What Trump's Win Means For Aptera

[@VedaSay]

So true....always spread positivity. Aptera is a huge learning for me and yes I will drive one too!

[@GaryGreenway]

I think the red Aptera in your thumbnail is better looking than anything Aptera has wrapped yet

[@robertkirchner7981]

I understand their need to simplify their production process, but if they're only going to offer three choices, why isn't at least one of them an actual color?

[@Harrythehun]

Appreciate the optimism!

[@restonthewind]

Eliminating the EV tax credits benefits Aptera, but the company still struggles to raise production capital. If its luck improves, we don't yet know how much Aptera will charge for the vehicle or how much EPA range it'll get from its 44 kwh battery. I have a reservation, and if the 400 mile range pans out and the price remains below $40k, I still want to own one if the early deliveries in California are successful. I live in Georgia, so I'll wait at least a year after initial deliveries to fly to CA and drive an Aptera across the country. I don't much expect it to happen in 2026, but hope springs eternal ... If I'm still waiting for my second EV when my wife decides to trade her 2015 Honda CRV, I may not own an Aptera in this decade.

[@misterlyle.]

Looks like a flightless helicopter.

[@petermclaughlin120]

Nice one, down to earth comment as usual. Perhaps Aptera will bring forward a factory in say Germany or Italy :-))

[@andremcamara3120]

Great points Drew, thank you.

[@darrenthul7088]

Good point

[@DemaGeek]

Appreciate this breakdown very much Drew!

[@harriettanthony7352]

As others have written-- these Views a fine in the abstract. But the reality is that there is only enough cash to keep the lights on for a year+or-. At this Time and Place, the Aptera will never be built and sold

[@richgarlick9194]

The only way forward for them is to secure sizable loans and move forward until enough Apterae are on the roads that they can get real investment and interest in owning Aptera. We will see how “all in” the management team is. Is it personal enough to fail a second time. I’m kind of pissed. Elon hasn’t stepped in and just made Aptera the Robo taxi. Maybe Sandy Monroe can suggest that to Elon. Imagine Aptera w/ HW 4 and FSD. with right to repair, you could DIY it into an EVTOL w/ solid state batteries from Chery.

[@eliepley12]

He does say some wrong things about EVs. However, he was referring to the Fed's abhorent waste of money where they spent billions and have yet to produce a working charging station.

[@johntrotter8678]

The tariffs are all just a guess at this point. I doubt they will be applied equally to "everything". The lobby industry is already going nuts influencing THEIR products to not have tariffs. All countries are lobbying to not have THEIR products subject to tariffs or, conversely, initiating countervailing tariffs on American products. Every congressman and senator has local constituents lobbying for specific exemptions. The amount of money that will be paid to lobbyists and politicians is immense. Consumers will pay for it all.

[@daviddipasquale5479]

.....they've got more room, lots more room

[@ryanl6316]

Import tariffs should be contingent on an actual comparable domestic supply chain - in price and quality. Otherwise, prices will go up nationwide for *many* different types of goods, as a ripple effect.

[@robertkirchner7981]

The only valid justification for a tariff is to incentivise the creation of a domestic supply chain. If it already existed, there would be no point.

[@sumbamotor]

He said they are self charging

[@christopherbarrett9749]

Drew, I think that lower gasoline prices have hurt the EV market overall. The subsidies of the oil and gas industry are disjunct at best. The EPA makes it next to impossible to build new refineries, but tax advantages are given for exploration. Laissez-faire is left behind by lobbyist and regulations that make little sense. The free market is definitely not free. Frankly the government has misdirected and thwarted capitalism, and makes little sense. Tariffs will only make it more complicated, so the lawyers will be there for the litigation and make things even more expensive. Aptera is going to be the best by far and away, making it through this period is not easy, however, Steve Fambro and Chris Anthony are on a mission, and will make this happen, somehow, despite all the impediments in front of them

[@carminedauria-gupta2561]

Lil subsides are incredibly small. And they help reduce electricity prices. This helps EVs too

[@russmitchellmovement]

I'm more worried about having a true spare since those tires are nonstandard sized....

[@glennzajic7318]

Incorrect. They are a common size.

[@JuiceBoxScott]

Getting rid of the ev tax credit could also make used ev values increase. This will make it easier to sell my model 3 to buy an Aptera.

