I love this! Having worked with and led a good sized aerospace composites engineering team these are recognizable types of people. Passionate, creative, maybe a little quiet, but they know what needs to get done and will do it well.
Love this series. Would like to see more hands on with the actual car or parts of the car. I love seeing that people working for Aptera have the freedom to express their ideas & all have the same goal in the end. The most efficient EV in the world.
Thank you Anusha & Greg. It is great to meet you both and thank you for your formal expertise and professional investment in our Fine Aptera Product and Family! I love all the energy you guys are putting into this product and keeping us well informed with these videos. It's really been great meeting you all! ☀️🌱☀️🍃☀️
Additionally, could you explain how you are going to put the body in custom requested colors please? Will this be a wrap externally or will custom color be infused into the body composite?
@@rogerheffelbower4978 based on the website answers I’d say wrap. It’s what they’re covering the black bodies with now. They’re all black after remolding.
@@SteveBueche1027 Yeah, all Aptera EVs will be wrapped. The Alpha models had a base coat of black paint, and most likely production models will each have a base paint color of black, white or silver. And then they will all be wrapped on top of that. I am not sure if you will be able to choose your base color paint if you choose a custom color wrap like many of us have.
I just love these videos that you keep putting out... what strikes more than anything is the passion behind the work that is going on at Aptera. It is SO very cool to see the excitement on everyone's facing knowing that what you're doing is truly making a difference
If this video series introducing the Aptera engineers and team had been out there before I invested in Aptera, I would have invested three times as much. Viva Aptera!
The Makers Series continues to reinforce my opinion of Aptera and my hope for a better planet. The more I know, and learn about Aptera and it's people the happier I get. ☺️
Whether these guys enjoy talking for these videos or not, I really love this information. I feel like it helps me get to know a little about one of the more revolutionary vehicles that will be available soon and I may be biased since I have a deposit.
It was good to hear from Greg and Anusha. It would also be helpful in these Makers series to show one or two specific sample challenges with the Aptera that each of them have helped resolve. As with the solar, battery, body control, and suspension systems there are unique problems that the Aptera team faces in bringing the Aptera dream into actual production. It is great to meet the team, see their design and engineering passion. But it does leave me wanting to see even more. For instance when we all get to see the new Luna Alpha model (looking cool in the upcoming Joshua Tree video), it would be fun to see any changes made by the Aptera team members that we have already "met" (in prior maker videos). Showing little progress update snippets. Thanks again for these ongoing videos!
Our goal is to sell Aptera worldwide wherever possible given local regulations, including Europe. We plan to sell internationally in 2022. We encourage you to make a reservation to secure your spot and help bring Aptera to your region even sooner!
@@ApteraMotors Could you make an episode providing some insights into the homologation process? Speaking for myself I don't know enough about the challenges and would love to have a better understanding about it. With that insight I think we europeans could make a reservation with a much better feeling. My one will be from switzerland.
Not sure I fully understand the question. The color is in a renewable vinyl wrap. The skin is a foam composite sandwich, so cracks are unlikely to propagate all the way through. In the case of severe damage the panel can be replaced.
A car with solar panels. Well, the place where you park will make a big difference to how much light gets to the panels. If it's parked next to a home, it might be possible to place a reflective material on the wall of the house in a way to reflect more light to the panels, like the idea behind a solar oven or concentrated solar power, except not trying to maximize heat. Is there a chance this could get as much as 50% better efficiency? I don't know. During the day is when the car would get used the most, so it would not be parked in this wonderful spot with concentrated light. I wonder, however, if this could help in regions with more cloud cover.
Looks great. It's time to hit the pedal to the metal and get production ready. Even though we are not competing with Tesla directly our sales depend on how soon we get Aptera to market. Let me know if I could do anything to help. Truly want Aptera to succeed. It's an amazing idea with efficiency and "SAFETY" in every aspect of the machine which is why I love it.
Dear Aptera Luna Engineers, Will the Aptera Luna have an active battery thermal maintenance system to keep the battery at optimal temperature and to prevent it from overheating during charging and on very hot days?
