We test drove a solar powered car with 1000 miles range that never needs charging 

Ya know 🙄

when they make it four wheel drive, ill order 1

Rich, since when do you wear Panerai

Where is the assembly line for this vehicle Rich?

@@realMaverickBuckley In Carlsbad, CA

Samsung and apple are doing something very similar with ifixit. Samsung or apple ship the parts while ifixit provides the tools and how-to videos. Not sure if theyre doing it quite yet tho.

It will be banned for your safety shortly.... Won't someone please think of the children?

@@tinncan where’s the source for that information?

@@tinncan what about the children?

I got goosebumps when he said this.

Nu ma asteptam sa te gasesc aici

I'm in the first 100 reserves, so we'll see.

Production is the crux. it's the biggest hurdle

dude was lying though, its not more efficient than a bike. my unicycle has 16 miles of range with an 800wh battery which is twice as efficient as this vehicle for people (yes likely you reader) with awetism: it literally doesnt matter to have one or two wheels. no difference. its actually a sign of awetism when you try and argue over words instead of the actual point being made. I suggest seeking professional help.

ooo iraphahell chad

Thank you for bringing this up. I have over 400,000 miles on motorcycles, and have had a car totaled from being rear ended by someone who fell asleep. The first Aptera built an in house FMVSS part 216 crash test rig and designed and tested their prototypes for safety. The person who oversaw this effort now gives crash test safety court testimony as an expert witness. The current design has been virtually crash tested thousands of times and the design optimized for safety. When they have production intent vehicles available for test, they will be voluntarily tested to FMVSS part 200 automotive standards, and the results published by a third party agency.

In the UK at least the classification is done on weight, under 400kg and it is a tricycle or quadricycle. This does not include fuel, and on EVS, this means, it does not include the weight of the battery, (unless they have changed this rule) so depending on how much of the Aptera's weight is battery this might get classed as a car in the UK , I am not sure. I am so impressed by the Aptera and I have put my name on the list.

You are fooling yourself if you think this is crash safe, get in a side impact in a carbon fiber aptera - dead. Side impact in a 99 Accord - much better.

I'll believe it is safe when you see them entered in demolition derby contests. Competitors still favor 1960's full-size 4 door sedans like Ford LTD, Chevy Impala, and Chrysler Newport. The 1964-68 Chrysler Imperial is banned at most events since "too strong". My first vehicle was a 1974 Honda 350-4. Never enjoyed riding a motorcycle and only bought it since the gas crisis. I do enjoy bicycling and commuted mostly by bike for 18 years, but on an off-road paved trail.

that's because they use the best and tested way to suck out maximum amount of money out of people for maximum profit, this one want to make the next "first of its kind" as a dream so different goal, different results

A car that is powered by the sun!!! A truely conservative car. Maybe too fast of a 0-60 time for the average repub to comprehend.

Don't take this the wrong way, but take a look at the design of the Aptera. Where's your carrying capacity? What versatility do you have when it's only got room for 2 people? It's all about the trade-offs, and for most applications, industry-standard stuff is pretty well-rounded. EDIT: I misunderstood what David meant by "obsolete", he was commenting on planned obsolescence. I thought he meant it blows everything out of the water. Not sure how I got that so wrong, but here we are. However, there's still some interesting points to make about Aptera's design trade-offs. For the given footprint of a car, a conventional shape packs more capacity while having ample range. The same basic frame and body panels can be re-used for multiple models of cars if additional rows of seats are added, too. Even though Aptera says they're working on a 4-seater model, that'll require an almost complete redesign, making manufacturing more complex without much of a benefit in profit. Don't get me wrong, as a college student, this would be an amazing car to own. It's just that the consumer base for Aptera is the 1- or 2- person daily driver car market. But, that means as soon as you need more space, you need another car, and at $25k for an Aptera… 🤷

@@mattbrody3565, The Aptera will or wont suit consumers depending on their needs. In my circumstance it would make an excellent second vehicle. My wife owns a small Mazda hatch and I own a diesel ute which I use both for work and doing general household chores. We rarely have more than one person in either vehicle, let alone three or four. The Aptera has more than enough room for the average "grocery run". Most of the time I can get everything I need into the panniers of an E bike. The Aptera looks like a luxury vehicle by comparison.

