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Fox Car Report drives the new electric Aptera 2e. The car has three wheels, and gets the equivalent of 200 MPG.
Video: opposingviews.com More...
Fox Car Report drives the new electric Aptera 2e. The car has three wheels, and gets the equivalent of 200 MPG.
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If you’re around Princeton, NJ, the Aptera 2e will be on display Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Cruise on down for a chance to drive the Aptera 2e and learn about aerodynamics, low weight and safety. We hope to see you there! More...
If you’re around Princeton, NJ, the Aptera 2e will be on display Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Cruise on down for a chance to drive the Aptera 2e and learn about aerodynamics, low weight and safety. We hope to see you there! More...
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Despite making the cut from 111 teams to the final seven, North County-based Aptera Motors finished out of the money in the 30-month Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, according to a Sept. 16 news release. More...
Despite making the cut from 111 teams to the final seven, North County-based Aptera Motors finished out of the money in the 30-month Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, according to a Sept. 16 news release. More...
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The Automotive X PRIZE competition is at long last coming to an end and we think the Aptera team, and each of you – our fans, has a great deal to celebrate. More...
The Automotive X PRIZE competition is at long last coming to an end and we think the Aptera team, and each of you – our fans, has a great deal to celebrate. More...
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The XPRIZE competition comes to an end in just a few short weeks, but before we get there, we need your help telling the world which car is the “most wanted” in the XPRIZE. More...
The XPRIZE competition comes to an end in just a few short weeks, but before we get there, we need your help telling the world which car is the “most wanted” in the XPRIZE. More...
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When it comes to the futuristic Aptera 2e, an electric vehicle launched with all the fanfare due a “car of the future,” forward progress has demanded the patience of Job. But despite financial setbacks related to the economic downturn, coming up dry in its quest for $184 million in federal funding and testing hassles in the $10 million Progressive Auto X Prize, Aptera President and CEO Paul Wilbur is still putting on a happy face about getting his airplane-inspired three-wheeled battery car on the market next year (initially in California only). More...
When it comes to the futuristic Aptera 2e, an electric vehicle launched with all the fanfare due a “car of the future,” forward progress has demanded the patience of Job. But despite financial setbacks related to the economic downturn, coming up dry in its quest for $184 million in federal funding and testing hassles in the $10 million Progressive Auto X Prize, Aptera President and CEO Paul Wilbur is still putting on a happy face about getting his airplane-inspired three-wheeled battery car on the market next year (initially in California only). More...
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With Aptera’s 2e electric vehicle headed into the lab for final validation testing in the Automotive X-Prize’s side-by-side class (against only four other vehicles), the company’s latest newsletter is looking to the recent past and the future. Sure, there’s the obligatory X-Prize update, but the more interesting bits of information come from an interview with Dave Oakley, Aptera’s VP of Manufacturing. More...
With Aptera’s 2e electric vehicle headed into the lab for final validation testing in the Automotive X-Prize’s side-by-side class (against only four other vehicles), the company’s latest newsletter is looking to the recent past and the future. Sure, there’s the obligatory X-Prize update, but the more interesting bits of information come from an interview with Dave Oakley, Aptera’s VP of Manufacturing. More...
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The Aptera 2e is on its way to Argonne National Labs in Chicago for the final stage in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE competition. However, voting for the X PRIZE Fan Favorites is open through August 16. Click here to voice your opinion for the X PRIZE’s Most Practical Vehicle. Did we mention the Aptera 2e gets more than 100 MPGe? More...
The Aptera 2e is on its way to Argonne National Labs in Chicago for the final stage in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE competition. However, voting for the X PRIZE Fan Favorites is open through August 16. Click here to voice your opinion for the X PRIZE’s Most Practical Vehicle. Did we mention the Aptera 2e gets more than 100 MPGe? More...
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Companies, people and events to watch
4EVRiders.org JulY 2010 Newsletter: Issue No. 0002 More... Companies, people and events to watch
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And then there were nine. What began in April as a field of 136 experimental cars and 111 teams with their eyes on the $10 million Automotive X Prize has been winnowed to just nine cars and seven teams. Track testing was completed Tuesday at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, MI. More...