Hey guys, will it be possible to have a vehicle to grid or vehicle to vehicle charging in the aptera. I was thinking about if I was going to go somewhere with the aperta and I had another large ev like a cybertruck Then I could charge it to full relatively quickly if I used vehicle to vehicle charging. Also I could use Tesla network for free to charge aptera if I had a Tesla and Aptera. Tesla has this function in there cars all ready that needs to be done to activate it would be a software update also could be good in case of power outage. Plz plz plz add this feature even as an option would be good, will pay more for this. Also thanks for responding if u reading this.
@@mr.falcon5946 From the FAQ: We are looking at V2G tech but we are still in the very preliminary stages of evaluation. We may use a DC link to make things easy or have a special charger to tie things together.
For someone who is moving toward the "van life" lifestyle, aka mobile home, is the ability for the Aptera to be towed being engineered into the platform for winnebago owners who've ordered one?
I was wandering the same thing the other day, I guess they might tow it in revers raising just the rear wheel, would it charge the battery while being towed through the hub motors
Will the composite bodies be autoclave or vacuum cured at atmospheric? Elevated or room temp cured? Will they be hand layup or robot layup? Prepregs or more like the marine industry using vacuum to draw in the resin?
Yes it you sit on the right and reach over. 🤗 I’m sure it’ll be a needed consideration when they start making them for the over seas market. Check out the website under the Community heading
@@n.brucenelson5920 I just need to know now how much weight will it be able to tow on a small trailer. The Aptera is looking to be the perfect fit for my all electric lawn care company.
@@macheneclothing Two to 3 hundred lbs are what they are saying the towing weight will likely be. We will know after the beta testing round is completel.
Bit more detail on how a composite body is getting built and the significant advantages and differences to steel and aluminium counterparts could have put a bit more meat on the bone, I’d let these guys have another crack at it
Asking engineers non-technical questions does not lead to the greatest interview. It would have helped if Greg and Anusha could have written the questions and directed how the conversation was headed.
On the other hand the approach can lead to more honest and natural responses instead of fake-sounding responses we almost always hear from these types of interviews. I just hope this company can survive long enough to actually produce and sell vehicles in large numbers.
I've seen these types of interviews happen every 10 years or so at the company I used to work for. The engineers do a much better job of explaining things when putting on presentation, answering questions from the audience. They do horrible when sitting on a stool with lights and a camera pointed at them, a completely foreign situation. I am noting that I would have created this video in a completely different manner. I am rooting for Aptera as well.
@@larrylem3582 It's definitely true that focused, intelligent people often are not eloquent or socially relaxed when it comes to talking. The best teachers in the world are the ones that have been able to bridge that gap and make concepts easier to understand. I've had only one or two teachers in my life that exemplified that ability, and I remember them to this day.
so we now know and have known for a while now, we do not need electricity or any thing like that to dry our clothing after washing, we can break down the various ways to dry the clothing, out doors sunny windy day in philly, indoors dark basement furnace room during sub zero winter days, indoors clothes drying for shorts, works very good, harvest rain water, are we doing this, wu ling hong guang mini ev, make the trucker flip on a corner what does that look like
I want to see Aptera hook up enough solar panels on a light weight trailer to go above the amount of watts needed per hour to keep the car fully charged up going down the road at highway speed
That's not what "Body In White" means. - A Body in White is just the shell, no electrical, drive train, suspension or interior - it's the shell in the state it is as it starts down the assemble line. The 'White' in the name is a reference to unpainted steel, also called White Metal. It also refers to a spare shell available from a manufacturer to build 'specials' from, such as is sent to Race Car Teams for them to build a 'production' based race car, or in the case of some manufacturers, a spare shell available to repairers to replace that damaged in a crash, with the crashed vehicles components transferred over to the new shell.
They say it in the video - that the shell is the whole vehicle. That's how lightweight it's going to be. There's nothing "inside" the shell other than the inside of the car. No body panels outside.
@@Nphen No, the description they gave included the suspension and the like, that is Not what's included in Body In White - for this design, the bare Carbon Monocoque is the Body In White. The "White Metal" part is the key, as it refers to how the steel was stored, bare and unpainted.
