Aptera's 2024 PROGRESS Will Leave You SPEECHLESS - HAPPY NEW YEAR

[@vic321344]

Apteras progress in 2019 already left me speechless. And then in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024...

[@jaybusby8299]

At CES, Aptera drove a number of Media types about 25 miles and had more charge at the end of the day than when they began. I even saw 25ish watts in total shadow! Ya, it’s real.

[@randyland1000]

Thanks

[@billsmith5960]

The progress is amazing. Aptera took an existing design in 2019 and now here we are just about three months shy of their 6 year birthday and they have one that can drive around a parking lot. That's progress that no other company can brag about.

[@flipper_1969]

WHAT???? Do you even know the history of Aptera? Jay Leno did a special on them (kzbin.info/www/bejne/haO0onaCh72faNk), that was well over a decade ago. They were trying to get this thing going well before that video. Progress is always good. I'm a fan and supporter of their cause, but let's be factual at least. Aptera has been trying to sell a single car that can be driven on an road by a customer for about 15-20 years. I'm rooting for them, they are neighbors and good people.

[@billsmith5960]

@@flipper_1969 - That was a different company and has nothing to do with the new company.

[@EmorDniLap]

@@flipper_1969 @billsmith5960 is correct: The only connections between the earlier Aptera and the current one are the two co-CEOs and the *approximate* shape of the vehicle. Everything else has been re-designed, from the ground up, to be as efficient and safe and practical as possible. Steve and Chris admit that they made mistakes in letting their first company's original concepts be mangled by managerial/investment types; they've vowed to never let that happen again. Please don't conflate these two companies.

[@vic321344]

@@billsmith5960 Just the same people, the same concept, the same 3 wheeled motorcycle design.

[@billsmith5960]

@@vic321344 - I'm just repeating what I hear over and over again. Plus the insiders tell me this. So, it must be true.

[@balaji-kartha]

There is no doubt about their technology, their design and innovation. What we are yet to see their ability to mass production. They have to invest and build Giga Factories that can manufacture these cars in hundreds of thousands every year. Hope they achieve that 🤞

[@ImpressiveTechView]

The finding is the hilltask. But slowly they will surely reach production soon. 2025 is promising

[@nickavisa]

High production has been part of their design from the beginning with the ability to set up assembly plants WITHOUT the need for billion dollar factories. Parts are brought in and assembled in any open flat warehouse. yes some of the parts are made in special places, but it will be nothing like the scale of a Tesla Gigafactory giving Aptera a huge advantage.

[@Molishious]

Mass production? They don’t have one solar car.

[@charlesbeane8795]

To the contrary, there is quite a bit of doubt about their technology as they have yet to release any real world testing. Only baseless claims.

[@rontravisano8257]

@@charlesbeane8795 I don't like phrase "baseless claims". Aptera has really done a great job designing and updating. Their wind tunnel results were right in line with their simulations. And they are in the Validation phase right now. And the have done real world track tests. They've tested their solar panels on their own. Not sure why you feel like there is quite a bit of doubt?

[@Molishious]

I’m rooting for Aptera, but this video misrepresents their progress. It mentions a production intent vehicle as if they had a solar powered vehicle but as far as I know they have a an electric vehicle and some solar panels that when attached to the Aptera are supposed to charge it enough to make it go 40 miles. However, right now they don’t have an actual vehicle with solar panels attached to it that can charge the battery enough on a sunny day to go 40 miles. I don’t know how you plan the manufacture of a vehicle you haven’t proven works yet. I look forward to when Aptera builds their first solar car that does something similar to what their website describes.

[@charlesbeane8795]

You are correct. The video is an AI rehash of old Aptera propaganda.

[@ImpressiveTechView]

Its called PI!

[@netscrooge]

They demonstrated a functioning vehicle at CES 2025, including substantial charging from its built-in solar cells.

[@hempev]

I hope they didn't spend development money on this video.

[@ImpressiveTechView]

What?

[@shrimptopian3392]

That you suck​@@ImpressiveTechView

[@EmorDniLap]

This video was not produced by Aptera.

[@hempev]

@@EmorDniLap Good. That would be a disappointment.

[@patrickhawley1392]

In the times when batteries were super expensive and their capacity limited, one could make an argument for the Aptera based on its efficiency. The window for that kind of argument is rapidly closing if it hasn't closed already. With the advent of semi and solid state batteries, EV range will no longer be an issue so most people will choose a more practical, four wheel, five seater vehicle that meets all the safety requirement of a car. The Aptera will be, at best, a niche vehicle for those that like its shape and value efficiency over practicality.

