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Aptera Orders Bodies and Chassis for Its First 40 Production Vehicles | Aptera Solar EVs (aptera.us)
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[–] 3 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I predict failure. Not enough people want a car like this to sustain the company. The few who can afford it don't want this style.

These things never work.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

    I dunno, +-60k with every option isn't bad when the average new car price is 50k.

    The climate here where I live in the US southwest coupled with my driving habits means I'd have to charge maybe once a year. Would like to see these with sodium ion batteries though, at least for the smaller ranges.

    If I traveled a lot I feel like I could be swayed by a machine with that kind of range too. I agree they look strange, but I fall into the function/form camp, especially when it comes to vehicles.

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  • [–] 1 point 21 hours ago* (1 child)

    I dunno, ±60k with every option isn’t bad when the average new car price is 50k.

    But $60K for a motorcycle is stupid. It's a not a car.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 20 hours ago

    DISCLAIMER: I didn't do really any research on traditional 3 wheel vehicles, this is just the first result with a price I saw

    This 3 wheeler starts at 22,299, only carries 1 passenger, no weather protection, ICE engine, etc. etc.

    There's probably overlap between the prices if you go bottom-of-the-barrel Aptera and top of the line Can-Am.

    If I was shopping for a new vehicle, didn't have a family of 5 to drive around, and was certain the company would stay above water I'd be all over this.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Small production run sports cars were always a thing, and with the technically much simpler electric drive those small production runs can be sold for the price of a normal car instead of sports car prices.

    In addition they seem to have gotten a Chinese company with lots of automatization experience on board, so that should improve margins a bit as well.

    I think they have a good chance to survive in a niche market.

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