Archive for the ‘Aptera 2e’ Category

Just three months after the backstabbing and name-calling between Tesla co-founders ended, scandal has begun to rock another California-based EV  start-up: Aptera Motors has booted founders Steve Fambro and Chris Anthony from its rolls. This is the latest in a string of setbacks and delays for the company, which included working to get its 2e model classified as a car to make it eligible for DOE funding, and design problems with the vehicle, including windows that didn't roll down. Is it a new day for Aptera? Or the beginning of the end? [Wired]

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Green is the theme today, as Honda is finally officially talking about building a battery-powered electric vehicle, just as the Aptera 2e gets congressional approval to be treated as a car, opening the door for more research dollars and potentially tax rebates for consumers.

The Progressive Automotive X Prize, seeking to find a 100 mpg mass-production, affordable alternative-fuel vehicle, has also whittled down its 97 original entrants to just 43 remaining teams fielding 53 project cars. The final results are due in September,...

Since June of this year, the Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicle program has awarded low-interest loans to encourage the development of next-gen cars. Ford, Nissan, Tesla, and Fisker got in on the action, but one outside-the-box company has been left on the sidelines: Aptera. The company's 2e model has been legally classified as a motorcycle, so Aptera hasn't been eligible for the program, but that'll change with Congress' redefining of the term "automobile". (Hint: if it's enclosed, seats two, and gets 75 mpg, it's in the ballpark.) John Voelcker has the full story at GreenCarReports.com.