Aptera Motors
Aptera Motors (Aptera Motors Corp.) is an electric vehicle manufacturer that designs and develops solar electric vehicles (sEVs) intended to be powered in part by integrated solar panels. The company is developing a three-wheeled solar electric vehicle and accepting reservations for it, with the vehicle still in testing and validation.www.aptera.us
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Oct 2, 2026
Frederic LambertHOST
I have one quickie before we jump into the comments.
Frederic LambertHOST
Uh, quick update on Aptera.
Frederic LambertHOST
We like to update you on Aptera every now and again.
Frederic LambertHOST
Um, as they, they try to get to production.
Frederic LambertHOST
They, they keep saying that they want to get to production by the end of 2026, uh, but it, it kept looking like they needed more money.
Frederic LambertHOST
Uh, last month they announced their, their partnership with Launch Design, which is a, a company that helps with manufacturing.
Frederic LambertHOST
They basically design, you know, production lines for other companies on specific products, including vehicles.
Frederic LambertHOST
Aptera partner with them.
Robert LlewellynHOST
Lucid, who I've kind of had some dealings with, seem to be still making cars.
Robert LlewellynHOST
The ones I'm hoping that will work is Aptera.
Robert LlewellynHOST
I don't know if you've come across them, but it's an amazing machine.
Robert LlewellynHOST
I can't see it being a big seller.
MikeHOST
I think that's going to be the tough part is with all...
MikeHOST
Like, for Aptera, they're trying to go high and fast with production.
DrewHOST
Not fast enough.
DrewHOST
Same with Slate.
31 MINS LATER
DrewHOST
I know.
DrewHOST
That's what I wanted! All the startups, I guess, I'm pumped for.
DrewHOST
Aptera, of course.
MikeHOST
Whenever they come out with their vehicle.
DrewHOST
you're sending me like no not that's sending you but the production parts are being made and we just when we show them to the public we want it to be pretty we don't want little smartphone shots to be like hey guys look here's your part so i'm gonna go out there with a that camera and get some good shots uh and everybody can see what i just showed you but yeah it's just
MikeGUEST
i can't wait for other people to see it i think that's gonna be the tough part is with all like For Aptera, they're trying to go high and fast
DrewHOST
with production.
DrewHOST
Not fast enough.
29 MINS LATER
DrewHOST
I know.
DrewHOST
That's what I wanted! All the startups, I guess, I'm pumped for.
DrewHOST
Aptera, of course.
MikeGUEST
Whenever they come out with their vehicle.
Seth WeintraubHOST
If the, you know, outcome could have been different.
Seth WeintraubHOST
You know, we talk about another three-wheeled vehicle, the Aptera, quite a bit.
Seth WeintraubHOST
They're having some manufacturing issues.
Seth WeintraubHOST
Pickups and they're kind of slow to roll out as well.
8 MINS LATER
Micah TollHOST
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Seth WeintraubHOST
Yep.
Seth WeintraubHOST
Michael says, you guys misunderstood me a couple of weeks ago about having more hope for the Aptera than the Also.
Seth WeintraubHOST
I think the Also is more likely to come out and it's cool, but I'd like to own an Aptera.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
They resorted to crowdfunding to help their project, but by February 2023, this had also failed and the plans to manufacture were cancelled.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
Aptera is another effort in this space, although they're a little more unconventional.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
What they're planning is a two-seater, three-wheeled vehicle.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
The range is an impressive 1,000 miles or 1,600 kilometres.
Frederic LambertHOST
You have also a 370-watt solar system built into the glass roof.
Frederic LambertHOST
Uh, nothing crazy, but it, they claim it adds 30 kilometers of range because, again, much like Aptera, it's a super efficiency more than the actual solar usage that, um, result in this, this capacity to add range.
Frederic LambertHOST
Um, they, they have a bring your own device approach [laughs] to the interior, so you bring a, you know, a iPad or, or, or, or your phone.
Frederic LambertHOST
You put that in, and that's the actual navigation and audio system.
26 MINS LATER
Seth WeintraubHOST
Dean says: I really like the VW Mission efficiency, but it's likely just a demo exercise.
Seth WeintraubHOST
The XL1 cost VW over a billion, and a few that sold cost over $150,000.
Seth WeintraubHOST
But is it good promotion for the Aptera? I, I mean, I, I would imagine that VW learn-- takes some of the learnings from the Mission stuff and puts them in their vehicles, and it's also a g- you know, a great promotional tool, but a billion dollars is crazy.
Frederic LambertHOST
crazy.Well, and but the same thing probably happened with the XL1 too, where like I, I don't, I don't think they ever planned to make money, uh, on it.
Kim JavaHOST
I think it looks so cool.
Kim JavaHOST
It reminds me a little bit of Aptera, the way that the rear wheels are kind of covered up.
Kim JavaHOST
And I don't know.
Kim JavaHOST
It's different.
PJHOST
And of course, the design has been modified for that XL1 design to give it this teardrop shape and maximize its efficiency.
PJHOST
But they have put solar panels.
PJHOST
They've got a 370 watt solar panels on the roof to your Aptera point, gives it about 30 kilometers of range or 19 additional extra miles of range as well.
PJHOST
But no center screen.
Ed SanchezHOST
Let me Google it.
Ed SanchezHOST
It was kind of not quite, but almost kind of like an Aptera looking.
Ed SanchezHOST
It was like a real hyper sleek teardrop shape thing.
Ed SanchezHOST
Yeah.
Ed SanchezHOST
And it set some records.
Ed SanchezHOST
I don't know.
Ed SanchezHOST
uh long story short uh drag coefficient of 0.158 um they are claiming the most aerodynamic road legal vehicle ever built i guess until aptera if and when it makes it to production because i believe um i'll have to go back and look but i kind of looked this up um I think Aptera did send one of their prototypes to Pininfarina.
Ed SanchezHOST
And I think, I want to say they got back a 0.14 drag coefficient.