Stop asking. Most seem to say they want to drive "up the coast" I just hope it doesn't result in tunnel vision that affects everyone that drives somewhere else.
@@TheBandit7613 The one designed by none less that Sandy Munro (also a co-investor) at the new factory in the plant they just bought in Carlsbad California! And I appreciate Sandy's vote of confidence for also investing in that for which he is a manufacturing consultant!!
@@n.brucenelson5920 The body parts around the wheels are maybe 2 inches off the ground. For aerodynamics that might be useful but when it comes to real world scenarios that might be a problem.
@@n.brucenelson5920 Sorry, but in the Jay Leno video they say that they WILL be elevated to 5 inches. Don't make up facts when the alpha version is certainly not at 5 inches.
@@DaveDEF82 there will be no real world vehicles with 2" clearance from the bottom of the wheel pants, unless customer modified. An alpha prototype is far from production intent.
Aptera Motors i want to see you build a solar trailer, and produce a net positive result at 55 miles per hour or even 75 miles per hour. So you can charge your car battery up and gain charge while driving. The trailer would be very light, and could be quite big maybe even 16 feet long. Just enough strength to support the solar panels on the trailer. Much like the solar powered electric bikes that have unlimited range when sunny. This is true with cars as well, if we add a trailer. Unlimited range when sunny. The Australian solar car challenge across the desert, if those cramped little things were designed with a trailer they would gain so much more range, it would be an unlimited range easily. That is not really fair challenge. Car can pull 100 miles of range from the sun easily with a solar trailer or more surface area on the car with panels.
@@n.brucenelson5920 Yes, i want to see Aptera put out a promotional video of two parking spots full of solar panels that might be ok for some people, that would be 80 miles on a great day. I think 3 or 4 solar panels could charge a normal electric car up in the sun all day, about 50 miles of range that would be significant amount You could maybe set up 5 solar panels on a ultra light trailer or put them in the car on on a rack or something, then set them up when parked.
I'm sorry to be the dead dog at the happy Aptera party, but I feel obliged to point out that composites are not ideal for everyday products like car body panels. They're light and strong and brilliant for boats and aircraft components - and even entire structures like gliders [sailplanes] - and for highly specialised auto applications such as Formula 1 racing cars. But those are areas where the epoxy-carbon-aramid [kevlar] composites are not subject to daily knocks, scrapes, wear, or sharp impacts. Composites are certainly very light and strong, but they're also quite easily scratched, dented and cracked. If this vehicle's beautiful monocoque 'shell' is damaged (hit by a wandering shopping trolley in a supermarket car park, or smashed into by the clumsily-opened door of a neighbouring car, for instance), the overall strength and integrity of the Aptera's body shell will be compromised. It's not just cosmetic damage if the body itself is a structural component. Can the Aptera be taken apart for repairs, or is its body a one-off, one-piece component? I'm not sure there's any way to easily (or cheaply) repair a monocoque shell. The core 'tub' of a Formula 1 car is immensely strong and tough, but if it's damaged in a collision, it generally has to be scrapped. If regular road cars have structural carbon-fibre parts such as doors, wings, or even entire front and rear ends, physical contact with a kerb, bollard or street lamp can cause cracks or dents which cannot be simply welded or filled or 'polished out'. They're structural, safety-critical parts. For supercars and hypercars with composite construction, replacement is the only option, and that is expensive. Fitting a new nose or door to a Ferrari or McLaren (to factory specifications) could cost £30,000 or more. I admire the Aptera concept, and the enthusiasm and commitment of the team making it a reality, but I can't see how the (potential) disadvantages of having a one-piece, fully-integrated body shell are going to be managed. It'd be more practical to have deformable, replaceable outer panels bolted onto an aluminium subframe or chassis. I know that would increase weight and complexity (and cost!), but... Well, how is the Aptera's elegant body going to fare in the real world of skateboards, scooters, bikes, and (worst of all) jealous, hate-filled anti-EV vandals who'll gleefully run a key over it, knowing that it can't easily be repaired?