And then there were nine. What began in April as a field of 136 experimental cars and 111 teams with their eyes on the $10 million Automotive X Prize has been winnowed to just nine cars and seven teams. Track testing was completed Tuesday at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, MI. More...
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Electric cars and plug-in hybrids like the Leaf and the Volt are on the way. Here’s how the market will shake out.
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Ten years ago, a secretive startup was putting the final touches on an electric vehicle that billionaires, investors and analysts speculated could fundamentally change the way humanity moved around. More...
Electric cars and plug-in hybrids like the Leaf and the Volt are on the way. Here’s how the market will shake out.
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Ten years ago, a secretive startup was putting the final touches on an electric vehicle that billionaires, investors and analysts speculated could fundamentally change the way humanity moved around. More...
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The grandstands are empty and only a few crew members brave the blaring mid-summer sun and humidity to watch as the VLC (Very Light Car) turns one lap after another at Michigan International Speedway. More...
The grandstands are empty and only a few crew members brave the blaring mid-summer sun and humidity to watch as the VLC (Very Light Car) turns one lap after another at Michigan International Speedway. More...
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Nine vehicles from seven teams have been named finalists in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, the competition for super fuel efficient vehicles being run by Playa Vista-based X PRIZE Foundation this morning. According to the group, which is dangling $10M to the teams competing in the competition, the nine vehicles come from a field of 136 vehicles from 111 teams initially participating in the competition. The finalists include two vehicles from Edison2, based in Charlotesville, VA; two vehicles from X-Tracer, a Swiss team; San Diego’s Aptera; and vehicles from Li-ion Motors (North Carolina), the RaceAbout Association (Finland), TW4XP (Germany); and ZAP (Santa Rosa, California). More... Nine vehicles from seven teams have been named finalists in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, the competition for super fuel efficient vehicles being run by Playa Vista-based X PRIZE Foundation this morning. According to the group, which is dangling $10M to the teams competing in the competition, the nine vehicles come from a field of 136 vehicles from 111 teams initially participating in the competition. The finalists include two vehicles from Edison2, based in Charlotesville, VA; two vehicles from X-Tracer, a Swiss team; San Diego’s Aptera; and vehicles from Li-ion Motors (North Carolina), the RaceAbout Association (Finland), TW4XP (Germany); and ZAP (Santa Rosa, California). More... [...]
We are currently competing in the finals stage of the Progressive Insurance Automotive XPRIZE. So far, we have completed the city, urban, and highway tests and things are going great! More...
We are currently competing in the finals stage of the Progressive Insurance Automotive XPRIZE. So far, we have completed the city, urban, and highway tests and things are going great! More...
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It’s very much down to the pointy-end for the remaining twelve teams in Progressive Automotive X PRIZE with the finals stage underway at the Michigan International Speedway. As we write this article teams are taking part in the critical range test where they must achieve 100 miles without charging or refueling (200 miles for the mainstream class) – perhaps the most challenging hurdle remaining for those still in the running for a share of the $10 million prize. More... It’s very much down to the pointy-end for the remaining twelve teams in Progressive Automotive X PRIZE with the finals stage underway at the Michigan International Speedway. As we write this article teams are taking part in the critical range test where they must achieve 100 miles without charging or refueling (200 miles for the mainstream class) – perhaps the most challenging hurdle remaining for those still in the running for a share of the $10 million prize. More... [...]
It looks like Chris Anthony, an Aptera co-founder, is about to go truly epic in the electric vehicle universe. His company, Epic Boats has entered into a partnership with Caddo Manufacturing in Vivian, LA to not only make electric boats – Epic already makes a hybrid version of a wakeboard boat and introduced the all-electric 21se last January – but also expand into machines made for traveling terra firma as well. The San Diego-based CEO showed up in the Northeast corner of Louisiana last week with prototypes of its first two land vehicles, a topless road-going three-wheeler with seating for two called the Torq and an off-road ATV named the Amp. More... It looks like Chris Anthony, an Aptera co-founder, is about to go truly epic in the electric vehicle universe. His company, Epic Boats has entered into a partnership with Caddo Manufacturing in Vivian, LA to not only make electric boats – Epic already makes a hybrid version of a wakeboard boat and introduced the all-electric 21se last January – but also expand into machines made for traveling terra firma as well. The San Diego-based CEO showed up in the Northeast corner of Louisiana last week with prototypes of its first two land vehicles, a topless road-going three-wheeler with seating for two called the Torq and an off-road ATV named the Amp. More... [...]
