I would buy a cybervan, with all the tech from CT, but enclosed. Depends on price.

Aptera car looks great. But carbon fiber body won’t scale or be low-cost. Meanwhile fast charging is spreading and electricity costs are falling. No need for the car to charge itself. Put it all together and… Aptera is doomed.

Talk Tello into getting rid of that fugly bit on the sides and dropping the price by $10k and I could see myself getting one.

The R3 looks to me like a Mk2 VW Golf. What that made me want was an R3 Caddy. Then along comes the Telos truck!

Having run the operational finances for a medical services startup for several years, from ramping revenues to exit, I am in awe at what the likes of Lucid are achieving. Lucid is the next level EV company, way above Tesla, Rivian, etc. ramping up production is massively challenging. Even the best prepared growth companies run into issues, I have seen many fail due to delays, restrictions in funding rounds, new investors demanding massive dilution of the previous rounds. The fact that Lucid has backers with deep pockets is the only way this is possible. Of course the numbers won't make sense. Lucid is years away from the big revenues that will help it jump to efficient production of high volumes across global markets, including Europe and the UK.

I checked out Telo Trucks when I saw this video and was initially put off by the dual cab (sacrificing bed space for interior seating does not a 'pick-up' make). But then I saw the fold down rear seats that can extend the bed size and I was very impressed.

Very cool, but as long as I am sitting in the driver's seat, keeping an eye on traffic, and making sure that the AI isn't making any mistakes, I think I'll just drive the car.

Never mind all that. Just give us a large van on the semi architecture. Ditch the dual axle in the rear. Offer a low roof version 9-12 seater and a high roof extended wheelbase version for RV builders. The small pack would be good for 400-500 miles of range in the van and the large pack could be offered in the RV for 500+ miles of range or extended offgrid camping.

I have open-pilot ordered for my Aptera.

Subscription is now $100/mo much more viable

I never accepted free trials. The fsd trial was the best decision I’ve ever made. FSD rocks!!! Would gladly pay 5 grand for it, 8 is still a bit high considering how glitchy it still is

We shouldn’t change anything because of FUD, the media sucks, let’s not give them any power by granting them influence

I’m really hoping at this local dealer next year I can find a Model Y with seven seats (used obviously). They offer great financing options for all buyers.

Tesla is renowned for their click bait or in layman’s terms false advertising

nothing wrong with model y??? ride quality is pretty much riding a shopping cart down a dirt road

I adapted Openpilot to the Jeep Grand Cherokee back in 2018! Great to see this video, thanks, keep up the Aptera coverage, especially with Openpilot content. Ship Aptera with OP, or at least all ready for the owners to add the Comma 3X and install Openpilot, like mentioned in this video.

Ffs... Some muliti-billionaire, lend them 1% of your net worth to get them to production. The car dependent world needs these.

You are crazy. This car needs to be affordable, because it will do terribly in crash testing. The people that want to buy this are okay with that risk, trading off efficiency for safety.

I'm a big fan of comma ai, but you definitely are over-estimating it's capabilities. It can take exits and make lane changes, and even make turns, but it can't see blind spots so if it's going to change lanes, you need to be checking and ready to take over, because it can and will change lanes when there is something in your blind spot. It only has a few seconds of context so it forgets when it sees things get into blind spots very quickly. I can't wait for it's integration into Aptera, and it is good for highways, but it's about on par with basic auto-pilot in my experience.

Ego has nothing to do with wanting large vehicles, space is luxurious and comfortable. You’re only talking about wanting small because of ev limitations.

The more I see the Aptera, the less I think this is a feasible vehicle that will ever be more than another version of a Slingshot, a weekend toy. If someone were to accidentally side swipe the car, instead of crushing some body panels and maybe bending an axle, but still having a vehicle that could possibly be driven to a body shop for repair, with the Aptera, it will knock a front wheel off completely, making it completely unusable. Aptera will never be a mass appeal electric vehicle. It will at best be a weekend toy, like every other 3 wheeled/ or open wheeled vehicles like the Slingshot, T-Rex, Ariel Atom, etc. The open wheel design is a complete weakness. And the components to make it open wheel don’t look beefy enough to survive even just a driver hitting a curb.

What are your plans to make a small truck look as ugly as the major American brand large SUVs? Without that ugliness you really have no hope to capture the "I want to scare off all other humans because I am afraid of them" market.

I miss openpilot. Honestly FSD 12 is the most annoying thing ever.

Interesting that they make a version for Teslas in the first place. Kind of the ultimate embarrassment for Autopilot if you think about it.

