Aptera Previews Launch Edition, Needs $50M To Start Making It That's a lot of money considering Aptera has raised $85 million to date from over 15,000 investors, including previous crowdfunding campaigns. InsideEVs · Jan 22, 2023
Production-Intent Aptera Delta Revealed, More To Come On Jan. 20 The startup will show more of its production intent design on January 20, when it will also announce specifications and "revolutionary capabilities." InsideEVs · Jan 2, 2023
Aptera Shares Design Update, Says It’s On Track To Start Production The startup's designers and engineers are currently putting the finishing touches the solar electric three-wheeler, and production is still planned for 2023. InsideEVs · Dec 20, 2022
Sandy Munro Has High Expectations Of Aptera, Says It’s “Creating A New Industry” The automotive engineer known for his teardowns says not even Aptera is expecting the success that it will actually have. InsideEVs · Dec 16, 2022
Aptera Gamma Shows Its Center Touchscreen In Latest Development Video Aptera's solar electric vehicle (sEV) goes on the road in the company's latest video, showing the car's center touchscreen and its features. InsideEVs · Dec 13, 2022
Aptera Motors Confirms Use Of Tesla's NACS Charging Connector Aptera Motors announced that its upcoming solar electric vehicle (sEV) will be equipped with the newly opened North American Charging Standard or NACS. InsideEVs · Dec 1, 2022
Aptera Confirms It Will Use Tesla Charging Connector In Upcoming Solar EV We’ve known the solar electric vehicle startup was interested, but it had until now not been given the green light to use the Tesla system. InsideEVs · Nov 24, 2022
Tesla Announces The Opening Of Its Proprietary Charging Standard Tesla announced on November 11 the opening of its proprietary charging standard, originally introduced in 2012 with the market launch of the Tesla Model S. InsideEVs · Nov 12, 2022
Aptera Announces Solar Cell Supplier: Maxeon Solar Technologies The startup notes that the curved solar panels designed for its upcoming three-wheeler EV are already in production and ready to be equipped. InsideEVs · Oct 10, 2022
Aptera Gamma Vehicle Revealed In Full With Many Updates This is the final version of the solar-electric three-wheeler before the final production-intent vehicle is shown. InsideEVs · Sep 13, 2022
Aptera shows off solar EV with supposed 1,000-mile range Aptera showed off the Gamma model of its three-wheeled flagship solar EV during a San Diego event. Input · Sep 12, 2022
Aptera Reveals Gamma Interior, Pretty Much The Final Production Look It has a yoke, a screen in the center and one in front of the driver showing a feed from the side rear-view cameras and not much else. InsideEVs · Aug 13, 2022
Aptera Teases Solar EV's Interior Ahead Of Full Reveal This Week Aptera has shared four photos on social media teasing the interior design of the Gamma, the latest SEV prototype and practically a pre-production vehicle. InsideEVs · Aug 8, 2022
Aptera Suggests US Gov Choose Tesla's Plug And Superchargers As Standard Aptera started social media and Change.org campaigns to try to convince US lawmakers to make Tesla's connector and Supercharger network the US standard. InsideEVs · Jul 13, 2022
InsideEVs · Jun 29, 2022 Aptera Picks EVE Energy As Battery Cell Supplier For Its Solar EV Aptera Motors says it has chosen EVE Energy's 21700 NMC 811 cylindrical cells because they are one of the lightest and most energy-dense available.
InsideEVs · Jun 23, 2022 Aptera Reportedly Looking To Adopt Tesla Charging Connector The solar EV upstart says more electric car manufacturers should do the same, praising the excellent design of the Tesla connector.
InsideEVs · Jun 11, 2022 Aptera Raises $40 Million, Production Set For Later This Year Aptera has received $40 million in its latest round of funding. The firm will use this capital to help bring its SEV to production.
Benzinga · Jun 2, 2022 This Solar Electric Vehicle Company That Beat Tesla In A Drag Race Has Over 22,000 Reservations A solar vehicle startup continues to see strong anticipation for its vehicle. Here’s a look at how the company’s reservations are shaping up.
InsideEVs · May 31, 2022 Aptera Says It Already Has Over 22,000 Reservations For Solar EV The three-wheeled solar EV will have between 250 and 1,000 miles of claimed range and cost from $25,900 to $44,900.
InsideEVs · Apr 26, 2022 Tesla Is Betting The Company On FSD: Will Robo-Taxis Replace Personal Cars? Some people believe Full Self-Driving is Tesla's future, and robo-taxis will replace personal cars. Do you believe it? Here's a look at opinions on both sides.
InsideEVs · Mar 31, 2022 Latest Aptera Update Shows Three-Wheeler Will Have A Yoke Like Tesla Earlier versions of the three-wheeler solar EV had a more conventional steering wheel, but now the yoke is confirmed.
InsideEVs · Feb 17, 2022 Watch Aptera Motors' Solar EV Blow Away Tesla Model 3 In Drag Race Aptera's 3-wheel solar EV has 1,000 miles of range and can travel over 11K miles per year on the sun's power alone. It turns out, it's also surprisingly quick.
Benzinga · Feb 17, 2022 Tesla Model 3 Beaten In Drag Race By Solar EV Startup's Vehicle Solar electric vehicle startup Aptera’s beta model beat Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)’s Model 3 sedan and Audi’s race car R8 GT Spyder in a drag race.
InsideEVs · Jan 26, 2022 Aptera Shares Update On Solar Three-Wheeler EV Beta Track Test They performed dynamic testing in a stripped out Beta version of the Luna solar electric eehicle (sEV).