or operate) are the features that would be most important to me.
We won't know about how good the "right to repair" promise will be until a good year out. Even companies like Framework needed a solid year or two after release to prove to the general public that they actually care about right to repair. I am more worried about "enshittification" of the firmware. Hopefully all the key elements are open source; or at least openly documented such that they can't trap us to a subscription service.
This is what I like about this company, no narcissist taking all the credit and calling themselves a "genius", Aptera brass gives a face and credit to all those on the development team that make the dream a reality I wish the utmost success to Aptera.
Great news. I can't wait to get mine. If you need anyone for the production line, let me know. I would love to work for Aptera in the factory. Thanks for the great news. Keep up the great work.
Since so many people will buy sight unseen, I would love to deliver them in the US. I bet I could have a whole YT channel just showing people seeing and driving them for the first time!
The public offer states that this founding round is not final. Much more money will be needed to produce more than the 53 first vehicles. Also, the shares offered are not A shares but B stock that has no voting rights. That makes the shares much less valuable.
*Just insert your favorite "excited" meme here* Happy to hear about all the progress and testing. Previously it was a desired dream. Now I feel it is happening
Wore my Aptera sweatshirt every day, sported my Aptera bumper sticker on two vehicles, wore my hat, and spread the word about Aptera to any soul that would give me a moment of their time.... it was all worth it! 🎉
@@Okurka. You continue to harm our future by continuously opposing a vehicle that will place less burden on our environment. That is either extreme ignorance, or, more likely, you are selling out our children to the oil and ICE industries.
This is one time where I'm glad to see a crowdfunding end! I invested in Aptera in 2022 or 23. I want to set up a franchise restaurant that uses Aptera as delivery vehicles. Wrap them with the logo, no need for an aero-harming sign topper! Solve the shortage of drivers like Domino's does, with company vehicles. But for sandwiches. Domino's should be ordering a fleet of Aptera, too!
Hi Chris, you said in your update that "it is exciting to see....after so many years of design and development...." I come from the design and development world and find that the development of Aptera has occurred amazingly fast and with engineering methods and materials that weren't even available a few years ago. I've been a believer and investor and really enjoy the transparency, capital efficiency, novel concepts, rethinking and choice of materials and suppliers. Robust supply chain and Lean Manufacturing on top of paradigm-shifted thinking will make Aptera a huge success! I'm excited to get my LE. Thanks to the entire team!
YES! Great news that I've been waiting for and expected. Space is in the driveway, the charger is ready and we're ready to drive our new 1000 mi version from Anaheim to the East Coast. Road Trio! Welcome Home Aptera. You're going to be insanely successful!
@@ApteraMotors Thank us for watching? We're on the edge of our pins and needles over here and wouldn't miss this for the world!! We are so excited for what you are doing and how you are doing it!
It has come so far. I am very excited to see the car in person. I told myself once they secured funding and approached a release level vehicle I would order. That was today. Very excited for my Launch Edition. My order is numbered above 77k so I suspect it will still be a few years but that's ok!
Awesome! The best update yet! Congrats Chris, Steve and all who have worked on the vehicle to date! Can't wait to see you guys reach more milestones and see the LE start rolling off the assembly line!
Congratulations Chris & Team ~ ! A well deserved & earned reward for your focus, dedication & vision to bring the world the most innovative Solar vehicle the globe's ever known!
@@Okurka.I honestly believe that you are jealous of the enthusiasm and future for Aptera! I can tell you one thing for sure, it is a lot better being on this side of Aptera instead of the dark side you are in!
The years of trial and error have paid off so well. I’m happy to see how far Aptera has come despite the painstaking obstacles. I cannot wait to own one! I hope you join the stock market as well. I was so let down by Nikola, but Aptera is a different beast and solar?! I live in the sunshine state of Florida and this vehicle makes so much sense! Well done guys 🎉
In a few years looking back to this moment from that little sunny campsite in the south of France......That is my Aptera dream for quite some time now....and is now becoming reality every step closer to that dream future....
Fantastic! So happy to be an investor and reservation holder. Since I live in Carlsbad I’ll also look forward to the first showing of this beautiful machine.