If he take this design public he would probably go MISSING !! Gas ⛽️ is how our Govt eats!!

Sign yourself up, on their website.

$100 down to reserve yours. If you invest $1000 in the company, they give you a code for waive the $100.

Where is the assembly line for this vehicle ?

@@buckc3471 You mean you DONT have to give them an interest free loan of thousands of dollars?

Same!

I want this so bad now

musk said this wasnt possible, they ignored him and built one

@@vincentvangogh8092 Musk thinks he knows better than everyone. 🤡

You would want them to stay in business longer than that for repair parts when they become needed.

yeah... you would have to be a dope to own one.

@Brian French Nah, dopes are folks who judge others on wants and needs only familiar to the dope.

​@@BrianFrenchinternet-marketingget your stock image ahh out of here lol

Meanwhile (other than placing a pre-order) you can become an investor of Aptera from as few as 1000.- dollars (up to as much as you want).

Unfortunately their exersise looks like to tey to be bought by some major investor... Just like Sion Motors. They'll probably get rid of all the RTR moniker.

@@rkan2 The founders lost control of their company the first time they tried a similar idea when they were part of Idealab.. They are unlikely to let this happen again and have taken steps to prevent it. Chris Anthony has already co-founded and as CEO taken public a lithium battery company.

Or be an early investor at a minimum of $1000 while each share is still only 9 bucks a pop. And when the IPO drops next year and the stock price jumps 10X over the next 5 years? Well that's 40% Off right off the bat ($2500-$3500 would give you a free car with 600 miles of range and max solar)!

Same here!

Electric Cars that Charge themselves :D

This one over Tesla over and over and over

@@jiayeyang I have and love my Tesla MY but I preordered 2 Aptera’s 400 mile range 3 weeks ago. They are PERFECT for 90% of my needs. The Y will fill the gap for now.

@@perezed1333 well like an f1 honeycomb shell tube, it will survive and protect the passenger.

@@perezed1333 if the collision happens at a fast enough speed your statement is probably true. Because of the materials used and the egg shape design, I’d bet money this is as safe or safer then econo cars like the Mitsubishi Mirage, Nissan Versa or event the Toyota Corolla. Obviously we wont know until we see the crash test data.

Agreed, I was afraid the solar cells would be integrated into the body and would eventually become useless, but if every part including the panels are replaceable and upgradable that would be amazing. And that body shape, it will be a long time before this car will look outdated, this is definitely my next commuting appliance!

I hope he keep his promise

You just have to scan your personal QR code to turn the vehicle on, and you’re ready to go!

You just know that if it were any other tech bro company those qr codes would just lead to some forgettable nft project that the ceo convinced himself would improve the product.

@@chawza8402 If he does it'll be the first!

@biblereader You can pay for an Off-road option if you want to. I'll decide on that once I see it drive in snow. I pre-ordered in April 2021. And I own shares.

Except the one he's describing is gonna cost 49k and the 25k model isn't gonna do anywhere near what he was talking about.

yeah absolutely, transparency is a sign of extreme confidence

@@abd4620 go on their website and find out how transparent this actually was. Like I said, yeah they are gonna have a 25k model but it won't be to the specs he described.

@biblereader agree agree agree

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1,000 mile one is $44k on their website

@@reneaceballo Ouch! There's the shoe I was waiting to have dropped! Still, with a tax credit or whatever, same price as a new car these days.

Carbon free? Impossible.

@@shreddder999 Indeed. No carbon means no life on Earth and Earth will look like Mars. Which has all kinds of climate change hah!

@@shreddder999 Eventually as we transition. It will take a long time but eventually we will not use carbon based energy sources for our society at some point. Or any product that will release carbon. Certainly near 0

here here!! Cheers to that 😋🍻

Heck, he could pay for the car by doing How To videos! 😁

@David McKee and solar powered too

THEY ARE GOING TO GIT MY HUNERT SOON

Disagree, people don’t buy cars for fuel efficiency. A vehicle is ether a tool or status symbol. The only mainstream market for this vehicle is a work car. And the people that generally have work cars very few would choose this over any other vehicle. I don’t see the market for this and I think it’s an obvious failure. This is almost certainly for people that are just enthusiasts.