The new RODE wireless micro would be perfect to fix the sub par sound captured in this clip. Thankss for the tour

Aptera small initial battery is Not going to be initially a good choice for Cold weather owners. Maybe when larger battery packs are offered then it could be an acceptable choice. ‘’‘According to AAA research, in freezing temperatures (around 20°F), an electric vehicle can lose up to 41% of its driving range overnight, particularly when the heater is running at full capacity; this translates to a significant battery loss in cold winter conditions.’’

I'm hoping for V2G and induction charging. No need to exit in bad weather or scary situations No need to buy a PowerWall.

This video shows how far ahead Tesla's FSD program is. This is a basic lane keep assist...with no wheel nag. You said it yourself...it does not handle turns. You just described what Tesla's Basic Autopilot and other OEMs have been doing for years now. Just curious...when V13 of FSD come out in the next few months or so...and integrates reverse and parking...and garage controls with HomeLink....where will your OpenPilot system be at? Still in the category of Lane Keep Assist only?

Isn't Elon the same guy that said the Cybertruck will float and be able to cross a small body of water? Just because Elon sends a cryptic tweet, doesn't mean much.

So we are five weeks before the end of the year Aptera has promised to start deliveries by the end of this year. Going to make it?

Just wish the charge port was in the front… 😢

12:00 wow! Great ideas from Designers Jason Hill ❤

@TailosiveEV is it me or is this video skipping??😅

CLICK BAIT. The title is completely misleading. Open Pilot is not owned or developed by Aptera and has nothing to do with the company. Aptera has no intention of putting this into their vehicles and they may not even be wired for it. Open Pilot is simply a gadget that can be used with most cars. If you want it, buy it, but it will NOT come with an Aptera. You are not even testing its use in an Aptera...

This is great. Unfortunately comments about FSD are out of date. 12.5.6.3 has solved most of what was mentioned. It's awesome. That being said I have ordered Comma 3 with my Aptera. I hope they add rear camera options , useing the mirror cameras as mine has solar hatch and no rear window.

I have the comma 3x and really hope that Aptera plasters everywhere that this is a level 2 autonomous driving system. It still requires you to be paying attention. The pedestrian detection is no where near as good as the highway features. It would be absolutely terrible PR for aptera if someone hurts/kills someone else because they wanted to drive distracted thinking autopilot would do all the work for them

CAFE standards force vehicles into edge case designs (SUVs and crossovers) and default necessities (work trucks), small trucks and cars used to be quite popular before the government forced them to be pointlessly expensive or otherwise economically impossible to meet the exhaust standards. In Europe, their standards force vehicles into two different extremes as well.

at 700watts of solar ( wont get that but lets use it anyhow ) it would take over one week to fully recharge the battery of 42kwh, with no clouds! Taking clouds into account your looking at one and a half weeks, being more realistic taking account of losses about 2 weeks if your lucky.........oh well better than nothing I guess. But the reality will likely be worse than what the basic maths predicts, as many variables at play. The maths is pretty basic to work it out.

News Flash - Dateline tomorrow - "The human brain is devolving because humans do not use them anymore to think or act."

If you're ever in the Florida panhandle and want to take Comma 3 for a spin yourself, hit me up! I have this installed on my 21 Kia Niro EV, and it really does about 95% of my driving for me!

That's not an Aptera

Can i change the icons though on the app in the Controls tab. Eg i have vent windows in there which is a waste of space to me

Aptera is a cramped TWO SEATER that is WIDER than a spacious huge five seater Cybertruck

Tailosive EV - I have not located coverage yet on what the Aptera Offroad upgrade is which I also have. I got it not because I want to off road but because of the bad roads and some county dirt roads I drive. I assume it is mostly some form of suspension upgrade and maybe improved ground clearance. However, it would be great if you can do something on exactly what that option provides. I already predict the Wheel Shirts on the Aptera with be the first and most common item that get damaged. I know I can remove them but wish they had a form that covered only half of the wheel or down to the lowest suspension item which ever is the lowest point. Potholes deeper than 5 inches, high curbs and road edge drop offs of 5+ inches is where those wheel shirts will be damaged. I did see this but not sure the plans are still the same. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5W9YpuGecSHbbM

When did driving a car get boring? Unenjoyable? You can tell your kids, 'I was there.' Gee, thanks dad.

Glad it is part of my order. Don't trust any claims of FSD or when weather conditions are bad. Do not have it on my Toyota but but it's emergency braking has already prevented both myself and wife from rearing another car so if this can add some more safety braking then I am all in. Only thing missing I wish it had was the view into the left and right rear blind spots but I assume the Aptera camera/side mirror setup solves that.

Yeah that’s a lot of talking, it’s cool but to compare it to FSD is wild