@@ApteraMotors it would be amazing to see a fleet of these out in the middle of the dessert where there isn't gas or electricity! Personally I look forward to a camping in it with air conditioning all night 😭😂
This is a wonderful and bold project. Watching from the UK I do hope a mk2 version will make it over to the UK and Europe. It’s always great to see truly different thinking.
@@Okurka. I’m in no hurry. They can take the time they need and produce my vehicle when they are ready. There is nothing else like this on the market. The old saying measure twice cut once applies here.
There will always be sour grapes. I wonder how man of them now will eat their words. They'll prolly come up with new things to raise FUD about. Makes me wonder if they work for the Detroit or Oil lobbies. lol
This is a work of art, a classic before it even goes on the roads. All they have to do, is not mess it up. They have come a long way, press on, it’s worth it.
@@Okurka. there was a little economic crisis called “Covid” making timelines a little unpredictable. They’ve never pushed news lines or funding this hard since 2019 so yes, I believe we are close 😂
@@Tekaisuwu They also said "next year" in 2022 and 2023. Now they're saying they still have to decide what suspension to use. They're pushing funding because they made a loss of $54 million in 2023.
@@Okurka.they didn’t “make a loss”, they burned money because you kind of, just maybe, have to spend money as a startup. 2023 was a huge year in terms of moving towards production (hence the spending of money). Now they’re doubling down on 2025 being production year with all the cards they’ve been playing the last few months. They’ve secured full funding with U.S. Capital and are stopping crowdfunding on June 30th. Has that happened before? No.
I hope you have better luck than Sono Motors in Germany, which eventually ran out of money even though the car looked very promising despite being a bit ugly. Yours looks more futuristic 😀
Keep going Aptera Team, I've been saving to buy a Tesla but now i am leaning more to buy an Aptera once i have enough! So my next car will probably be an Aptera!
This is exactly the news I needed to hear. I’ve been on the fence between waiting for my 600 mile version or dropping out and getting a Tesla. Hopefully you guys can get to the other versions pretty quickly.
I wonder when the 600 mile version will be produced? First the 400 mile Launch Edition will be produced. You can ask Aptera. And then hope for no delays again, e.g. Aptera expected this start of production to be "next year" for the last X (3?) years. I hope Aptera is successful!
I'm excited about how far you have come since the first time I saw you and sat inside an Aptera at the 2009 Long Beach Grand Prix. It's still my first choice and I'm sorry I missed you at DRIFTx, but look forward to chatting next year. Cheers!
Congratulations Chris, and Congratulations Aptera, and Congratulations WORLD! May you have secured the funding in the most favourable of terms!! :D Can't wait for mine! I'm somewhere between 500 & 600.
I know it takes a long time to make a good EV, nobody wants it to end up like a Chinese EV, but the wait is agonising! I really want to see these on the road, I want to see people driving around in consumer friendly, easily repairable cars that they may never need to plug in, it's the future we should have had years ago.
Publishing this update is smart. Social media is crawling with critics who get off on negative and inaccurate comments. While I’m not a likely customer for this platform, I see all contributions to green transportation as part of its evolution. Best of luck to you.
Has a new production date been established? I thought Aptera was a great idea the first time around and was disappointed when they didn’t launch. I think a big market exists for efficient and reliable transportation.
The promise of 'Right to repair' and 'privacy' (no permanent internet connection required in order to access or operate) are the features that would be most important to me.
Are you sure it was a promise and not some marketing buzz?
@@Okurka. I don't know anything about permanent Internet access or not but the right to repair definitely.
@@Okurka. Could be a scam, we will find out soon enough.
@@Fairburne69 I agree, and don't want an electronic back seat driver in my vehicle.
We won't know about how good the "right to repair" promise will be until a good year out. Even companies like Framework needed a solid year or two after release to prove to the general public that they actually care about right to repair.
I am more worried about "enshittification" of the firmware. Hopefully all the key elements are open source; or at least openly documented such that they can't trap us to a subscription service.
Here's me wishing I studied engineering. I would LOVE to be a part of what you guys are doing. Go Aptera go!
