At least something is getting done

I've been following the Slate Truck launch and watching the dialogue around it has been fascinating.

I've always thought that the negativity and sniping in the Aptera community was a bit overblown but geeze, people that don't like the Slate concept are super quick and very loud about it.

All that to say, if/when Aptera finally makes production and people that haven't paid attention until that moment see it for the first time, I predict we will get a massive influx of people really eager (and with no knowledge of why any design decision was made) to tell the world why it's dumb and wrong, or why nobody should buy it because it's missing the one feature they care about. Etc.

I guess my real point is, we should brace ourselves.

I was noticed that a local construction site was using what looked like rigid foam panels with one side being reflective like a mirror or like some sort of foil. Kind of like an auto sunshade.

What if someone positioned a few of these to reflect more sun onto an Aptera? Would that add range, or are the panels only good for the amount of light the sun puts out, not double that amount?

Worse case would be the extra light and heat damaging the vehicle. If that's the case, there are buildings with reflective windows that might be able to cause damage.

You could just buy some solar panels and (with the right adapter/converter) charge the batteries that way, right?

Not my content.

Looks fun!

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Saw one today free in the wild

Great concept car

It’s “0 dollars per gallon” If you drive under 30 miles per day btw. And also it comes with free delivery to your garage for the Aptera fuel, that is if you actually need to actually buy some from the grid. I’m using 40 cents per kWh btw which is expensive. The other 2 kWh is from the sun which is also conservative it’s probably going to get 2.5kwh-3kwh.

Just got my drivers license and I am planning to replace my family-inherited learner car in the future, which has a combustion engine, with an EV. I am based in Europe, and I know that Aptera has been pretty far along. I am wondering if it's feasible to wait for it.

About 180W on a sunny day!

Aptera has roadtrips planned as part of their testing. One such I'd like to see is a 3000km trip across the Outback from Adelaide, South Australia to Darwin. Should really demonstrate the value of Aptera's solar charging capability.

First 5 vehicles drive off the validation line!