Video from Aptera’s last go-round shows people hitting the roof with a sledge-hammer with no effects. This isn’t ‘carbon-fiber’, it’s a composite, with much different attributes then what you are describing.
It appears that damaged parts will be only replaced, never fixed. They said the replacement will be very simple and the parts not expensive. While you're arguments are correct, if they deliver on their promises, that takes care of the issue.
@@n.brucenelson5920 this is known, but much like motorcycle helmets that are never repaired, so too the body of Aptera cannot be guaranteed to retain crash worthiness after a repair
@@HueNarcisWorld Minor cosmetic damage will be confined to the vinyl wrap. If the damage is enough to compromise safety, the piece can be replaced. Since it is not a single layer but a foam filled sandwich, a crack or blemish in the outer skin willnot have such dire consequences.
*More meaningless rhetoric. Still no production capabilities. Keep sending money folks, this automotive financial black hole of false hope needs all you can send.*
@@n.brucenelson5920 *As I said. Forget all the "beta" stuff and "test vehicles". There exists absolutely NO production facilities nor secured locations for such..Not even as far as Paul Elio's furtive plans.*
@@schizy Why are you lying about things that are in the public record? Aptera founders have taken a company through IPO and shipped thousands of products. Paul Elio not so much. On comparison.
@@schizy Hardly. You just haven't done your due diligence. Steve Fambro developed Famro Farms which became a supplier to Whole foods and restaurants throughout Southern California, and then in the Middle East. Chris Anthony was co-founder and CEO of Flux Power, which had a successful IPO and is now a publicly traded stock which happened under his direction.
I love this! Having worked with and led a good sized aerospace composites engineering team these are recognizable types of people. Passionate, creative, maybe a little quiet, but they know what needs to get done and will do it well.
Love this series. Would like to see more hands on with the actual car or parts of the car.
I love seeing that people working for Aptera have the freedom to express their ideas & all have the same goal in the end. The most efficient EV in the world.
Thank you Anusha & Greg. It is great to meet you both and thank you for your formal expertise and professional investment in our Fine Aptera Product and Family! I love all the energy you guys are putting into this product and keeping us well informed with these videos. It's really been great meeting you all! ☀️🌱☀️🍃☀️
Additionally, could you explain how you are going to put the body in custom requested colors please? Will this be a wrap externally or will custom color be infused into the body composite?
@@rogerheffelbower4978 based on the website answers I’d say wrap. It’s what they’re covering the black bodies with now. They’re all black after remolding.
@@SteveBueche1027 Yeah, all Aptera EVs will be wrapped. The Alpha models had a base coat of black paint, and most likely production models will each have a base paint color of black, white or silver. And then they will all be wrapped on top of that. I am not sure if you will be able to choose your base color paint if you choose a custom color wrap like many of us have.
I just love these videos that you keep putting out... what strikes more than anything is the passion behind the work that is going on at Aptera. It is SO very cool to see the excitement on everyone's facing knowing that what you're doing is truly making a difference
*AWESOME* The *Makers* Series is Wonderful. Thank you. ANUSHA and GREG are my favorite Aptera Superheroes so far!!
If this video series introducing the Aptera engineers and team had been out there before I invested in Aptera, I would have invested three times as much.
Viva Aptera!
The Makers Series continues to reinforce my opinion of Aptera and my hope for a better planet. The more I know, and learn about Aptera and it's people the happier I get. ☺️
My opinion is formed by the fact that they don't have a factory.
No factory = pipe dream.
@@TheBandit7613 Aptera has a lease on their factory and they have started to outfit it.
Whether these guys enjoy talking for these videos or not, I really love this information. I feel like it helps me get to know a little about one of the more revolutionary vehicles that will be available soon and I may be biased since I have a deposit.
It was good to hear from Greg and Anusha. It would also be helpful in these Makers series to show one or two specific sample challenges with the Aptera that each of them have helped resolve. As with the solar, battery, body control, and suspension systems there are unique problems that the Aptera team faces in bringing the Aptera dream into actual production. It is great to meet the team, see their design and engineering passion. But it does leave me wanting to see even more. For instance when we all get to see the new Luna Alpha model (looking cool in the upcoming Joshua Tree video), it would be fun to see any changes made by the Aptera team members that we have already "met" (in prior maker videos). Showing little progress update snippets. Thanks again for these ongoing videos!