You are just by watching these videos and supporting the mission! Thank you 💚
@@ApteraMotors 🥰
Has me wishing I could have passed Calculus back in the day. Working on this would be super exciting!
@@bearclaw5115Hated calculus. That was why I ended up a medical doctor.
It doesn't seem they hire American engineers.
This is what I like about this company, no narcissist taking all the credit and calling themselves a "genius", Aptera brass gives a face and credit to all those on the development team that make the dream a reality I wish the utmost success to Aptera.
*stable genius 😀
the should make "him" a supervised genius, at least the FSD is@@gr8dvd
Do you even know about the scam aptera pulled in the early 2000s. Look it up. They scammed me for $600 and I was supposed to get my aptera in 2009.
I've also seen them admit to mistakes.
You didn't say who you are talking about and, yet... I'm pretty sure everybody knows who you are talking about.
I'm ready to make some room in my driveway!!!
Nice to HAVE a driveway
@@solosailorsv8065 Move out of the city, problem solved :)
Note-to-self: ▪clear driveway ✔ ▪clear garage (or move, someone else’s problem)
I already made space in mine lol
Must be annoying to have to move the three-wheeler every time you need a car.
Great news. I can't wait to get mine. If you need anyone for the production line, let me know. I would love to work for Aptera in the factory. Thanks for the great news. Keep up the great work.
Since so many people will buy sight unseen, I would love to deliver them in the US. I bet I could have a whole YT channel just showing people seeing and driving them for the first time!
@@dougbrittsan-yn9sl I hope they hire you as a right-to-your-driveway delivery-driver!
So excited for production to begin!!
Don't hold your breath.
The public offer states that this founding round is not final. Much more money will be needed to produce more than the 53 first vehicles.
Also, the shares offered are not A shares but B stock that has no voting rights. That makes the shares much less valuable.
Scamtera! Too Late To Back Out?
So much talk, when will production vehicles in real numbers be available?
@@russellmoore1533 never bc they are SCAMTERA
*Just insert your favorite "excited" meme here*
Happy to hear about all the progress and testing. Previously it was a desired dream. Now I feel it is happening
Inserts "A few years later" meme.
Wore my Aptera sweatshirt every day, sported my Aptera bumper sticker on two vehicles, wore my hat, and spread the word about Aptera to any soul that would give me a moment of their time.... it was all worth it! 🎉
That's cult behavior.
@@Okurka. At least not a Yankee cult member if a Red Sox fan (or visa-versa) 😀
@@Okurka.It’s the best thing since sliced bread
@@Okurka. All great products/companies have been accused of this. Both Apple and Tesla come to mind.
@@Okurka. You continue to harm our future by continuously opposing a vehicle that will place less burden on our environment. That is either extreme ignorance, or, more likely, you are selling out our children to the oil and ICE industries.
Chris I sincerely wish you and your team nothing but the best. You have an amazing team.
Dave, Queensland
Love seeing yall get closer and closer to changing the world 🌎
This is the best update ever! Can't wait to have mine in my driveway next year!!!!
Can't wait to get mine!
A memorable May with this culmination of news... The rubber meets the road ! CONGRATULATIONS ALL ! + ON!
Thank you!!
What a joyous day!
Rubber? They don't even know what suspension to use; let alone what size tires.
Edit: Now they also don't know what hub motors to use.
@@Okurka. You sound so unhappy.
@@user-roadwander My time will come.
This is one time where I'm glad to see a crowdfunding end! I invested in Aptera in 2022 or 23. I want to set up a franchise restaurant that uses Aptera as delivery vehicles. Wrap them with the logo, no need for an aero-harming sign topper! Solve the shortage of drivers like Domino's does, with company vehicles. But for sandwiches. Domino's should be ordering a fleet of Aptera, too!
I bet they'll raise the price by 10 years of gasoline before its released. Every other ev company has done this.
I've been wanting an Aptera since around 2006. I'm so, SO excited that it's becoming a reality!
I have had a reservation since 2008. I wonder if they’re going to pull the same scam with all of the orders this round like they did that first round
Me too. Isn't it amazing that this design will soon be 20 years old !