[@sidlierle2710]

Great video except for one thing: After 10 years plus, Aptera has no car for sale!

[@richpate9436]

Thanks for providing the only good news I have heard about the next administration. I'm now a little bit less depressed about America's EV future.

[@Harrythehun]

Don't be, the world is going down the drain either way. The transition is the least issue we have in this world

[@toyotaprius79]

​@@HarrythehunDragged down by billionaires and millionaire suck ups who want to see the world burn

[@artsmith103]

The good news is Populism that prioritizes USA values, culture, and prosperity. Same as every country should pursue. My whole extended family was living much better in October, 2019. The crash in standard of living and morality has been horrible!

[@JDMSwervo2001]

Let the free market do its thing. If the product is good then let them sell themselves. Plus Tesla needs to get rid of the estimated fuel savings when they show the price of their vehicles.

[@curtswartz]

So should be we cut at the subsidies for the oil companies and make them pay for all the damage they do to health and the environment? Just to level the playing field?

[@toyotaprius79]

Let the free market decide everything for you...

[@JDMSwervo2001]

@@toyotaprius79what do you mean by that?

[@HoSway0]

Tell me you wanna short Tesla Stock without telling me you wanna short Tesla Stock #ApteraHomeBoy #PuffPuffPass

[@jhallpk]

I think all the subsidy served to do was let manufacturers increase their MSRP's by 7500. Genuinely. I think part of the reason new vehicles are so prohibitively expensive is specifically because the governemnt has meddled in the process with subsidies like this. I think in a truly free market the burden should be on the manufacturer to create an affordable product, and if they cant, they fail.

[@TailosiveEV]

Tesla would’ve failed without these types of subsidies early on

[@jhallpk]

@@TailosiveEV Then that's just what would have happened I guess

[@JDMSwervo2001]

@@jhallpkagreed

[@JDMSwervo2001]

@@TailosiveEVI agree. But we need to let the free market do its thing. Your governor wants to tax people out of gas cars which is gonna hurt lower class people the most. It’s disgusting. If a product is good then it will sell itself we don’t need the local, state, and federal governments pushing an agenda

[@danharold3087]

@@jhallpk Maybe maybe not. The total tax credits on the ~200K cars came to about $1.5b and some of that after Tesla was making money. There is little doubt that Tesla would have had to raise additional money w/o it.

[@toyotaprius79]

Aptera should seriously think about establishing factories abroad since tariffs on US exports aren't favourable which the Opel/Vauxhall Ampera (Chevrolet volt and bolt) did not do to well with. A factory in Hungary or other eastern European states, a factory in Brasil or elsewhere in South America, a factory in Africa and of course a factory in Asia like Vietnam or China. The world can't wait another year of BS politics and SUVs

[@GNiessen]

The DOE loan program is likely to be cut.

[@danharold3087]

The ATVM program has generated a net gain of around $3 billion, driven largely by Tesla’s early repayment and the success of Ford and Nissan loans." so maybe not.

[@robertkirchner7981]

@@danharold3087 You seem to assume that outcomes have any bearing on Republican policies.

[@chriseidam7319]

Kudos on the topic. I'm sure it crossed everybody's mind. I used to be a banker for 13 years. I'm just finishing up my 11th year in solar. Trump is going to rock the stock market with his radical economic plans, as well as some of his other non-economic policies creating additional, negative economic consequences. All of this financial destruction will tighten credit markets. Potential investors will hold on to cash. Cash will be king. Cash already is king right now as we're approaching a market crash that will be worse than the second market crash we had with G.W. Bush. As such, Aptera - like all startups in nearly all industries - will starve to death. It will gain little or no more substantial fundraising money, unless perhaps it IPOs, which is a crapshoot. It'll very likely be bought by a vulture investor holding cash. I suspect the co-CEOs would still hold on to most of the intellectual property, though, right? Anybody know for sure?

[@saxman657]

Obviously you are a glass half empty guy. Live your pessimism.

[@harriettanthony7352]

Your view seems a contradiction to reality. The first Trump years were good. Trumps' business success is well established. So the view of 'chriseidam7319' seems to be based on the fact that his{her?} candidate lost the election. And thats a good thing- if you want market turmoil, just set up Communist economic policies [price controls and the like}. Thats what brought down the Soviet Union, bad policies

[@gr8dvd]

Certain sectors, like finance/banking, will likely benefit from tRump policies according to a number of analysts. The post-election surge on Wall St. due, as they say, "the markets hate uncertainty". So now certain who will occupy the WH next, and certain chaos will ensue which doesn’t bode well for the markets. So NOT betting against your outlook.