When will Aptera come to Thailand, I want one!
I love seeing their crazy cool unique computer monitors
I love your passion!
😺 when does the aptera come to Europe ?
Our goal is to sell Aptera worldwide wherever possible given local regulations, including Europe. We plan to sell internationally in 2022. We encourage you to make a reservation to secure your spot and help bring Aptera to your region even sooner!
@@ApteraMotors Could you make an episode providing some insights into the homologation process? Speaking for myself I don't know enough about the challenges and would love to have a better understanding about it. With that insight I think we europeans could make a reservation with a much better feeling. My one will be from switzerland.
Greg...Your comment on engineer is right. In Spanish "ingenio" is what life is about. Keep up the good work, Apteraianos!
Im curious about the redundancy if cracks appear how will it age
Not sure I fully understand the question. The color is in a renewable vinyl wrap. The skin is a foam composite sandwich, so cracks are unlikely to propagate all the way through. In the case of severe damage the panel can be replaced.
A car with solar panels. Well, the place where you park will make a big difference to how much light gets to the panels. If it's parked next to a home, it might be possible to place a reflective material on the wall of the house in a way to reflect more light to the panels, like the idea behind a solar oven or concentrated solar power, except not trying to maximize heat. Is there a chance this could get as much as 50% better efficiency? I don't know. During the day is when the car would get used the most, so it would not be parked in this wonderful spot with concentrated light. I wonder, however, if this could help in regions with more cloud cover.
Looks great. It's time to hit the pedal to the metal and get production ready. Even though we are not competing with Tesla directly our sales depend on how soon we get Aptera to market.
Let me know if I could do anything to help. Truly want Aptera to succeed. It's an amazing idea with efficiency and "SAFETY" in every aspect of the machine which is why I love it.
Dear Aptera Luna Engineers, Will the Aptera Luna have an active battery thermal maintenance system to keep the battery at optimal temperature and to prevent it from overheating during charging and on very hot days?
Yes, very advanced liquid cooling and BMS. (Not an Aptera engineer, but a volunteer brand ambassador.)
Hey guys, will it be possible to have a vehicle to grid or vehicle to vehicle charging in the aptera. I was thinking about if I was going to go somewhere with the aperta and I had another large ev like a cybertruck Then I could charge it to full relatively quickly if I used vehicle to vehicle charging. Also I could use Tesla network for free to charge aptera if I had a Tesla and Aptera. Tesla has this function in there cars all ready that needs to be done to activate it would be a software update also could be good in case of power outage. Plz plz plz add this feature even as an option would be good, will pay more for this. Also thanks for responding if u reading this.
They have said they are looking into this.
@@n.brucenelson5920 okay thanks wasn't sure, did they say in a meeting, I couldn't find anything online?
@@mr.falcon5946 From the FAQ: We are looking at V2G tech but we are still in the very preliminary stages of evaluation. We may use a DC link to make things easy or have a special charger to tie things together.
@@n.brucenelson5920 oh okay thanks
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For someone who is moving toward the "van life" lifestyle, aka mobile home, is the ability for the Aptera to be towed being engineered into the platform for winnebago owners who've ordered one?
I was wandering the same thing the other day, I guess they might tow it in revers raising just the rear wheel, would it charge the battery while being towed through the hub motors
Yes, although details won't come until after towing modes are tested with the beta vehicles.
Will Aptera have cameras that record? Like front and rear dash cams?
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Will the composite bodies be autoclave or vacuum cured at atmospheric? Elevated or room temp cured? Will they be hand layup or robot layup? Prepregs or more like the marine industry using vacuum to draw in the resin?
Will the Aptera be available in right hand drive?
Yes it you sit on the right and reach over. 🤗 I’m sure it’ll be a needed consideration when they start making them for the over seas market. Check out the website under the Community heading
Yes, RHD vehicles are planned.