Hi Chris, you said in your update that "it is exciting to see....after so many years of design and development...." I come from the design and development world and find that the development of Aptera has occurred amazingly fast and with engineering methods and materials that weren't even available a few years ago. I've been a believer and investor and really enjoy the transparency, capital efficiency, novel concepts, rethinking and choice of materials and suppliers. Robust supply chain and Lean Manufacturing on top of paradigm-shifted thinking will make Aptera a huge success! I'm excited to get my LE. Thanks to the entire team!
YES! Great news that I've been waiting for and expected. Space is in the driveway, the charger is ready and we're ready to drive our new 1000 mi version from Anaheim to the East Coast. Road Trio! Welcome Home Aptera.
You're going to be insanely successful!
That's so exciting! Go Aptera!
So much fantastic news to unpack here, thank you Aptera!!!
Thank you for watching, and for your support!
@@ApteraMotors Thank us for watching? We're on the edge of our pins and needles over here and wouldn't miss this for the world!! We are so excited for what you are doing and how you are doing it!
@@DemaGeek Yeah, I thought it was funny that CA said we needed to watch to the end!
Alright Aptera ! Let’s get this going and rock this BABY , YES ! 😎
Do a video about US Capital Global, and be disappointed
It has come so far. I am very excited to see the car in person. I told myself once they secured funding and approached a release level vehicle I would order. That was today. Very excited for my Launch Edition. My order is numbered above 77k so I suspect it will still be a few years but that's ok!
Congratulations! GO APTERA 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
More chassis and suspesnion info when available, I find that stuff really interesting, especially for a 3 wheeler! Congrats on the major milestones!
We plan to do more in-depth videos in the coming weeks about certain systems. Good idea!
Exciting update about the production funding!
Yaay!!! Finally!!! I cannot wait to drive my Aptera and see the investment deliver returns! Let's go!
Awesome! The best update yet! Congrats Chris, Steve and all who have worked on the vehicle to date! Can't wait to see you guys reach more milestones and see the LE start rolling off the assembly line!
Great news guys can’t wait!!!
Wohhooo! Big congratulations 🎈🎉🎊 on securing funding 🙌🏼
Congratulations Chris & Team ~ ! A well deserved & earned reward for your focus, dedication & vision to bring the world the most innovative Solar vehicle the globe's ever known!
Heck yes! Funding!!! I cant wait to get mine! I'll have to put some more in to bump me up from slot 1140 of the accelerators!
Thank you for the investment, we really appreciate you!
As long as you do it before June 30th. AP closing then.
You fell right into the trap.
@@Okurka.I honestly believe that you are jealous of the enthusiasm and future for Aptera! I can tell you one thing for sure, it is a lot better being on this side of Aptera instead of the dark side you are in!
@@gmv0553 Remind me in a year.
So awesome, cant wait to get mine! Congratulations to the Aptera Team!
The years of trial and error have paid off so well. I’m happy to see how far Aptera has come despite the painstaking obstacles. I cannot wait to own one! I hope you join the stock market as well. I was so let down by Nikola, but Aptera is a different beast and solar?! I live in the sunshine state of Florida and this vehicle makes so much sense! Well done guys 🎉
Exciting update! So proud of you and your team for making the Aptera a reality. I can't wait to get one for use here in Phoenix AZ!! 🌞🌞🌞
In a few years looking back to this moment from that little sunny campsite in the south of France......That is my Aptera dream for quite some time now....and is now becoming reality every step closer to that dream future....
All of your efforts will pay off, Team Aptera! Can’t wait to have my Launch Edition!
Fantastic! So happy to be an investor and reservation holder. Since I live in Carlsbad I’ll also look forward to the first showing of this beautiful machine.
Go Aptera!! Long way to go, but major milestones bridging the distance… ⚡️⚡️😀
I’d buy one…hello from Canada
Love the updates. I hope to invest a little more before time is up
Thank you for your investment!
So looking forward to when the production starts and even more to when the EU-version is ready!
As a college student, I can't wait to buy an Aptera in 10 years when I finally have a steady income and Aptera has perfected their model!
It'll be the perfect first, and only vehicle!
