Why is the Aptera design team working on a solar boat??

[turbo wing]

Why is the Apter design team working on a solar boat
who's paying them to spend time on anything other then trying to figure out just how they plan on delivering 5000 cars in a realistic time frame
if you want your car with in a year they will need to find a way to build 13.6 cars a day, I think there team is out to sea and we wont see our cars in the next ten years
Now I'm getting upset

[paddler13]

Oh brother. One member of the Aptera team came on board when he was also working on a solar boat, being in the boat business and all. As far as I know it is his personal project.

[turbo wing]

Originally Posted by paddler13

Oh brother. One member of the Aptera team came on board when he was also working on a solar boat, being in the boat business and all. As far as I know it is his personal project.

Then maybe the admin teem should be more careful what they say so not to give a wrong impression during such sensitive times,,,,,it makes me wonder were there priorities are

[3WELECTRIC]

Originally Posted by turbo wing

Why is the Apter design team working on a solar boat?
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It's the "designer", "Jason Hill" from Eleven Studios who made the design for the boat. He is his own company, alone from APTERA.

[turbo wing]

Originally Posted by 3WELECTRIC

It's the "designer", "Jason Hill" from Eleven Studios who made the design for the boat. He is his own company, alone from APTERA.

It's sad to say but, OK for what ever reason this guy wants us to see his solar powered boat, the problem is, it was posted in a way that leads me and I'm sure others to think Aptera is bragging about some boat they have designed, What ever!!! it is totally inappropriate to be posting misleading info,
How many people have given a deposit for a car and are now extremely unhappy because the price is going up from what they were told it would be, and the delivery date is a running target along with many other unfulfilled promises, postings like this can damage the company image.

What happened to the finely tuned engine that will regen the batteries ( is it still part of the plan and how much will it add to the price ) and now that your going front wheel drive were are you going to put that genset, why is Aptera so secretive about the things that we as potential customers are looking for, I see the eVaro electric car already has a genset in one of there cars and even with out it they have 120 mile range and as much as 300 mpg, Did I leave a deposit with the wrong company???

[greenguy]

Dodge looks like it will be out with an incredible looking ev with great range and speed.....I have no idea on the price but kkyou can look it up on the web.

[KarenRei]

I see the eVaro electric car already has a genset in one of there cars and even with out it they have 120 mile range and as much as 300 mpg, Did I leave a deposit with the wrong company???

Hey, if you want to put down a deposit for what's basically a pre-assembled plastic kit car from a company which has only minimal funding, that's completely your choice.

[turbo wing]

Originally Posted by KarenRei

Hey, if you want to put down a deposit for what's basically a pre-assembled plastic kit car from a company which has only minimal funding, that's completely your choice.

Well I thought Aptera was a pre assembled plastic kit car LOL, As for the minimal funding ( maybe they have millions but spend it wisely ) I think it shows some companies know how to make things happen without mowing thru millions, more to the point, we all want to deal with a company with solid business skills, and I just want an EV that dose what it was claimed to do for the price I was promised

[KarenRei]

Originally Posted by turbo wing

Well I thought Aptera was a pre assembled plastic kit car LOL

It's not. First off, the Aptera is not plastic; it's foam-core composite. I hope you know the difference between composites and plastics. On the eVaro, even the windscreen is plastic. Secondly, the Aptera developed by a team of nearly 100, versus a team of, what, 5-ish? In terms of producing a refined vehicle, there's no contest.

As for the minimal funding ( maybe they have millions but spend it wisely )

They don't.

I think it shows some companies know how to make things happen without mowing thru millions

Anyone can make a kit car. Producing a quality car in volume takes cash. Heck, eVaro don't even have a rough price out there at this point. Heck, they don't just refuse to state a price -- they outright claim, "We are still developing the hybrid system, so costs are still a mystery." Costs are still a mystery? Yeah, that's a phrase that's going to attract investment capital for production...

Best of luck to them, but they come across more as a college EV team than an automaker.

[turbo wing]

Originally Posted by KarenRei

It's not. First off, the Aptera is not plastic; it's foam-core composite. I hope you know the difference between composites and plastics. On the eVaro, even the windscreen is plastic. Secondly, the Aptera developed by a team of nearly 100, versus a team of, what, 5-ish? In terms of producing a refined vehicle, there's no contest.



They don't.



Anyone can make a kit car. Producing a quality car in volume takes cash. Heck, eVaro don't even have a rough price out there at this point. Heck, they don't just refuse to state a price -- they outright claim, "We are still developing the hybrid system, so costs are still a mystery." Costs are still a mystery? Yeah, that's a phrase that's going to attract investment capital for production...

Best of luck to them, but they come across more as a college EV team than an automaker.

As an air craft enthusiast and builder, I'm fully aware the Aptera is a composite, what I am now more interested in is your comments regarding the eVaro, first off your wrong on three counts,
First, the evaro is a state of the art composite carbon/Kevlar/foam structure, not like the ale' which was composite over a steel frame
Secondly, there windscreen is and always has been DOT approved laminated safety glass like any certified car, the canopy is acrylic like a jet fighter,
As for your comment, "it is a Kit car" that's a laugh as it is no more a kit car then the Aptera, I believe a kit car is something any one can buy and assemble in there garage with minimum hand tools
and since neither the Aptera or the eVaro are publicly available as a kit I guess that makes you wrong on all three counts,
I saw the first one at the SEMA show back in 06, and another one at the NY show in 08
As for there finances, like you,,,, I honestly don't know the details