Still not affordable for the working poor.
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Given enough time, these will eventually reach the used market, making them more attainable.
Not everyone should need or own a truck, even if they can affird it .
Everyone, including the working poor are better served by great PT and AT and cities organized around that and then occasional need for a truck is met with rental, like the occasional need for a u haul trailer.
How much would it cost to give a slope to the front of the car. If you want your vehicles to be the future let's make sure it doesn'g kill it.
Not only having a straight hood makes it more likely to be lethal in case of collision with a pedestrian but it also greatly reduce visibility to shorter individuals, like kids.
I emailed them and they confirmed there's no data tracking on it
Honestly a utility vehicle that isn't a surveillance box is like all I want from an electric vehicle
Wish there was a 4wd version then it'd be perfect (for me)
In the video they mention this as a likely future option.
My thought is, they're just starting. It is incredibly hard to start a vehicle manufacturing company. Hopefully if they get enough traction (🥁🐍) they'll expand to vans, roadsters, and 4wd models.
Damn, that's a pretty major pro/incentive, and makes it stand out not only in the EV world, but the entire new car market.
Here's hoping the Aptera follows suit (unfortunately there is no way to contact them to ask such a question, as according to their contact page, they will only respond to media inquiries, and won't answer any questions related to the vehicle).
Hell yeah, thank you for doing that.
I, as a 6'5" man was watching the video linked thinking "oh no, this looks kind of cool but I'll never fit in it". Until the host mentions he's 6'10" LMAO, I looked it up and he sure is. They should really add a disclaimer at the bottom of the videos he's in cause it throws off your prescription of the car lol
"Bezos backed"
That's going to be a big 'ol nope from me...
(1) Only minor involvement from what I can see.
(2) A broken clock is right twice a day. So long as the car doesn't require a Facebook account, I'm happy.
So long as the car doesn't require a Facebook account, I'm happy.
That's a pretty good summary of my criteria for my next car purchase...
There's a rich evil asshole at the top of every car company out there. Good luck finding another car that's less likely to spy on you.
Someone finally listened to me about manual roll up windows. This is tits.
The last car I had with that was a 2004 Ford Focus, and those things were made cheap. Like afraid it would snap off on a cold winter day kind of cheap. In fact, the gas cover did exactly that one very cold morning.
This thing is built very cheap, so I wouldn't get too excited.
I'm less excited about this truck specifically as much as the idea of affordable economy vehicles with no-frills making a comeback.
So exciting to see that this might start making some changes. I would be very happy to see European-style small cars that are simple and just made to get you from one place to another. It doesn't need to be an identity thing.
Of course, public transit is better but light trucks would be a good start I suppose. Won't save the environment but might save lives in accidents
It's being made let's see if it's a success. I'm guessing it won't be much of a success but would love to be wrong.
Roll up windows suck.
Not a car person (or a car owner) but this is an exciting project. I really wonder why they still have a "frunk" though. Why not go with something closer to a kei truck with the cab over the front wheels and allow a shorter wheelbase or a larger bed?
Probably for crumple zones for crash safety.
They're offering solar panels right off the bat.
Best as a supplementary power source for charging your phone on a trip. If it gives you enough range to go to the grocery store and back on a sunny day, that would be a lot.
It's enough for some :)
I like it! I just wish they'd shorten the hood and frunk by a foot and give it a 6 foot bed.
I live firmly in the #FuckCars camp, but I honestly think this is fantastic. Standards and conformity breed massive changes within an industry if they're permitted to take root, and this is already bucking the "monster truck" trend that's killing people and ruining cities.
Imagine the potential of a city buying a few thousand of these to serve as work vehicles: interchangeable parts would drastically reduce costs as you could canibalise one vehicle to service many, and you could easily re-task vehicles with minor, off-the-shelf (or even custom) modifications.
The real test though will be whether (a) the establishment car companies will allow it to survive, and (b) whether its US origins will make it radioactive to the rest of the world given their current fall toward fascism.