​@@eceamonot even that, if enclosed motorcycles are the way to go, it would have been in vogue long before the electric/ Tesla car revolution. Like Arnold Schwarzenegger once said, "they don't make an electric car I would like to drive" . This is not going anywhere.

@@eceamo 🤡

All of this sounds like BS.

@@konstantinanthonyromanov6952 This company isn’t BS, and their stats aren’t BS either. They’re just not mainstream, but they should be.

@@squeakD everything is good except for the 40 mile claim. TM3 has 250Wh/mile, they claim 100Wh/mile. That's already quite a bold claim, as TM3 is the current industry leader. Assuming the mileage is correct, they say that their badly angled patch of cells will generate double the energy as a full-size well-angled panel only reaches on a good day. 15 miles a day on a good day is what I say sounds feasible, and that's nice but they should have left the panels out imo. Not enough advantage except for the PR maybe.

@@konstantinanthonyromanov6952 Technically their math does checkout, but the marketing is a bit overly flamboyant about it. Notice how when their CEO is asked about it he says "up to 40 miles". That's just it, up to, not on average. The math suggests on your average day throughout the year you'll probably get around 36 miles of charge as it's a 700W solar array and the car only weighs between 1800-2200 pounds depending on the model you get. That's still really impressive, but definitely more realistic. You also have to remember this is also assuming you live in California or somewhere with comparable solar radiance, which you probably do not. Thanks to the federal energy regulatory commission, I was able to find the energy radiance of my area in southern PA. From here I could calculate my miles of charge a day which on average was 33 miles. But being in the north, the losses in the winter are far higher than most places. In the charts it showed in the summer nearly the full 40 miles with some days in the winter being as low as 13. You really need to remember this is an annual average, not a guaranteed daily intake.

@@Skylancer727 I checked out the Aptera map and not even they actually claim 40 miles per day even in the sunniest regions on their solar map. It seems the only get 30-35 miles at peak sun regions and low sun regions at 20 miles per day. But I think that is likewise overestimated since if you are close enough to the poles there are times of the year with no sun whatsoever.

Yeah there's tons of trunk space in this car already, though the said they plan to make a larger, 4-wheeled version of it down the road with more seats

It's actually 25K to 50K depending on battery size and the few options.

Really? Seems high for a EV polaris spyder

25K for the 2 motor version and ~250 mile range. The 3 motor 1000 mile range ones go for close to 50K

i hope they make one with 4 wheels

I mean this kinda generated smoke too at the end

The UK government cannot tax the fuel. So they wont like it.

@@sahhull that's what EV surcharges at registration are for, several US states do that already.

@@DFX2KX Some states have also gone for the moderately more bullish move of a flat fee every year just for driving an EV. From what I saw it's somewhere between $100-250 depending on the state.

@@Skylancer727 that's pretty small, I'll take it.

Well, with 11 thousand of them pre-ordered its looking to be a likely possibility.

That was the misleading part. $25,000 is for the lowest package, not what you see in the video. And considering what we've seen with other electric vehicle start-ups' "promised prices", I wouldn't be too confident in that staying the same. The low price point doesn't get you the solar, and you only get a battery pack that provides around 250mi of range. For about $34,000 you can get 400mi of range and the full solar package (which gets you the "up to" 40mi of range per day), and all-wheel drive. With a $7,000 rebate, that wouldn't be a horrible deal, but only if this is really the setup that works for you. Other manufacturers will be offering competitive prices for more traditional vehicles (more passengers, more wheels, not considered a "motorcycle") but you will always have an electric bill. That last point is going to be the real distinguishing element for many people.

@@cloudoftime even if you only got 20 miles from solar that should be plenty for most people.

@@MrGamelover23 Sure. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with different levels, just that it wasn't represented all that accurately.

@@cloudoftime marketing always says the best case scenario.

@@MrGamelover23 It's not "best case scenario". The $25,000 model doesn't come with everything you see in the video. "Best case scenario" is different from false advertisement.

Donut Media channel has the funniest sponsored commercials I've ever seen.

Actual solutions to worlds biggest problems? Sorry, can't have that. But you can eat the bugs instead

Them pick up trucks are not even a joke but ok brit

@@metalreignz6557 his tone has a bit of authoritarianism, no?

