Aptera Gamma in St. Moritz Switzerland - The FTE Event

My first real look at the Aptera Gamma and coverage of the Aptera FTE event St Moritz Switzerland.
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[@wyattnoise]

This video just made a lot of reservations holders a lot more comfortable with their investments. Thanks!

[@robertd9850]

Especially made the investors feel a bit better. Reservation holders haven't really invested, just reserved a refundable place in line.

[@rod444rod]

That was my first thought too. This answered some of my most pressing questions about the Aptera driving on snow. Need more video in less than perfect driving conditions - like how does it handle a rain storm with a driving side wind?

[@RajGiandeep]

Thank you for this video. Great that it got so much exposure there.

[@passivlife]

Thank you Raj. It was amazing to see it in person. Fingers crossed they get some serious funding.

[@InstantTorqueYT]

@@passivlife Good thinking to steer the investors to the co-CEOs. The project is so appealing that it's just a numbers game at this point. Sooner or later the right big investor will step in.

[@joelsmith4394]

Glad you had an opportunity to experience the Gamma vehicle and thank you for sharing with us. Your comments about aspects of the vehicle being either larger or smaller than expected really crystallizes in my mind the struggle that many people (including myself) have with intuitively grasping the scale of the thing. The appearance of the vehicle is so far outside most of our experience that many of us end up mis-guessing. It is going to take each of us getting to actually walk around and climb into the vehicle to recalibrate our expectations of it accurately. Fortunately folks like you who have found that opportunity keep saying it is better than expected. I will take comfort in that till I get my chance.

[@89CrazyAl]

Ditto.

[@ConorV]

Thanks for this report. Makes me even more excited and hopeful for the future of this company!

[@jurepecar9092]

Hey, it was great meeting you there. Sadly I arrived too late to get any good light ...

[@passivlife]

Hi Jure! Great meeting you too bud. At least you made it, I hope you enjoyed seeing it as much as I did.

[@adimchionyenadum2962]

@Passivlife Nobody told us about this event, otherwise many of us would have come to see it. I even expressed the desire to come see Aptera when it was at Modena, Italy, if they allowed it, but Aptera never responded. I am a hop away in Patras, Greece.

[@jurepecar9092]

@@adimchionyenadum2962 I also bugged Aptera a couple of times since we knew gamma was in Modena ... and then received their invitation on evening of 1st of February for the event on 4th. Very ad-hoc but managed to go there.

[@adimchionyenadum2962]

@Jure Pečar So you did write them and bugged them and managed to get an ad hoc invitation in the eleventh hour. So there was no hope for me just ranting away on social media. Okay. Wish they succeeded in their venture.

[@n.brucenelson5920]

@@adimchionyenadum2962 Adimchi, I am so grateful for your interest over years now. When my wife and I got to see and ride in the Luna prototype back in November of 2021, it was a result of months of communication and even then was a huge surprise that day that our visit included a ride. I am still humbled that it included pulling an engineer from their normal work to make it happen. We are all in this together and many of us do our best to share our experiences to push this project forward.

[@johnyoung376]

Congrats on 1,000 subscribers!

[@richpate9436]

An excellent video -- simple, concise, experiential and honest. Most of all, it shows how this kind of publicity is a good fit for Aptera. It's appearance in person generates a lot of attention. Hope Aptera does more of this. It's time to get more people talking about it and making more reservations and investments. I just did.

[@williamkaswen9922]

Wow, nice video, great commentary - Keep up the good work!

[@luxfino]

Thanks, this means a lot to me. In terms of size and your encounter with it. Well done report. Interested to hear from fellow Europeans who investigate import charges from LA. The alternative sounded like waiting even longer for a European microfactory to be set up in 2028.

[@robertd9850]

Maybe not. If sales boom here and they get the factory model perfected, they should be able to set up pretty quickly in other locations since they won't have to build a plant from scratch, just find an existing suitable facility.

