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I'm #1607 on the waiting list for an Aptera. I signed up because I had complained so often that there was no electric car you could actually buy, and people kep
by tlb 18y ago
I'm #1607 on the waiting list for an Aptera. I signed up because I had complained so often that there was no electric car you could actually buy, and people kept telling me I just didn't try hard enough. So far I'm right, and I predict I'll never actually get mine. When the CEO brags that they have 45 circuit boards [1], I can already read the company's obituary. But maybe they'll pull it off, and I'll have a really snazzy car.
I'm more excited about Mission Motors electric motorcycle. http://www.ridemission.com/ http://www.ridemission.com/. (I'm an investor.) It's breathtakingly fast and fun to ride.
[1] http://earth2tech.com/2008/10/01/aptera-tweaking-electric-vehicle-design-moving-on-up/ http://earth2tech.com/2008/10/01/aptera-tweaking-electric-ve...
- RKlophaus 18y ago45 circuit boards? Maybe what the car industry needs is not a Steve Jobs, but rather a Steve Wozniak. Woz figured out how to drastically minimize the number of hardware components on the Apple II. He could cut those 45 circuit boards down to 4.
- khafra 18y agoThe Aptera smacks of vaporware, with the constant delays, but I'm still guardedly excited about it--if they can hit their price target with something close to their promise, I'd make a Californian friend just to buy one. The Mission Motors bike, on the other hand, is firmly in the Tesla roadster camp: The projected price point puts it out of the "this could save you money, eventually" category and into the "cool toy for rich eco-geeks" category. Its performance is similar to my Daytona 675's, which cost me $7500 and gets 45mpg.