"Could be using this type of vehicle". People don't buy what you think they should use.

Global elite have convinced you pick up trucks are bad. They want everything electric for control

I don't think that car will ever come out. It has been 14 years and I have yet to see it on the road. This is too long.

this really isnt. unicycles are much more efficient and practical

A cargo version would look like a whale

@@trollimusprime8521 I'd honestly be down with that.

Will do

After bout 5 years you would save so much on gas you paid for the vehicle. I mean that's just crazy. Yeah a battery pack replacement is probably inevitable after 5 years but if they can produce them cheap enough its worth it. Seemed like a small pack, if it's $3,000 every 5 years to keep it going that ain't horrible and again you make it right back essentially not paying for gas. I bought my Honda for 20k and it cost me 65 a week in gas. 5 years it will prob be worth 5 grand meaning I wasted 15,000 owning the car and about 18,000 so its cost me $33,000 to commute 5 years, to where this essentially pays for itself and theoretically if it last with no repairs past that mark it like your getting paid to drive it

Well they are engineers... The bullshit happens else where...

2 tears were shed here from mw haha

Yeah bud the engineers aren't the ones trying to stop it.

@@MastaSquidge Agreed. I guess I should have said "Watching an engineer that also owns the company talk about right to repair almost made me cry tears of joy."

I have not owned a single car that I could not repair myself. Sometimes you need to use a computer with a copy of vws software, but not often

This is what ev's were always supposed to be :)

@@Dave7heRave True.

My last apartment only had underground parking. On the other hand, it did have lights running 24/7. Maybe you could trickle charge at 12W if you parked directly under a light fixture.

You don't get the full solar package for that price. What was said and shown in the video is a bit misleading. It's $900 more for the full solar package from the base. The base price gets you front wheel drive ($2,500 more for all-wheel drive). You only get 250mi of range with the base model; it's about $4,000 more to get 400mi, $10,000 more to get 600mi, and $20,000 more to get 1,000mi, but most people won't need those higher ranges. And of course there are other add-ons, such as autonomous driving ($1,300), off-road kit ($1,000), camping kit ($600), etc. For a 400mi range, full solar package, all-wheel drive model, they're saying $33,200 at time of purchase.

@@cloudoftime: Seems fair to me. I thought the base model would be that much.

Everyone would want one. But, current technology will not do that. Their data defies the laws of physics.

@@scottce6745 The streamlined shape does seem to suggest it would be very efficient , requiring minimal fuel/energy , to travel distances . Even if it's not 40 miles a day of free travel , 20 miles would be pretty amazing too .

I feel like they asked a lot of the same questions i would have.

I wanna buy stocks now

@@sungear This was the first time I heard them mention price or right-to-repair. They also discussed the design in much more detail, like the 4-piece manufacturing process.

What is the right to repair movement if you don't mind me asking?

@@rogrambo If I bought it, use it, then I should own it and be able to repair it on my own without breaking any laws. Its an issue of large coporations trying to own everything you own by designing things in a way that is impossible to repair without special equipment or breaking any enviromental laws. It goes a bit deeper than that but BMW took away the customers ability to check thier own oil....crap like that.

@@rogrambo Its about freedom.

@@somethingsomeonesaid6455 hell yes. Then I support it too. Too many people in this damn country trying to tell other people what they can do with THEIR OWN property.

@@rogrambo Yeah it's basically the opposition to the push companies have made to you being a "subscriber" to their products and not an "owner". It also pushes back on the regards of not allowing modifications or repairing something personally if you want to. Examples would be how Apple wasn't allowing you to replace the display on your iphone even with a screen from another iphone, Samsung killing your camera if you replaced the screen, Google doing the same thing as Samsung with the Pixel, Tesla only selling package sets and not individual parts, Testa only selling parts directly to certified repair centers, cars requiring a proprietary wireless adapter to program and give it a diagnosis, etc. As you can see, the entire tech industry is full of pushes for you to not really have the right to modify or repair your parts. In most cases, the reason is just so they can sell the repairs to you directly over allowing you to go to external businesses like computer repair shops, car repair shops, or even do it yourself so you have to go to them. The downside is almost the entire industry has gone this way so finding options that don't fit under anti consumer practices like this is almost impossible.

