Aptera Electric Car
Electric Cars Are Catching On, but Electric Carmakers… Aren't
Matthew DeBord has written about the auto industry for Slate, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Huffington Post. He has appeared on MSNBC, NPR, HDNet, and Russian TV to discuss the business of cars. He has given presentations on sustainable transportation and the future of mobility and helped put together Art Center College of Design's summits on sustainability. In 2010, his work for Slate's The Big Money was submitted for a National Magazine Award for blogging. In addition to covering cars, he has written about wine and published two books on the subject. He lives in Los Angeles and drives a 1998 Saab 900S but has his eye on an electric motorcycle.At this point, with three serious electric cars in the market — the Nissan Leaf, the Chevy Volt, and the Tesla (TSLA) Roadster — you’d have to say that the sins of the ill-fated EV1 have been atoned for . Rather than a flash in the pan, electric vehicles, or EVs, look like they’re here to stay. But you can’t say the same for electric carmakers.
Playing with the big boys
My BNET colleague Jim Motavalli has covered the startup EV scene in great detail . Fisker, Tesla (TSLA), Better Place, Aptera — these and numerous other EV companies didn’t exist until quite recently. All are now trying to survive as the market matures.
But it’s not as if major automakers are surrendering the field to the plucky new arrivals. Tesla led the charge with its snazy, $100,000-plus Roadster, proving that EVs could be as hot as Ferraris. Then Nissan and General Motors (GM) arrived, with the Leaf and Volt. ( In fact, the Leaf, after lagging the Volt in sales, has more than caught up of late. )
Meanwhile, the fortunes of other EV companies have declined. Think went bankrupt. Fisker hasn’t delivered a single car yet (although that should change soon). Aptera has struggled with financing woes .
So is the brave new world of EVs going to look like the technology world, with new companies like Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT) displacing former giants, such as IBM ?
Um, maybe not
The future of smaller EV companies isn’t looking too promising at the moment. Major carmakers have the leverage to dominate the space — and the large pools of capital (and access to even larger pools) that the auto industry demands.
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Three-wheeled electric car startup Aptera has already delayed the launch of its inaugural car the 2e by over a year, and in May publicly discussed restructuring and moving its manufacturing outside of California to cut
But you can't say the same for electric carmakers. My BNET colleague Jim Motavalli has covered the startup EV scene in great detail. Fisker, Tesla (TSLA), Better Place, Aptera — these and numerous other EV companies didn't exist until quite recently.
We decided to check up on Aptera, nearly a year after the X-Prize, to see how the uncharacteristically quiet firm was doing--now that major automakers have started to offer mainstream electric cars to mainstream buyers at prices Aptera may not be able
Finally, Aptera is currently facing the biggest challenge any small electric car company has: competing with companies with many more times the funds, resources, experience and marking power. And as we've said before, that's hard for any small electric
Plastics and Carbon. Weight. It's the third fuel. If you drop weight, mileage goes up. Aptera has struggled to bring a three-wheeled electric car to market. But one of the more impressive aspects of the car is the body. It is made from a durable,
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Working to produce the Aptera 2e, a three-wheel electric car. Lists FAQs, efficiency aspects, features, and pictures.
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Aptera 2e Electric Car
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