It looks like Chris Anthony, an Aptera co-founder, is about to go truly epic in the electric vehicle universe. His company, Epic Boats has entered into a partnership with Caddo Manufacturing in Vivian, LA to not only make electric boats – Epic already makes a hybrid version of a wakeboard boat and introduced the all-electric 21se last January – but also expand into machines made for traveling terra firma as well. The San Diego-based CEO showed up in the Northeast corner of Louisiana last week with prototypes of its first two land vehicles, a topless road-going three-wheeler with seating for two called the Torq and an off-road ATV named the Amp. More... It looks like Chris Anthony, an Aptera co-founder, is about to go truly epic in the electric vehicle universe. His company, Epic Boats has entered into a partnership with Caddo Manufacturing in Vivian, LA to not only make electric boats – Epic already makes a hybrid version of a wakeboard boat and introduced the all-electric 21se last January – but also expand into machines made for traveling terra firma as well. The San Diego-based CEO showed up in the Northeast corner of Louisiana last week with prototypes of its first two land vehicles, a topless road-going three-wheeler with seating for two called the Torq and an off-road ATV named the Amp. More... [...]
Which vehicle do you think is best equipped to revolutionize the automotive industry? Here’s your chance to voice your opinion! Vote for the vehicle you think is most Stylish, Innovative, Practical and, most importantly, the vehicle you would most want to own! You could have a chance to win an exclusive X PRIZE team jacket or a Grand Prize of $3,000!* More... Which vehicle do you think is best equipped to revolutionize the automotive industry? Here’s your chance to voice your opinion! Vote for the vehicle you think is most Stylish, Innovative, Practical and, most importantly, the vehicle you would most want to own! You could have a chance to win an exclusive X PRIZE team jacket or a Grand Prize of $3,000!* More... [...]
AkzoNobel Car Refinishes Americas has been chosen by Aptera, a developer of futuristic concept cars, as the paint provider for their concept vehicles. All vehicles being produced today are painted with the AkzoNobel waterborne system, Sikkens Autowave. More...
AkzoNobel Car Refinishes Americas has been chosen by Aptera, a developer of futuristic concept cars, as the paint provider for their concept vehicles. All vehicles being produced today are painted with the AkzoNobel waterborne system, Sikkens Autowave. More...
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Members of Aptera’s executive leadership team were invited to Sacramento for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s June 15 Summit on the Advanced Transportation Industry. The Governor brought together industry leaders in new vehicle technologies, clean transportation fuels and electric and hybrid vehicles to discuss how California can remain the leader of advanced vehicle and alternative fuel research, development and green jobs. More...
Members of Aptera’s executive leadership team were invited to Sacramento for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s June 15 Summit on the Advanced Transportation Industry. The Governor brought together industry leaders in new vehicle technologies, clean transportation fuels and electric and hybrid vehicles to discuss how California can remain the leader of advanced vehicle and alternative fuel research, development and green jobs. More...
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The Knockout phase of the Automotive X Prize delivered more blows and thrills, as remaining teams completed the required tests. After a long and stressful past few days, the teams all seemed thrilled to be returning home—at least when done by choice. More... The Knockout phase of the Automotive X Prize delivered more blows and thrills, as remaining teams completed the required tests. After a long and stressful past few days, the teams all seemed thrilled to be returning home—at least when done by choice. More... [...]
With the Automotive X Prize competition, Aptera has stood apart from its competition–literally–being a germinating business that presents itself with a bold corporate image. Where the other competitors have been cramped in the shared garages, Aptera sets up shop alongside its impressive 18-wheeled hauler apart from the other teams. But this popular favorite was humbled in the Shakedown phase by the emergency-avoidance maneuver test, as captured on video. A key question I had entering this new, more vital phase, would Aptera be ready? More...
