CES Aptera Debut "Livestream"

[@oliverheinen5440]

I just hope everyone who's there puts out as much content about aptera as possible/ posts pictures/ videos/ comments articles/ videos etc. - thanks for your work Steve!

[@richpate9436]

Good to see so much interest in Aptera. Exciting! Thanks Steve.

[@IDNHANTU2day]

I reserved mine in Jan 2021. I was 69 years old. Do the math. If I don't get mine before I die of old age, I hope they at least put the Aptera logo in my tombstone. And the epitaph, "He Died Waiting". And I want to be buried in my Aptera T-shirt.

[@danam0228]

Lol

[@koenraad4618]

When the Aptera goes into production this year, a milestone for planet Earth!

[@artboymoy]

Great meeting you in person, Steve! Keep up the good work and analyzing things so candiscuss and debate!

[@GadgetyMV]

Wow, 820 kg of lightness and 0.13 Cd, while most everyone is complaining about how heavy the electric vehicles are. This shows the way. Hope Aptera makes it.

[@DemaGeek]

Good to see the large group at the booth, and a few familiar faces too!

[@rngalston]

Sry we didn't actually meet Steve-u a busy man! But I got to see you in the flesh, just like Steve F and Chris A, Chris M, and so many more I only knew thru the web. THAT and seeing the vehicle, even SITTING in it, both driver and passenger sides, made my day already.

[@ApteraOwnersClub]

Sorry to miss you

[@rngalston]

@@ApteraOwnersClub next time we'll haveta go for a hike/run together!

[@stix2you]

Steve and Thomas, great input, agree 100% and thanks for not sugar coating the information on the binc and chassis. Thank you, and thanks AOC Steve for the coverage and discussion. Interesting that their exhibit is right next to Continental, the former parent company of Vitesco. Curious to hear about any drivetrain exhibition from Continental or Vitesco if you happen to find anything interesting. Cheers from Wisconsin!

[@proper2979]

At 40 gran it’s now out of my price range.

[@GBRHatRoom]

Same

[@hambone3720]

I'm 6'4" and would love for you to get feedback from other tall people who sit in it.

[@patrickphelan4055]

Jack Scarlett from Everything Electric was in one a while back, and he's tall. It was my number one question, but I think we'd fit.

[@kevinjensen9803]

I’m 6’-5” and sat in it this morning at CES. Headroom is fine for me with the seat back tilted a bit back. The seat rails under the seat on PI-4 are not the longer ones intended for production yet, so the legroom is only just adequate for me currently. However, I’ve sat in Gamma and it had a huge amount of legroom. So much that I had to slide the seat forward a little to get the distance to the pedals to my liking. That was a unique experience for me - no vehicle I’ve ever been in beforehand had too much legroom!

[@jasonhochstrasser8657]

I will be there Wed. I am 6'3". I will comment about it in future comments.

[@hambone3720]

@@jasonhochstrasser8657 Thanks in advance. Maybe follow up with them on what @kevinjensen9803 said, try to determine if production vehicle leg room will be more like what it was in gamma

[@davidmarlow194]

Love the excitement, Just need it to attract more investors.

[@GBRHatRoom]

I am priced out of the Aptera now. My build is $45K now.

[@keeperMLT]

Ouch. That is a lot for a "second vehicle" in most households. I think that will be the death knell of the company. At $20k, buying one is a no brainer for most commuters. At $30k, they would still have a good market base. At $40k, it won't sell enough to make the company viable.

[@WildernessExcursions]

What hike/scrambling route did you do?

[@ApteraOwnersClub]

Mount Wilson via first Creek

[@johnt6508]

Thanks Steve! Just fyi - The updated website has a target price of 40k and says 0 - 60 in 6 seconds.

[@chrisrudzinski6241]

​@bgeery They removed the AWD from the launch model so the vehicle will be slower

[@danam0228]

For the launch edition? Given that it will have a bunch of extras on it, is just fwd and is meant to be super efficient vs. a hot rod, I think this is perfectly acceptable, but definitely off the mark from what everyone has been saying.

[@GBRHatRoom]

​@@danam0228I priced out my model with AWD and off road extra and it was $45K. Just a few months ago the price was $34K. So they added 10K on to the price of the vehicle. I can buy a Tesla for this price.

[@chrisrudzinski6241]

​@danam0228 Curious what you mean by "bunch of extras" only difference between them and the other production models will be serialized imprints and plaques. Vehicle auction history has shown that only one of those consistently increase value and that would be serial #1.

[@danam0228]

@chrisrudzinski6241 I had heard from several people, but noone official from aptera that there were extras on the car; hear what you are saying about the serial number

[@flexluthor1]

I saw on the Aptera live stream that you interviewed Chris Anthony today. Will you be posting that interview?

[@1978rayking]

We will all be like , o my car it's called a Aptera the comparisons to gas mileage are huge savings and what America needs, let alone the world.

[@ubaldinovega5775]

I haven’t seen you riding the Aptera…

[@edzelmejia3233]

Think of all the data you get from that first year of driving it.

[@andywurst4873]

About funding, maybe they say that only Tesla is making a profit. Rivian has a great product, they've been in business nearly as long as Telsa - but no profit. GM, Ford, VW, BMW, Porche, Mercedes - no one can make a profit but BYD and Tesla.

[@SteveBueche1027]

I see our people but where are the new ones? Maybe it’s early and they e not gotten into full swing attendance yet. I’ve heard of a few 3D printed parts and the redesign of the front wheel pants from Chris. It’s still missing the hood mechanism. First run fit and finish will always be an issue. Just ask Elon.

[@gr8dvd]

As Yogi Berra might’ve said: Nobody (new to Aptera) wanted to go there b/c it was too crowded.

[@richardellis69]

Hey Steve - thanks! Also, you mentioned meeting someone from Denver and already knowing someone from Denver. I am also in the Denver area, or just south of it. There is there any way for people that live in the same geographical area as one another that our subscribers of yours to discover each other and possibly share contact information with each other?

[@ApteraOwnersClub]

Yes join the discord server we have channels for each geographic area

[@1978rayking]

I will say Aptera has many times over the profits to any type of production sales for the first year and beyond if investors want some insurance,let poor people like me Aptera match any amount paid up to 10,000 dollars to your allready personal Aptera account, allready subscribed on, of course once things are calculated agin while software code for the payment and records and recipes are recored. One thing I will say is if people some to a little savings are buying Aptera anyways and living on a small budget working hard, well those people would love to save even more on a Aptera as much as anyone with some huge bills allready choosing a vehicle that will save money for bills in many ways. People will spend money to save money.😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@davidmcclaskey6285]

"no new people here"? All the new people are inside out of the cold wind.. Bad planning.

[@adimchionyenadum2962]

You interviewed only one woman who happened to be your supporter yet you never zoomed in on her or show her face. Sigh!

[@richardellis69]

WTF? Relevancy?

[@LanderMaybe]

He talked to a lot of people whose faces he did not show.