@@n.brucenelson5920 Thanks for your response.
@@n.brucenelson5920 I just need to know now how much weight will it be able to tow on a small trailer. The Aptera is looking to be the perfect fit for my all electric lawn care company.
@@macheneclothing Two to 3 hundred lbs are what they are saying the towing weight will likely be. We will know after the beta testing round is completel.
I want my Aptera
yeah
Hi Dennis! We're working hard to get Aptera into production and in your driveway as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience in the meantime!
You seem to have a great and beautiful team!
Can't wait to see them fly the roads!
looking forward to the "body in silver" of the Luna vid promised to be out soon-hopefully by next full moon!
Bit more detail on how a composite body is getting built and the significant advantages and differences to steel and aluminium counterparts could have put a bit more meat on the bone, I’d let these guys have another crack at it
I think they don't want to share that to keep a competitive edge.
@@Maelkes yes that’s a fair point
Now where's my October update!
Asking engineers non-technical questions does not lead to the greatest interview. It would have helped if Greg and Anusha could have written the questions and directed how the conversation was headed.
On the other hand the approach can lead to more honest and natural responses instead of fake-sounding responses we almost always hear from these types of interviews. I just hope this company can survive long enough to actually produce and sell vehicles in large numbers.
I've seen these types of interviews happen every 10 years or so at the company I used to work for. The engineers do a much better job of explaining things when putting on presentation, answering questions from the audience. They do horrible when sitting on a stool with lights and a camera pointed at them, a completely foreign situation. I am noting that I would have created this video in a completely different manner. I am rooting for Aptera as well.
@@larrylem3582 It's definitely true that focused, intelligent people often are not eloquent or socially relaxed when it comes to talking. The best teachers in the world are the ones that have been able to bridge that gap and make concepts easier to understand. I've had only one or two teachers in my life that exemplified that ability, and I remember them to this day.
Welcome!
We look forward to your contributions as the Aptera Roadster rolls out the door.
Charge on!
Well presented, both of you.
so we now know and have known for a while now, we do not need electricity or any thing like that to dry our clothing after washing, we can break down the various ways to dry the clothing, out doors sunny windy day in philly, indoors dark basement furnace room during sub zero winter days, indoors clothes drying for shorts, works very good, harvest rain water, are we doing this, wu ling hong guang mini ev, make the trucker flip on a corner what does that look like
I like the Hot Wheels Corvette in the background.
A couple of great people there. I plan to take mine up the coast before heading home to Colorado.
Thanks, Keith! That sounds like a great adventure. And we're truly blessed to have such an amazing team!
I want to see Aptera hook up enough solar panels on a light weight trailer to go above the amount of watts needed per hour to keep the car fully charged up going down the road at highway speed
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Keep these coming. Looking forward to some video of Betas being assembled, but presume that won’t happen until they are set up in Carlsbad.
The betas are being built in a separate facility they acquired for beta assembly and testing.
I would really like to see some vehicles in production. That would be a neat trick!
That would require building a factory.
@@TheBandit7613 they have 80,000 sq ft in Carlsbad.
@@TheBandit7613 What's a factory?
@@jefegrande2279 It's a place with robots and people who make cars.
@@TheBandit7613 Are the robots the creators, because when I look at that car...It's full of stars!
Please make the Aptera come to Australia!! Lol we got the sun for the car 😂
Are these cars air-conditioned?
Yes. They are designed to be comfortable up to 125 F.
That's not what "Body In White" means. - A Body in White is just the shell, no electrical, drive train, suspension or interior - it's the shell in the state it is as it starts down the assemble line. The 'White' in the name is a reference to unpainted steel, also called White Metal.
It also refers to a spare shell available from a manufacturer to build 'specials' from, such as is sent to Race Car Teams for them to build a 'production' based race car, or in the case of some manufacturers, a spare shell available to repairers to replace that damaged in a crash, with the crashed vehicles components transferred over to the new shell.
They say it in the video - that the shell is the whole vehicle. That's how lightweight it's going to be. There's nothing "inside" the shell other than the inside of the car. No body panels outside.