Seems like the company is a scam. Their filing with the SEC says they are worth 780 million and Chris in the video owns 15 million shares at 10.50 a share. They have no products or even proven the range and specifications on the track other than a few laps, very suspicious If you brag about a 250 mile range. I don't think they have the capability and hyping it up to get an IPO out to make that fast hype money. Even in the video he says nothing new or ground breaking and all parts shown are off the shelf parts. Everything he says is theories and concepts.

They should have it will t take three time more time to get it in the road

I'm glad they went this way as well. They made this more like a real car: seems like you're much safer sitting inside that strong shell. Also AC, heat, ICE, a bit of luggage space. Definitely quite car-like. Might be good to see a bigger version as well with more seats and luggage space for families or carrying more stuff around.

to me this car is essentially a safe, BEV version of what a Reliant 3-wheeled car (e.g. Reliant Robin) would be like if they still existed as a company which is great! hopefully this "car" will be at some point sold in the 🇬🇧 UK...

@@wclifton968gameplaystutorials they're taking pre orders for europe.. There are many pre order holders in Germany and The Netherlands. European deliveries will be farther down the line though than domestic ones.

Why can't 4 wheel cars have a special classification?

Thanks for the shout out Paulry! Yes, come join the club everyone. We have tons of informative videos and a discord channel and hopefully some Aptera rallies in the future!

I live in Iowa and will be reporting on an early unit. My local repair shop can't wait to get a look at it, and I don't think they are unusual.

Yeah, remember Elio motors? They made a similar looking car but was gas powered. Several prototypes came out but no production - it was basically a scam for preorders that never went into fruition.

@@danparish1344 I think has the "killer feature" of refueling itself for free and from anywhere. So has a way better chance of gaining interest.

​@@danparish1344 This car has much more of a chance in that it's electric and lives in a time when tech is much better and more compact and cheaper than ever. Can't say this will make it, but it's got much more of a chance

@@drahcirsama A wow feature in Cali, in the north not so much...

@@caodesignworks2407 sounds to good to be true. A small solar panel in less the optimal situations (eg not always facing the Sun , not always sunny) powering a car for over a 1000 miles?

It was never a full ICE car, it started out as a hybrid. And really that's only because the battery/motor technology wasn't advanced enough 15 years ago; there was always a plan to produce full electric when the tech caught up.

@@TitoRigatoni Ah OK. Cheers for the correction. I didn't follow this at all first time round.

It's mad how good it looks for a 15 year old design, I REALLY hope they get some proper backing for it because it would just be tragic to see the project go quiet again.

@@Munkenba It's luckily not that of an early start-up. They start production this year already. Sadly not for the European Market... :(

@@lenny7828 They really ought to rethink that, I'd love one here in the UK, the US market is such a tough nut to crack for anything that isn't a truck or a conservative looking sedan. Europe on the other hand tends to be much more accepting of eccentric looking, small volume cars.

With the current shakeup of the global economy/logistics, I was hoping more small batch companies like this would get their shot. Very excited to see more home grown companies succeeding.

Sucky thing is I've seen this car being built for maybe 10 years. Jay Leno has a review of it. I'm not sure what is holding them back but I'm sure it's the helmet laws.

@@backroadbeetle4781 the company got liquidated and bought back over a saga of like 10 years. That was a big setback for them.

I laugh at the idea of that. Back when I was like 10, I played Sim City Creator on the Wii, and the cars with the Sci-fi building structure looked a lot like it. Remember thinking how odd they looked back them, but they are pretty cool. Just laugh at the roads actually being covered in cars like that. XD

It's a good idea IMO. And it only does it when the station is considered "high usage". Based on my experience, that occurs when more than 50% of the charging spots are being used.

Except their car wasn't fully charged lol

@@SorenX2008 it hit the 90% threshold set by the car to limit the car from charging the last 10%. Charging session completed.

@@phillipsandusky3795 I talked to my old roommate (Tesla Product Owner or whatever the position is called now) and he said the same thing so I feel like a dumbass lol

@@SorenX2008 it's all good I hope you aren't really being that hard on yourself. I only meant to help educate, never meant to put anyone down. Hey have a great day.