@@ApteraMotors it would be amazing to see a fleet of these out in the middle of the dessert where there isn't gas or electricity! Personally I look forward to a camping in it with air conditioning all night 😭😂
@@ApteraMotors probably the only vehicle I'll ever buy once I can :)
Wait a year or two sure if you are a cautious type but 10 is too long. You're missing out on the benefits for a decade.
@@ApteraMotors First and only? Do you expect it to last decades?
I am incredibly excited for this! As someone who rides motorcycles and is obsessed with becoming sustainable I am ready for Aptera to come to market!
This is a wonderful and bold project. Watching from the UK I do hope a mk2 version will make it over to the UK and Europe. It’s always great to see truly different thinking.
First to hear the news! Really looking forward to getting my order asap!
Can't wait for you to get your vehicle Gary!
@@ApteraMotors You say that in every video; just start production.
@@Okurka. I’m in no hurry. They can take the time they need and produce my vehicle when they are ready. There is nothing else like this on the market. The old saying measure twice cut once applies here.
i cant wait see this vehicle prove so many ppl wrong who doubted it
There will always be sour grapes. I wonder how man of them now will eat their words. They'll prolly come up with new things to raise FUD about. Makes me wonder if they work for the Detroit or Oil lobbies. lol
@@fanfare100 There are over 47,000 reservations; I wonder how many of them will eat their words.
You should watch some RUclips from 2010 from aptera.
@@junglegroove2012 Yet 14 years later... These NPCs still be waiting for their fusion breakthrough. Keep Dreaming!
EV is gonna fail, maybe if it was ICE
Congrats to the whole Aptera team! Your success makes so much sense.
Great to meet the people.
This is beautiful news thanks for the update. It was just a matter of time before a whale saw the solar mobility!
This is a work of art, a classic before it even goes on the roads. All they have to do, is not mess it up. They have come a long way, press on, it’s worth it.
We're all counting on you!
Nice. Funding secure. This is a big step forward.
Apparently it's less than $20 million; they made a loss of $54.6 million in 2023.
@@Okurka. there is no funding secured
I love monthly updates and I love behind the scenes looks into projects. Thanks so much!
So close! Can't wait :)
Close? It has always been "next year".
@@Okurka. there was a little economic crisis called “Covid” making timelines a little unpredictable. They’ve never pushed news lines or funding this hard since 2019 so yes, I believe we are close 😂
@@Tekaisuwu They also said "next year" in 2022 and 2023. Now they're saying they still have to decide what suspension to use.
They're pushing funding because they made a loss of $54 million in 2023.
@@Okurka.they didn’t “make a loss”, they burned money because you kind of, just maybe, have to spend money as a startup. 2023 was a huge year in terms of moving towards production (hence the spending of money). Now they’re doubling down on 2025 being production year with all the cards they’ve been playing the last few months. They’ve secured full funding with U.S. Capital and are stopping crowdfunding on June 30th. Has that happened before? No.
@@Tekaisuwu Look at their 2023 filing; they made a loss of $54 million.
It’s happening!
I'm not going to be an investor, but I'm excited by the possiblility of being able to buy an aptera in 2026.
Wow! Exciting update. Aptera is one of the best things to happen in recent times.
So was Theranos.
Thank you so much for these updates. They not only make me feel good, but connected. Keep up the great work and know we are all behind you.
Congratulations
Just bought 100 shares!
Congrats and welcome to the club!! :D
@@fanfare100 Why am I not surprised?
Short or long
@@shrimptopian3392long just like my 6500 shares bought under a dollar a share!
Where can I buy?
Post more videos with the 'Batmobile' and 'wind' sounds.
It might be too sexy but RUclips won't ban it, I promise!
Hahaha
Bring it on. Im hoping with help from Munro and hard work the ramp will go well and as planned
I guess dreams do come true thanks for all your hard work
Congratulations on all the new developments.
We’re excited for the final product!!
Thanks for making this video update. can't wait to see these machines on the road.
Best of Luck Aptera !
Thank you for the update.
Congratulations!!!
Yes! Let's go team Aptera !!
I hope you have better luck than Sono Motors in Germany, which eventually ran out of money even though the car looked very promising despite being a bit ugly. Yours looks more futuristic 😀
Thank you for the update. I'm not sure if I'll be able to afford an Aptera but I enjoy following your progress.