[@chriseidam7319]

@saxman657 Obviously, the best you can come up with is jingoism.

[@chriseidam7319]

@gr8dvd I was a mortgage banker. I anticipate that interest rates will be going to go way up because of more reckless tax cuts. The kind of budget cuts being proposed are just impossible. If you take that much money out of the economy, you'll send us into a Great Depression for our time. Credit markets will tighten. I had a rich lawyer for a repeat customer in Chicago in 2007. He lived at the top of an eight-story luxury condo tower, he and his wife owning the top floor, with their own elevator landing. They had signed Picasso prints and signed Warhol prints on the walls. He had an absolutely-perfect credit score - one of the few cases I had ever seen. Listen to people say they have perfect credit, but then you run their credit and you see they don't. He had 850, 825 and 825 - perfect. The loan-to-value is only 70%. He was only refinancing, he was not taking cash out. It took me 14 months to get his loan done. I predicted the bubble bursting in 2000. I predicted the mortgage and banking crisis under Bush 2 years before it happened, on schedule. I predicted the COVID market crash to the day. I've nailed a lot of predictions like these, and my friends and family recognize it. I've been wrong on one predicted stock market crash that didn't happen. But I've been mostly right on economic predictions over the last 30 years. So trust me when I say, the kind of policies Trump is planning to implement are economic suicide. I swear, the guy is an agent for Russia. I was the top investigative journalism reporter at University of Florida over a 15-year period of the professor teaching that course. That's out of maybe 10,000 to 15,000 students. Unable to sniff stuff out. This is going to be really bad. You just can't take that much money out of circulation without causing a depression, period.

[@Derpy1969]

Aptera needs money they ain’t getting it no matter who is president.

[@johnwdowell]

Aptera wouldn't be producing cars in time to receive tax credits anyway. Hate to say it but, if Aptera doesn't start producing cars very soon, they're gonna go bankrupt. Hand build some sell them, buy a tool, hand build some more, sell them, buy a tool. Rinse and repeat.

[@harriettanthony7352]

That 'idea' is very old [hand build] and long ago proven false

[@gr8dvd]

💯…IF full production funding doesn’t materialize in next 4-6 months; and in this timeframe having (hopefully) built & tested at least 4-6 vehicles.

[@artsmith103]

What if there isn't a trike meeting advertised claims to build?

[@johnwdowell]

@@harriettanthony7352 they are building 50 by hand already

[@garywozniak7742]

I like your enthusiasm. I'm more concerned with them getting funding. It seems that theur current fundraising efforts aren't going to work. Also, everytime you mention 40 grand, I cringe.

[@richpate9436]

That price may be necessary initially, like with most EV companies when starting out, but Aptera has many future options for eventually lowering the price -- like domestic parts production.

[@ien2023]

It looks like someone stole The Jetson car. Its not car since its 3 wheels, its consider a motor bike. Wheres the crash test on it?

[@robertkirchner7981]

Crash tests are coming when there are PI builds to crash.

[@pingnick]

His executive order did I guess get rid of health ACA mandate on taxes BUT the prior credit survived his presidency-the new one may not and arguably that helps Aptera wow🤯

[@pingnick]

Seems very unlikely that USA EV credit will be changed to include Aptera & scaled down each year until 0 in 2030s but!?

[@artsmith103]

Fanboys, your condescending virtue signaling and martyrdom of lower productivity is worth the sacrifice is not a good marketing platform for fund raising. What successful people would want to associate with that, and what market potential is there?

[@bob-qi4nr]

TRUMP 2024!!!!!!!!!! Hahahahahahahahha USA USA USA

[@toyotaprius79]

MUUUUURIKKKA FUKKK YUH

[@Lord_Mangoat]

With Trump's EV hate, he could say a few words and the EV vandalism will increase, so I don't think it'll help Aptera in any way with him being in office.

[@JDMSwervo2001]

@@Lord_Mangoat trump doesn’t hate EVs he just wants a fair and free market and useless government involvement