[@dathyr1]

This may be a nice vehicle for some, but for me it would not work as a family vehicle - not practical for all year usage. Also how does this vehicle go in the snow??? I would prefer 4 tires and AWD. Do they classify this vehicle as a car or a motor bike??? How safe is the Aptera if we got in a accident??? Doesn't look safe to me for city driving. How much would insurance cost on Aptera??? More than other cars??? Where would we have to take Aptera for repairs??? I am pretty sure there won't be many Aptera facilities in the US to take an Aptera to for fixes or repairs done should anything happen to it. It is too specialized of a vehicle with too many unique parts should it need replacing. This vehicle is more of an Exotic expensive summertime playtoy for those that like this kind of thing.

[@passivlife]

I've seen aptera drive in the snow live in Switzerland. Its perfect, even uphill ni slips, even without snowchains. It's technically a quadracycle in the US. Safer than the average car. Normal xars are very square, which makes them structurally weaker than fully rounded shell shapes. The original aptera had the highest roof crush strength of any vehicle. It has also been specifically modified against side impacts and has a rollbar and F1 style safety cell. Also, like any ev, it has double brakes snd a very low center of gravity, making it hard to flip. So should be safer than a normal car. Insurance should be much less than a normal car too because its technically not a car, it belongs to a cheaper category. Aptera believes in right to repair so it's designed to be repaired at home if possible. Regular maintenance and checks are like any other ev.

[@InstantTorqueYT]

Was very much looking forward to this. Thanks for sharing!

[@jaredfromspace]

Thanks for making it out there. It’s great to see the Aptera out there in the real world and I look forward to the second video.

[@AlistairBalister]

1:54 wow what a beautiful angle to see this car out in the wild. Its gorgeous

[@gmv0553]

Loved hearing your enthusiasm seeing the Aptera for the first time! Thanks for sharing your experience! Reservation and investor but I have not seen the Aptera in person.

[@passivlife]

Its so good. Just love this vehicle, cant wait for the release.

[@barnabasseadog7660]

Greetings from San Diego. Thank you for this great content. We are all hungry for more. I was there when Sandy unveiled Gamma at Fully Charged Live. Happy you got to meet the guys and experience the vehicle. Looking forward to your next vid.

[@ApteraOwnersClub]

Great report John. Thanks!

[@passivlife]

Thanks man.

[@DrTeeHenry]

Thanks for the report from St. Moritz! It looks like your travel and lighter wallet were worth it. Your video footage of the Gamma in the snow at night with the lights was stunning! I hope you’re right about the width of the Aptera vis-à-vis European roads. Maybe that will put some of the concerns that have been floating around to rest. Nicely done!

[@passivlife]

Thanks Tom.

[@adimchionyenadum2962]

The width of Aptera as a car is not an issue in Europe. The problem is that it is classed as an autocycle and so can't be more than 2 meters in width. Is there a way to get around that?

[@skeptibleiyam1093]

@@adimchionyenadum2962 It is somehow reassuring that European lawmakers are just as capable of generating nonsense as the American variety.

[@ecdriver6595]

Good job. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience.

[@robertd9850]

Thanks for the brief but informative update. I think we're all a little jealous that you got to see it and ride in it but it sounds like you paid a price to do that so we appreciate it. Wish they could have had the solar on display as that is a key point of this vehicle but I expect they explained that to investors and had handouts as well. Hopefully a QR code on the handout that took them to the Aptera KZbin channel too.

[@DemaGeek]

Great Aptera content, thank you for all the effort put in to bring it to us!

[@marcelcgn81]

Thank you for the Video and your words regarding the size of the vehicle! That was my hope, that it looks more compact in real life;) Can't wait to get mine to Germany.

[@adimchionyenadum2962]

Wow! This is huge for us European fans. I am elated. Thanks for sharing.

[@passivlife]

No problem.

[@robertd9850]

Hope it takes off here in the states so they can expand quickly to Australia, Asia, and Europe.

