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From https://aptera.us/faq/ https://aptera.us/faq/: >Is Aptera a car? >No, Aptera is not a car. We call it a Solar Electric Vehicle, because it’s powered by t
by lastofthemojito 4y ago
From https://aptera.us/faq/ https://aptera.us/faq/:
>Is Aptera a car?
>No, Aptera is not a car. We call it a Solar Electric Vehicle, because it’s powered by the sun and also charged with batteries when plugged in. Technically speaking, Aptera can be classified as a motorcycle or auto-cycle. A helmet is not required because Aptera is enclosed, and the vast majority of states only require that you have a regular driver’s license to operate Aptera.
- crooked-v 4y agoThey have to call it "not a car" for legal reasons (federal standards legally classify anything with less than four wheels as a motorcycle, regardless of its other qualities), but to anyone with eyes it's obviously a (weirdly-shaped) hatchback coupe.
- antisthenes 4y agoAptera is vaporware. It's been a concept since at least 2006 in many different incarnations. I'm not sure if they've ever come closer to production than 1-2 prototypes driving around in a 1-minute promo video. Not sure they ever will, considering the incumbent competition (actual, real EVs on the road today)
- namlem 4y agoThey have a factory and the first deliveries are planned for later this year.