I swear !

@clot shots Good amount durex should do the trick, so no worries with that 😉

Check out Aptera's RU-vid channel. They have test track videos as well.

I had a ride in the Luna alpha prototype, and it was an absolute blast - far better acceleration than I expected and cornering like a gocart. Production models will have a more compliant ride and even better in the corners.

lets hope its not going to be one of the countless startups that make a few prototypes, raise quite a bit of money, but not nearly enough to actually go into production It looks promising, but I'm skeptical, I wish them success since it looks like a cool concept

The company was started before Tesla as well been following them since high school lol edit: I was wrong thanks for corrections memory didn't serve me well.

@@gurgleblaster2282 hilarious

@@gurgleblaster2282 Remember this is a new iteration of the company, Chris and Steve were removed from the board of the original company when it was decided to go to a more conventional car, the idea fizzled and operations were shut down in 2011. C & S reacquired the IP in 2019 and restarted with a different financial model, to ensure that they keep control.

@@billthacet in 2027 will we be reading about how they have regained the IP and this time it will work for sure?!?!?!

My reservation is for the 1000 mile range. It's going to be my daily, weekend toy, and road trip cruiser all rolled into one. Off-road package, AWD, 40 miles/day of solar charging.... Can't wait for the adventures I'm gonna go on :D

And understatement for sure!

Your just saying this cause they gave you a free shirt and mug. Reminds me of an all wheel drive T Rex.

Impressive alright. But Let's not forget how impressive was to give Rivian a big F-you and use it just to peddle some silly G0 Pr0 type camera ad thing. Thank you, Uncle Rich.

Pre-ordered mine. Even if I have to wait until 2024 for delivery, if it's still the price they are advertising now, it will be worth it.

be impressed when they actually go into production and can produce vehicles that people can buy without a 5 year wait

@@fuduzan5562 well, OP is talking for him personally, it is really pricy, it is 4 me too, not for being a "vehicle" kind of expensive, but expensive in general, right here, as a matter of fact salary in LatAm (Argentina) is 250 USD x month average Tring to save 25.900 dollars, it will take your lifetime after accounting for life expenses, fantasy case scenario +100 months if you lived off photosynthesis and paid no taxes or expenses, cuadruple (4 times) that time if you have to pay stuff for home expenses in general 🏠 and you are left with 40-60 USD a month of savings. Let's say best case scenario you save 60 USD per month, never go on vacation and ignore holidays, Xmas etc to save even more, you don't replace things that break, nor pay for any reasonable services. It takes so long to save the money 💰 here in Argentina at least, since also savings are worth less year by year, that you are dragged down close to poverty while you work everyday of your life here. It's non sense but it's real, and you would say buying a mansion is not expensive being in musk boots, an ev for 25k not expensive for a wealthy country average joe, and in the boots of average or even above mid class person/family here, it's not even a reality, it's fantasy My hopes are that EVs like these become so popular, that we don't have to "save money" for gas, or use no fuel at all, that's just toxic flammable and so bad for everyone, technology should become mainstream ASAP.

You are worried about 20 miles a day?

@@monkeymanjrj not sure exactly what you mean by that, but with my current commute of ~20-30 miles a day this should do it almost 100% on solar. And if I do end up moving further from work, it will still make the commute no problem. I didn’t want to explain all that in my original comment. There are a lot more boxes this thing ticked such as price, 2 seater, looks cool, top speed and acceleration, etc.

@@mattb6001 not hating on the car or your desire to buy one. I like them too. I guess I'm just envious you only drive 20 miles a day

So that is 74%, What about the other 26%? Also does anyone believe the 30% renewable number?

Depends on the time of day. Can hit 50-90% renewables during peak solar.

@@srt4b Why wouldn't you believe that number? It's not exactly the highest number in the world.

On April 3rd 2022, the state of California ran on 97% renewable energy, due to a spike in wind and solar energy generation, and as part of the plan to test the grid's capabilities. Look up "California 97% renewable, Bloomberg" to read the official statements.

@@srt4b 84% is covered in what I posted. The other 16% comes from enough different sources to be considered "other". 3% was from coal, the rest I don't remember because I have the attention span of a cat just before a can of food is opened in the next room.

Elon will electrocute him.