We Drove America's First Solar Car

Is America's first solar car actually any good?

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[phungasaurus_rex]

Shoutout to Aptera's pledge to uphold owners' rights to repair.

[PbPomper]

I absolutely love the focus on efficiency. It always bothered me we drive around in huge pieces of metal shaped like bricks, when 95% of the time we drive alone or just with two people.

[jty]

Feels like theres so very few instances where a company is actually trying to make something new that people may find useful

[bitZombies]

Shoutout to Aptera listening to their community. Originally they weren't going to have DC fast charging, but the community petitioned for it and they implemented it. Not to mention making the Tesla charging port standard in North America.

[chadstonebrook]

This is what the people want! Simple transportation. Not overly priced electric cars filled with bells and whistles that break. Just the basics.

[TheEliteHaxz]

I like that the door takes JUST long enough to open you have the split second of doubt

[wjadams]

I am rooting for this company since I saw it on Rich Rebuilds. Their right to repair stance with QR coding each part tying it to a video is also very cool.

[thehightechhermit]

Glad more YouTube channels are reviewing the Aptera. I am an early investor and reservation holder. I love the principles they are living by, keep it simple, focus on efficiency and safety. How can you go wrong. I am interested in hearing what the insurance will be on this thing when it hits the market as you can’t just take it to the local dealer. I really do hope they get this out there and support it and are successful!

[normang]

I think the 110V charging might be the most underrated aspect of this thing. Because it's so efficient, it doesn’t need a huge battery pack to get decent range. So even a standard household outlet can give it a decent amount of charge.

[zestylemn]

Honestly surprised that no company has committed to the full aero design until now, seems like the customer satisfaction would massively increase if you can increase range by like 50% from cutting induced drag.

[Penipo]

Director of Operations for the University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project here, really cool to see solar vehicles starting to become consumer vehicles! We've been making race solar vehicles since 1990, so it's awesome to be on the team when these are starting to actually come out.

[LovleyLemonade]

As someone who isn't a fan of EV's. This thing is pretty neat. The self-reliance of solar energy is far more attractive than plugging it in at places that are few and far between in some parts of the country.

If it is as efficient as they say, then this could be a big deal.

[alexandroneale]

This is what future EV cars should be, cheap efficient and and aerodynamic. Not 5000lb monsters with brick aero and unnecessary huge batteries. I hope the best to Aptera for their brave decisions.

[CharlotteWuzHere]

I really hope they succeed. This thing is cool af.

[jaykparikh]

I’m definitely rooting for these guys, if they can deliver on specs and price it’s gonna be an absolutely killer product

[curtisbme]

2 seater with enough room in the back for some groceries, few luggage bags would be all we need 99% of the time. I think someone has sat in the back seat of my wife's car maybe twice in the last 15 years.

[strikercwl]

Their first design used a rear mounted motor cycle engine instead of electric and was estimated to get 330mpg thanks to its ridiculously low drag. Unfortunately they had overheating issues and they had trouble getting loans to continue development because of the three wheel design. Glad to see they came back with a new game plan. With the average commute in the US being around 27 miles it's feasible that some owners would never need to plug in outside of road trips.

[sandrinowitschM]

It looks absolutely ridiculous. I want one!

[joseacuna]

The car looks so nice that it’s almost hard to believe that it works

[logan_page]

Only $25k is wild. If they can pull that off, these things will be everywhere in California. I live in Michigan and the sun isn’t out enough for it to be viable now, but I’m still excited.