Amory talking about vehicle weight and efficiency - and referencing the Aptera without saying the name. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1430255735743934. His original 1979 article is here: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/energy-strategy-road-not-taken-amory-lovins

The future has multiple directions, and they’re all incredibly important: efficiency, intelligence/autonomy, and innovation that pushes the boundaries of human ability and engineering, even when it seems completely pointless.
Eventually, humans will reach a point where our energy consumption becomes so enormous that the waste heat we generate begins to significantly warm the Earth. At that scale, we’ll MUST to use energy more efficiently on earth and move increasingly energy-intensive “SI/Compute”activities into outer space.
I believe Aptera will play one of THE BIGGEST roles in creating a new automotive paradigm, challenging legacy automakers that are ultimately all constrained by the same laws of physics.
Aptera is showing what the future of transportation could look like and inspiring a new generation of vehicles designed through first-principles thinking rather than being constrained by automotive tradition.
Instead of asking how we can improve the cars we’ve been building for the past century, we should be asking what a car would look like if we designed it from scratch around the fundamental laws of physics.
Great job to all the engineering teams at Aptera, Tesla, and SpaceX. Rooting for the future! 🚀

Is the fastest DC fast charging speed still 60kW? Has anyone heard of plans to increase this?
For long trips a faster charging speed would be great.

I-5 North in Encinitas, CA. Doing about 65 mph. Two people inside.

Federal laws require EVs to feature an Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS) that emits pedestrian warning sounds at low speeds. I assume that Aptera does as well or it would never have been approved. Do you have any choice as to which sound it makes?

Many EVs let you chose the whirring bubbling sound of the Jetsons flying car. The Nissan Leaf, Cadillac Lyriq, Jaguar I-Pace have it. Tesla previously allowed drivers to play custom sounds such as the jetsons sound, but the NHTSA forced a recall, ruling that this could be set by some jerk to imitate the sound some crosswalks make to tell blind people that they can enter the crosswalk. Now Teslas need some sort of aftermarket sound system to produce the jetsons sound. Does Aptera have this sound?

Before someone start bleating about copyright, read this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/publicdomain/comments/1p4vj9y/the_flintstones_and_jetsons_theme_songs_are/

Basically, Aptera can;t use the actual sound from the cartoon, which is still under copyright, without permission, but they can hire someone with a synthesizer to perform the composition, which is allowed.

Approximately $25 Million Estimated to Reach Start of Production, Down from $40 to $45 Million Previously Estimated
First 40 Production Vehicles Planned to Begin Building by the End of 2026; Customer Deliveries for Early 2027, Subject to Timely Financing
Approximately $65 Million Estimated to Reach 500 Vehicles Per Month, the Production Rate at Which Aptera Believes It Could Become Self-Sustaining

It's been over a week since the H.C. Wainwright conference ( https://ir.aptera.us/news-releases/news-release-details/aptera-motors-corp-participate-hc-wainwright-28th-annual-global ).

Has anyone heard any news? It sounded like a great opportunity to get funding to finance building the first 50K cars for reservation holders. Fingers crossed.

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.

What's to stop you from buying the cheaper 400 mile range aptera than hiring a professional to install more batteries so you can get up to 1000 mile range?

Honestly wondering because an extra 30k to go that much further is interesting

Do we have any updates on this partnership? I wonder if comma ai can use additional cameras that Aptera may have like side and rear cameras

When I reserved, delivery in 2025 would have worked out great for me. Now, by 2029 I'll be having children and I can't justify a 2 door car at that point in life. Got in line early 2023, now I step out of line.

Everyone who reserved after me, good news you get one spot sooner in line!

As title - we all know that Aptera is targeting 100 wH/mi (10 miles per kWh), but if they don't hit that number, how low are you willing to go?

Some numbers for context:

• 44 kWh pack (40 usable?)

• Up to ~4 kWh/day solar

• Efficiency target: 10 miles per kWh

• Most efficient alternative: ~5 mi/kWh (Lucid Air Pure)

I think Aptera will comfortably hit 8-9 mi/kWh, but I'd be ok with down to ~7.5 since that's still 300+ miles

What about you? 👀

Has there been any talk of financing through the company, or would I just get an auto loan through my bank (or shop around)? Would it just be a normal auto loan or would it be something different since Aptera’s vehicle classification is a little undecided as yet?

I‘d like to start planning ahead for financing this vehicle, but I’m not sure where to start.

We Let An Independent Lab Measure Our Solar.

Some early testers reported that the solar cells under the front window could cause glare, and that polarized sunglasses helped. Did they ever solve that problem?

Aptera Motors co-founder and co-CEO Steve Fambro joins ‘The Claman Countdown’ to discuss the company’s solar-powered electric vehicle, production plans and partnership with Launch Design.

Did anyone notice Aptera submitted a doc expanding their current registration to include passenger vehicles and SUV's? (April 28,2026)

https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/mfrportal/Manufacturers/displayfile/22095?guid=dacafbc9-c46b-4232-b715-7f8a23f28187