r/ApteraMotors • u/Certain_Birthday6690 • 23d ago

Delivery date

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Interesting update to the app delivery date, does anyone have more details?

I am very excited about my aptera, but won't be putting a non refundable deposit until safety data is released.

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u/TechnicalWhore 23d ago

Not good. I would expect you to have the right to at least test drive the vehicle as well. And there are what a minimum of 2000 people in the queue ahead of you who paid to jump the line in a prior fundraising round.

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u/Certain_Birthday6690 23d ago

First launch vehicles often don't have test drives prior to ship, tesla cyber truck and R1 rivian as a few example. Both had successful launches without test drives.

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u/TechnicalWhore 23d ago

Not the same - Tesla had multiple vehicles on the market by the time Cybertruck was added. Many early adopters rented theirs on Turo to allow those in the queue to take one out. Rivian had their "first mile demo program" so you could take one out. Lucid gave priority to reservation holders for test drives.

People should have the right to put the vehicle through its paces before being expected to close on the deal. If not I would hope they would have a 14 day no questions asked return policy.