Aptera: The Untold Story Shocking Everyone

The companies that Aptera collaborates with first believed that the design for a solar car, or at least the method Aptera was trying to achieve, wasn't feasible, as mentioned at the beginning of the video. If you're looking for a solar cell that can bend not just in one direction but two and still be strong enough to withstand the rigors of riding around in a car, there's no automotive supplier you can go to and order cells. The technology didn't exist.
Why? Because it's a HUGE demand. Bending a solar cell in one direction is difficult enough. Bending it in two directions would almost certainly break or crack it. As a result, most vehicle-mounted solar cells have hitherto only been seen on relatively flat portions of vehicles, such as the roof.
But it's worse than not snapping the panels during production. If they are under too much stress and are on the verge of cracking, they are unlikely to survive.

We're talking about 20 years of heat, cold, vibrations, shocks, rain, hail, snow, blowing sand, people sitting or leaning on the car, and an onslaught of ultraviolet, infrared, and visible light. Remember that solar cells convert only a small amount of that visible energy. Still, that energy also seeks to break down and discolor whatever you put over the cells to protect them.
So it's a different game than fixed solar or installing solar panels on top of something like a Motorhome or semi-truck trailer.
Aptera had to do extensive testing as a result.
The vehicle needed a precise form for the best aerodynamic efficiency and to cover as much of the vehicle with solar as possible; thus, they had to do this two-axis design. With the help of these two, they could create a car with a good solar range.
But more critically, they could not create a design they could produce in small quantities.

To produce a million copies quickly enough to fulfill Aptera's orders and cover many further demands, they required a strategy and a design that would operate effectively. That made what was already a difficult task even more difficult.

[dyrectory_com]

They've been talking about Aptera for years now.... 💡

[JamaicanMeCrazy]

Ap- Tay -rah. We take this sorta thing seriously

[irrefudiate]

Some disagreement here on how the company name is pronounced. Initial reporting on the car pronounced the name appTERA. Here, you pronounce it APPterah. Either way is fine with me. And, however you pronounce it, I hope it will continue to be a great success.

[eyedhairlessmnkey]

Looking past the way you say Aptera-it's Apptearah, not just Aptera-good talk!

[bertveilleux]

I don’t understand, there are solar panels that roll up.

[SteveBueche]

App-Tear-Ah lol So, it's a crystal (pieces) and not a single sheet (mono type) does this make it let effective?

[lk]

PLEASE! train your computer voice to pronounce Aptera correctly!