@@Nphen No, the description they gave included the suspension and the like, that is Not what's included in Body In White - for this design, the bare Carbon Monocoque is the Body In White.
The "White Metal" part is the key, as it refers to how the steel was stored, bare and unpainted.
Body in White, Lady In Red, whatever it takes!
Stop asking. Most seem to say they want to drive "up the coast" I just hope it doesn't result in tunnel vision that affects everyone that drives somewhere else.
I plan to be using mine in Iowa, where I live, but will "drive up the coast" to Bellingham, WA before I head East
I want to see them rolling off the assembly line
We all do, not least the Aptera founders and employees. One of the first 50 will have my name on it. I will wait until it is truly ready.
What assembly line?
@@TheBandit7613 The one designed by none less that Sandy Munro (also a co-investor) at the new factory in the plant they just bought in Carlsbad California! And I appreciate Sandy's vote of confidence for also investing in that for which he is a manufacturing consultant!!
Looking forward to my fleet of bright green.
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I have a really hard time imagining how this vehicle will deal with curbs let alone anything but perfectly flat roads.
It will be no worse than with any small Honda or Toyota.
@@n.brucenelson5920 The body parts around the wheels are maybe 2 inches off the ground. For aerodynamics that might be useful but when it comes to real world scenarios that might be a problem.
@@DaveDEF82 They are more than twice that at 5" and they rise with the wheel to bumps.
@@n.brucenelson5920 Sorry, but in the Jay Leno video they say that they WILL be elevated to 5 inches. Don't make up facts when the alpha version is certainly not at 5 inches.
@@DaveDEF82 there will be no real world vehicles with 2" clearance from the bottom of the wheel pants, unless customer modified. An alpha prototype is far from production intent.
Aptera Motors i want to see you build a solar trailer, and produce a net positive result at 55 miles per hour or even 75 miles per hour. So you can charge your car battery up and gain charge while driving. The trailer would be very light, and could be quite big maybe even 16 feet long. Just enough strength to support the solar panels on the trailer. Much like the solar powered electric bikes that have unlimited range when sunny. This is true with cars as well, if we add a trailer. Unlimited range when sunny. The Australian solar car challenge across the desert, if those cramped little things were designed with a trailer they would gain so much more range, it would be an unlimited range easily. That is not really fair challenge. Car can pull 100 miles of range from the sun easily with a solar trailer or more surface area on the car with panels.
Aptera is open to the after market to provide such a thing and have spoken to it.
@@n.brucenelson5920 Yes, i want to see Aptera put out a promotional video of two parking spots full of solar panels that might be ok for some people, that would be 80 miles on a great day. I think 3 or 4 solar panels could charge a normal electric car up in the sun all day, about 50 miles of range that would be significant amount You could maybe set up 5 solar panels on a ultra light trailer or put them in the car on on a rack or something, then set them up when parked.
Did anyone else click on this video just because of this woman.
Will it be affordable ?????????????
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You can have it in any color....as long as it's white.
I want mine dangit.
I want one too. Right hand drive please and I'd prefer red...just to be awkward.
White, Silver and black are the current standard colors
@@dennyatnotts Red and other custom colors and graphics will be available for a $1,500 premium.
Building a factory might help production.
They have 80,000 sq ft in Carlsbad.
I'm sorry to be the dead dog at the happy Aptera party, but I feel obliged to point out that composites are not ideal for everyday products like car body panels.
They're light and strong and brilliant for boats and aircraft components - and even entire structures like gliders [sailplanes] - and for highly specialised auto applications such as Formula 1 racing cars. But those are areas where the epoxy-carbon-aramid [kevlar] composites are not subject to daily knocks, scrapes, wear, or sharp impacts.
Composites are certainly very light and strong, but they're also quite easily scratched, dented and cracked. If this vehicle's beautiful monocoque 'shell' is damaged (hit by a wandering shopping trolley in a supermarket car park, or smashed into by the clumsily-opened door of a neighbouring car, for instance), the overall strength and integrity of the Aptera's body shell will be compromised.