Keep going Aptera Team, I've been saving to buy a Tesla but now i am leaning more to buy an Aptera once i have enough! So my next car will probably be an Aptera!
Want want WANT
Let’s go Aptera!!
Im so stoked about this!
Love the vehicle this is the future! Light weight and incredible aerodynamics.
Trading my Tundra in for Aptera and I can't wait!
One step closer to getting a charger installed in my NYC coop apartment garage.
This is exactly the news I needed to hear. I’ve been on the fence between waiting for my 600 mile version or dropping out and getting a Tesla. Hopefully you guys can get to the other versions pretty quickly.
I'm waiting with a 2011 Nissan Leaf still on the original battery, be patient :)
I wonder when the 600 mile version will be produced? First the 400 mile Launch Edition will be produced. You can ask Aptera.
And then hope for no delays again, e.g. Aptera expected this start of production to be "next year" for the last X (3?) years. I hope Aptera is successful!
@@madmotorcyclist BTW, after more than 10 years, how many miles are you still getting on that original battery?
@@raxzore I believe they plan to make the 400, then the 250 and then the 600 and lastly the 1,000 mile versions, in that order.
I am waiting for the 600 mile also! May change though after the 400 mile is validated with superior results.
I'm excited about how far you have come since the first time I saw you and sat inside an Aptera at the 2009 Long Beach Grand Prix. It's still my first choice and I'm sorry I missed you at DRIFTx, but look forward to chatting next year. Cheers!
amazing!!! can't wait to get my launch edition! I've been waiting and saving up in my own ways!!
Wow amazing!! These people express great, fun and extremely smart personalities!! I wanna be an assistant for people like this!!
Congratulations Chris, and Congratulations Aptera, and Congratulations WORLD!
May you have secured the funding in the most favourable of terms!! :D
Can't wait for mine! I'm somewhere between 500 & 600.
YEEEEE! Can't wait. Awesome news!
I know it takes a long time to make a good EV, nobody wants it to end up like a Chinese EV, but the wait is agonising! I really want to see these on the road, I want to see people driving around in consumer friendly, easily repairable cars that they may never need to plug in, it's the future we should have had years ago.
Trading in my Tesla for this!
Great News!
Publishing this update is smart. Social media is crawling with critics who get off on negative and inaccurate comments. While I’m not a likely customer for this platform, I see all contributions to green transportation as part of its evolution. Best of luck to you.
This critics have become a bit silent momentarily. They're probably regrouping or awaiting further instruction from the Detroit and/or Oil Lobby. lol
Woohoo, if there's gonna be some reveal event in Europe, I'll be there ❤
We have our first event some 3 weeks ago in Fulda with @apterasolar. Join us and help to get them to Europe.
Please come to India lots of sunshine and lots of space for setting up manufacturing facilities 🎉
No clean roads, though.
@@Okurka. Do you EVER have anything constructive to say?
@@fanfare100 That was constructive; the Aptera has only been tested on clean roads.
These things are amazing. I hope they turn out to be great vehicles.
I would buy it tomorrow when it hits Ireland!
This is so much cooler than that hideously ugly cybertruck
June 30th last day to get those shares
Unless they announce by then it was so successful that they keep the crowdfunding going.
@@Okurka.No, they have announced it's closing then.
Marked my calendar b4 finishing the video (June 6 webinar).
@@adimchionyenadum2962 They had also announced that the Accelerator would run for a month and then let it run for a year.
Has a new production date been established? I thought Aptera was a great idea the first time around and was disappointed when they didn’t launch. I think a big market exists for efficient and reliable transportation.
Woohoo!
Hey all you behind the scenes staff in this video:
We are all jealous of you.
Relax; they laid off more than half their staff a while ago.
@@Okurka. Seems like you're the town heckler. lol
A Starlink or satellite based emergency system (in the case of being stranded far in the woods or remote area) would be amazing.
Please imagine that I am producing a very loud "woot" noise!
@@garywozniak7742 This is how classy Aptera fanbois are.
Yes, I am imaginig it.
it starts to look more real every month!