[@ImpressiveTechView]

It may still take a while to reach there

[@nickavisa]

You're missing a point. If the battery tech gets crazy better, Aptera efficiency will track right along with that. Lighter cheaper batteries make the already cheaper Aptera even cheaper and even more efficient. More battery capacity for for a vehicle so efficient it can charge with onboard solar means those batteries hold more of a power buffer for the power from the sun. Increasing the free driving. I like Aptera for the long run. No rusting, right to repair, fun, hyper efficient. I think it will be a game changer.

[@patrickhawley600]

No, you are missing the point. When efficiency becomes less important, people will choose practically. That's why people drive SUVs instead of gas versions of an Aptera. It will be a niche vehicle much the same as a small sports car.

[@rontravisano8257]

@@patrickhawley600 Possibly, this country does like giant wasteful vehicles. But why would efficiency become less important when everything seems to be sooooo expensive. Isn't that what everyone exclaims? So wouldn't a vehicle that's more affordable and crazy efficient be the perfect commuter car? 2nd car? I think it's going to find a substantial place in the market especially with younger more environmentally couscous people.

[@vic321344]

@@rontravisano8257 The aptera motorcycle is not affordable. It will be more expensive than a Tesla M3. If ever delivered. But there will always be "environmentally couscous people" who will believe everything their woke prouiests will tell them.

[@kenhogg858]

They should have been building them all year

[@ImpressiveTechView]

Funding needed

[@richardlocke7264]

@@ImpressiveTechView they need a Chinese partner, who could teach them to build them faster, sooner, and cheaper

[@vic321344]

@@richardlocke7264 Between 2011 and 2019 aptera already belonged to a chinese company. And even then they did not want to produce it.

[@vic321344]

what progress? PI2 and PI3 not ready since 6 months, PI4 banged together as a showpeace? Also not ready?

[@UltraLigero1]

Smoke, Mirrors, Vapour.

[@flipper_1969]

Most likely not. They have come this far. They have shown waaaaaay more than Elio Motors ever did.

[@vic321344]

@@flipper_1969 They have shown waaaaaay less than Elon Musk ever did. Or nearly any other BEV producer.

[@nickavisa]

@@vic321344 Aptera is doing something Tesla never did, design the most efficient vehicle. Aptera will be in a class of its own.

[@vic321344]

@@nickavisa Aptera is not efficient, it is aerodynamic. With that it is very unpractical for daily use. Tesla builds the most efficient and safest cars. 4 seaters, practical to load and unload, soon with FSD. THAT is what people need. Not an Aptera motorcycle that is wider than a Hummer H1 and a deathtrap in case of an accident. And for a motorcycle the Aptera is definitely not the most efficient one. My old Enfield Diesel is more efficient. And 30 years old.

[@nickavisa]

@ all do respects. I completely disagree. Aptera is twice as efficient than Tesla. We will see as they validate. Aptera will be a revolution in design and build. So many people need a two seater get around.

[@robertjohnmarcella263]

1st

[@ImpressiveTechView]

Lo!

[@richardlocke7264]

taking too long, if it was a Chinese company they would be in production already.

[@EmorDniLap]

Simple fix, Richard: go to CES2025 in Vegas on January 7, see their Production Intent vehicle #4, take a ride in an Aptera, and invest $60M to get their production line up and running!

[@ImpressiveTechView]

Hahaha, Nice one

[@vic321344]

Every other company with real engineers would be in production already. But a company lead by idealistic interns will never work. No matter how much money you throw at them. See Sono Motors.

[@aussieideasman8498]

Start the new year off right with no more bull. Make this your last - you'll be doing the world a favour. In a week we will see by how much Aptera falls short on yet another fake promise. Everybody is speechless at progress since 2006, lol.

[@rchender]

I have reserved one. I hope to be a early adopter because I've invested a fair amount of money. I did so primarily because of the utter stupidity and lying bullshit of idea-trolls like aussieideasman who not only has ZERO ideas but is one of the meanest, most hateful human beings I've ever witnessed along with his cadre of negative nancy naysayer trolls and liars. The more they troll and lie the more I invest to prove these morons wrong which is happening in real time that we all can see.

[@dr.jerrywolfe1289]

You exceed yourself in being an ass. Over and over 😢