It's not just cosmetic damage if the body itself is a structural component.
Can the Aptera be taken apart for repairs, or is its body a one-off, one-piece component?
I'm not sure there's any way to easily (or cheaply) repair a monocoque shell. The core 'tub' of a Formula 1 car is immensely strong and tough, but if it's damaged in a collision, it generally has to be scrapped.
If regular road cars have structural carbon-fibre parts such as doors, wings, or even entire front and rear ends, physical contact with a kerb, bollard or street lamp can cause cracks or dents which cannot be simply welded or filled or 'polished out'. They're structural, safety-critical parts.
For supercars and hypercars with composite construction, replacement is the only option, and that is expensive. Fitting a new nose or door to a Ferrari or McLaren (to factory specifications) could cost £30,000 or more.
I admire the Aptera concept, and the enthusiasm and commitment of the team making it a reality, but I can't see how the (potential) disadvantages of having a one-piece, fully-integrated body shell are going to be managed. It'd be more practical to have deformable, replaceable outer panels bolted onto an aluminium subframe or chassis.
I know that would increase weight and complexity (and cost!), but... Well, how is the Aptera's elegant body going to fare in the real world of skateboards, scooters, bikes, and (worst of all) jealous, hate-filled anti-EV vandals who'll gleefully run a key over it, knowing that it can't easily be repaired?
Video from Aptera’s last go-round shows people hitting the roof with a sledge-hammer with no effects. This isn’t ‘carbon-fiber’, it’s a composite, with much different attributes then what you are describing.
It appears that damaged parts will be only replaced, never fixed. They said the replacement will be very simple and the parts not expensive. While you're arguments are correct, if they deliver on their promises, that takes care of the issue.
@@HueNarcisWorld Epoxy repair can also be easily done without special tools. The materials can be easily purchased at any West Marine.
@@n.brucenelson5920 this is known, but much like motorcycle helmets that are never repaired, so too the body of Aptera cannot be guaranteed to retain crash worthiness after a repair
@@HueNarcisWorld Minor cosmetic damage will be confined to the vinyl wrap. If the damage is enough to compromise safety, the piece can be replaced. Since it is not a single layer but a foam filled sandwich, a crack or blemish in the outer skin willnot have such dire consequences.
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You guys just need to incorporate fsd... Partner with Tesla like with the chargers or something... Only thing that makes this a financial liability..
They are incorporated. Do you mean go public? This is scheduled for 12 to 18 months.
Why does that dude keep looking down & sounds depressed?
i assume its because he's shy in front of a camera
Because he's a righteous and modest dude.
Yeah... It was hard to watch. Barely got any info from them. He seemed like he was giving up on life & it did not at all feel motivational or exciting
He was employed as an engineer i guess.
This is how people think and talk in front of camera.
I'm worried in the other case.
The cutie in the overalls could break my car and I wouldn’t even be mad.
stop
creep
keep that to yourself lol
I suspect it’s just camera shy. It can effect those of us who are a bit humble.
@@urbandisturbin beeeeeyyyytaa
sorry to see such a video, unsubstantiated with actual processes and part. Just fluf
*More meaningless rhetoric. Still no production capabilities. Keep sending money folks, this automotive financial black hole of false hope needs all you can send.*
They have a factory space in Carlsbad, CA.
They are actively building beta vehicles in a separate beta test facility.
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*As I said. Forget all the "beta" stuff and "test vehicles". There exists absolutely NO production facilities nor secured locations for such..Not even as far as Paul Elio's furtive plans.*
@@schizy Why are you lying about things that are in the public record?
Aptera founders have taken a company through IPO and shipped thousands of products. Paul Elio not so much. On comparison.
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*Thousands of products shipped? Please enlighten us. What and to where? They've been dicking around for over 10 years now.*
@@schizy Hardly. You just haven't done your due diligence. Steve Fambro developed Famro Farms which became a supplier to Whole foods and restaurants throughout Southern California, and then in the Middle East.
Chris Anthony was co-founder and CEO of Flux Power, which had a successful IPO and is now a publicly traded stock which happened under his direction.