With the Automotive X Prize competition, Aptera has stood apart from its competition–literally–being a germinating business that presents itself with a bold corporate image. Where the other competitors have been cramped in the shared garages, Aptera sets up shop alongside its impressive 18-wheeled hauler apart from the other teams. But this popular favorite was humbled in the Shakedown phase by the emergency-avoidance maneuver test, as captured on video. A key question I had entering this new, more vital phase, would Aptera be ready? More...
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Can the makers of the Aptera, once one of the most promising in a new crop of electric cars, ever get their model to production? More...
Can the makers of the Aptera, once one of the most promising in a new crop of electric cars, ever get their model to production? More...
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If you are searching for the connected, high-efficiency car of the future, you might expect to find the leading candidates in Southern California, home of the much-publicized electric vehicles like the Tesla Roadster, the well-appointed Fisker Automotive Karma, which bills itself as “the World’s First Luxury Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle,” and the more basic Coda electric sedan coming by the end of 2010. You might even consider taking a closer look at the latest EV announcements from the reviving mainstream automakers. More... If you are searching for the connected, high-efficiency car of the future, you might expect to find the leading candidates in Southern California, home of the much-publicized electric vehicles like the Tesla Roadster, the well-appointed Fisker Automotive Karma, which bills itself as “the World’s First Luxury Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle,” and the more basic Coda electric sedan coming by the end of 2010. You might even consider taking a closer look at the latest EV announcements from the reviving mainstream automakers. More... [...]
APTERA’S DESIGN-INTENT VEHICLE REVEALED
AT APRIL 14 PRESS CONFERENCE More...
APTERA’S DESIGN-INTENT VEHICLE REVEALED
AT APRIL 14 PRESS CONFERENCE More...
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There was less hustle and bustle at the Michigan International Speedway on Thursday, as many teams had completed the inspection and testing, and several others were offsite for a Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize press conference. But there was plenty of trackside drama. More...
There was less hustle and bustle at the Michigan International Speedway on Thursday, as many teams had completed the inspection and testing, and several others were offsite for a Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize press conference. But there was plenty of trackside drama. More...
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California-based Aptera has been teasing us for upwards of two years now with images and even a prototype test-drive of its two-seat, teardrop-shaped 2e. (Some of us think the teardrop resembles a few other things, too—particularly in white—but we shant go there.) While the overall form has remained pretty consistent, the details have changed numerous times in the interests of safety, comfort, and engineering. At an airplane hanger in Carlsbad, California, Aptera rolled out what it claims is the final final design. The company says it will begin production in the spring of 2011. More...
California-based Aptera has been teasing us for upwards of two years now with images and even a prototype test-drive of its two-seat, teardrop-shaped 2e. (Some of us think the teardrop resembles a few other things, too—particularly in white—but we shant go there.) While the overall form has remained pretty consistent, the details have changed numerous times in the interests of safety, comfort, and engineering. At an airplane hanger in Carlsbad, California, Aptera rolled out what it claims is the final final design. The company says it will begin production in the spring of 2011. More...
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The Aptera 2e is an innovative 3-wheeled car that perfects aerodynamics for the sake of efficiency. Unlike the industry’s latest electric cars, the Aptera 2e resembles a spaceship with insect genes, but holds a longer electrical charge. More...
The Aptera 2e is an innovative 3-wheeled car that perfects aerodynamics for the sake of efficiency. Unlike the industry’s latest electric cars, the Aptera 2e resembles a spaceship with insect genes, but holds a longer electrical charge. More...
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Getting a new vehicle startup off the ground is tough, and even tougher when you’re trying to build all-electric, three-wheeled, futuristic bubble cars. Aptera knows this perhaps better than anyone, facing its share of difficulties over the past year. But today, the company unveiled its official pre-production prototype, with the full-production model to come in about 11 months–once the final financing hurdle is cleared. More...
Getting a new vehicle startup off the ground is tough, and even tougher when you’re trying to build all-electric, three-wheeled, futuristic bubble cars. Aptera knows this perhaps better than anyone, facing its share of difficulties over the past year. But today, the company unveiled its official pre-production prototype, with the full-production model to come in about 11 months–once the final financing hurdle is cleared. More...
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