Every Journey Powered By the Sun: Aptera Factory Tour

DISCLAIMERS: Sandy is an investor in Aptera Motors. Aptera Motors is a customer of Munro & Associates.

Sandy visits the headquarters of Aptera Motors in the San Diego area, where co-CEOs Steve and Chris are leading the way on a game-changing solar/battery EV.

0:00 Intro
1:26 Company Background & Early Builds
13:31 Manufacturing the Most Efficient EV
28:46 Production Intent Vehicle
38:39 Outro

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[RonaldClarkson-dd]

I'm glad Chris and Steve are sticking to their guns and not giving in to a partner or buyer who will compromise the original mission. The environment needs people to adopt this way of thinking about transportation on a global scale.

[witext]

The fact that they seem to take munros words to heart & are working with him gives me a lot of confidence

I am so excited for the aptera concept, I hope so badly that it goes well, altho I’d be lying if I said i wasn’t a bit worried

But they seem to spending their money wisely & if Munro believes then I believe as well, I wish them all the best of luck

[energieundhobby]

I really hope Aptera becomes a reality—we urgently need more efficient vehicles worldwide; things just can’t keep going as they are. This car has real potential for the future; it just needs to be produced in large quantities and at an affordable price. I’m from Germany, but I’d be REALLY interested in something like this! =)

[thomas]

We're obsessed with this vehicle (frankly to the exclusion of all others at the moment) and excited to see this get to production. The value proposition here is simply not met by other "cars". Can't wait to be driving ours!

[TogetherinParis]

Having those steely hawk eyes admiring and smiling, shocked at the lightness, it's really reassuring. Thanks Sandy Munro!

[gmv]

Great video by Munro and Associates! The content in this video is very promising for Aptera and their supporters! And I am proud to be one of them!

[Nerd_Bird]

Absolutely drooling over this detail, thank you for the video!

[marcmayou]

That was very good video. Thank you Sandy, Thank you Chris And Thank you Steve... Go Aptera !

[randyland]

I know this is taking an eternity, but Im stiil all in. Go Aptera!😊

[jpslaym]

I’m glad that Steve, Chris and Aptera team are ensuring that this car’s design and execution of manufacturing processes meet their original vision and promise of this breakthrough engineering design

[mcelromd]

i tried to invest in this company in 2006, I was following Tesla, and Aptera, so happy to see them coming to fruition.

[trooperdave]

When people realize this "poor man's lambo" needs virtually no service and practically no fuel either the waiting list will be insane. No one has ever even imagined a car that has no maintenance or fuel needs. Game changer!

[TheScottShepard]

This level of transparency is incredible! What an amazing project.

[peterjol]

I think it's the most exciting and desirable car being developed....I want

[jerrymolnar]

See all these small details and Sandy’s comments, gets me OVER the moon EXCITED. It’s turning out waaaay better than I expected! And I was EXPECTING ALOT!!
To get all the construction features into a car of the quality is literally unheard of! A paradigm shift in automotive design!

[paul-whiq]

I've been an investor in Aptera a couple of times over the last couple of years. I like everything about the car and the company with one of the major attractions being their concept of warranty work and DIY repair. This is in my opinion is as revolutionary as the engineering itself. Having said that, I'm somewhat concerned that they aren't really talking much about how it is being developed along with all of the other progress being made. I've had my order in along with buying some stock for years, but would hesitate to actually take delivery without a well developed plan to keep the car maintained. Being able to afford a new EV is one thing, affording to drive it, something else .So an update video on the topic would be more than welcome.

[artboymoy]

This was a great tour and confirmed a lot of my thoughts about what is going on Aptera and the PI builds. Lots of great information. Thanks Sandy.

[andreasblomst]

Just a note, from those of us that drive a lot (50k a year). NVH minimization is very important. The problem with some of the most efficient vehicles out there is driving them over 70mph for 90 minutes or more is exhausting. I can’t wait to try the Aptera!

[foremasp]

Thank you Sandy, Chris and Steve. Wow, the carbon body and doors, those forging, extruded rails, the spindles and glass, very impressive. Thank you for showing us this; yes it seems like there is quite a bit more time to wait for my launch edition Aptera but that’s okay. If you open another round of funding and make the minimum $5k or $10k, I’d like that.

[feandil]

It feels they applied all the principles of lean design :) it looks good