[@gmy33]

​@@robertd9850 as the trend is to buy local .. i think we europeans should get it first .. thankyou america :-)

[@robertd9850]

@@gmy33 You won't. First ones will be built in their existing California facility and be sold in the US.

[@gmy33]

@@robertd9850 they will be assembled in california because its a cali company .. but its 80% fabricated in the eu .. anyway its the first car ever i m willing to buy of the shelf .. congratulations with being first

[@n057828]

Just purchased 100 shares down under ❤

[@deanmcmanis9398]

I really appreciate you taking the time and effort to make it out to the event, and to share your impressions of the Aptera from a European perspective. Plus your subsequent first drive clip.

[@v795619]

Really hope they get all the investments needed to start production, I really want one 😁 You say it's not so wide but at over 2.2m it's bigger than pretty much any car I can find meaning it will not be good in European towns and cities.

[@passivlife]

Its definately wide, but I was nervous that it would be extreme, but its not, we have a lot of American cars around here that are much wider. It will work in 99% of europe no problem. Very old towns with tiny streets might be a problem, but they are a problem for all cars.

[@thomas6502]

Thanks. (We're also very excited for this car.)

[@mpspuij]

Come on don't whine about the time and cost you put in to see the Aptera you live in the most rich countries in Europe. I might go to the US to see if I can visit the factory to see it in real.

[@karlschleifenbaum5793]

Wow, such a good insight. Thank you

[@jkroiss]

i just wanted to hear how it handles in snow

[@winni2701]

Is there solar technologie already working? If so, did you get any insight of how much it charged from sun in reality?

[@passivlife]

The solar panels are all working individually as expected. What we dont yet have is a full solar prototype. When the next and final prototype is released we should get official solar performance data along with it. The Solar is pretty easy to make work, the big question will be how efficient is the real vehicle? Because that will define the range much more than the solar.

[@casylong8383]

what a cool video and event

[@francisdebriey3609]

Waiting to buy one !

[@davidsamuelson4343]

Wowsers!

[@GNiessen]

Was that a J1772 charger being used?

[@charangohabsburg1]

That was a CCS2 connector (the one that is good for up to 70 KW DC fastcharging) which is standard in European countries. The CCS2 for up to 100 KW (irrelevant for the Aptera) is bulkier though.

[@NoCampiRush]

How much battery degradation on cold weather ?

[@josephgallagher1440]

Awesome and thank you for sharing!

[@luckylu9890]

Kann man die Aptera irgendwo in der Schweiz oder Italien noch zu besichtigen?

[@therealCelticViking]

Nice video! One remark though about the size. It will not be registrable as a normal vehicle in Europe. It is too wide for its vehicle classification in the L5e category. It will not be allowed as a normal M class car with less size restrictions. So this US model can only be registrable as a experimental vehicle with a maximum of 75 per country.

[@passivlife]

Thanks for the info.

[@snuups]

'They are close to mass production' It's easy to make one car. It's hard to mass produce cars. For a mass production Aptera need a factory and tools who can produce that many cars the can sell pretty effortless. A 100'000 car production per year might cost a billion dollar in advance.

[@passivlife]

Very true. Aptera are aiming at 10,000 per year with their current setup, which they can then scale up if needed. Thankfully 10000 is still technically small scale production, so the upfront costs are not as extreme as other manufacturers.

[@snuups]

@@passivlife I really hope that they can afford to up the production with the earned money. It's otherwise no way to see this in Europe. The demand for such card is not small.

[@ccibinel]

Great footage :)

[@bfarm44]

Really want one of these but it must wait for the time being

[@bertrandp2977]

Like most of us here 😃

[@daveinwla6360]

Too bad you didn't get to drive it in the snow, especially through curves or traffic circles...

[@NoorElahi1776]

You have good insight. Please don't strive to be passive, the world benefits when people like you assert themselves. Liked and subbed!