Aptera

[flabby]

Letter from Aptera

"Hello Aptera Family Member,

You’ve been patiently waiting and the time has finally come to get up close and personal with the Aptera 2e. We're still working out all the details, but save April 4th for our fun kick-off event in San Diego County.

See you there,

The Aptera Marketing Crew"

 

[doug]

Aptera in DC:

 

[graham]

Video demonstrating the stability of the Aptera:

New Aptera 2e video demonstrates stability of three-wheeled platform

Jason H. Harper, writing for Bloomberg, recently took an Aptera 2e for a spin and he strapped a video camera inside while taking a number of tire-screechingly tight corners at speed. From the looks (and sounds) of things, the Aptera made good use of its twin front wheels and comparatively wide track to remain impressively stable throughout the exercise.

 

[TEG]

In color thanks to photoshop:

 

[flabby]

Aptera will be in Palo alto on April 22nd
See below:

"[FONT=verdana, verdana, sans-serif]Palo Alto Aptera Sighting Tour[/FONT] [FONT=verdana, verdana, sans-serif]Hello,

Weren't able to make it to the first Aptera Sighting Tour? Well, join us for the second installment at the Stanford Shopping Mall in Palo Alto on April 22nd, from 5-8pm. Click the link below for more info on the event.

See you there,

The Aptera Team[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, verdana, sans-serif]Date:
April 22nd, 2009, 5pm - 8pm[/FONT] [FONT=verdana, verdana, sans-serif]Location:
Stanford Shopping Center[/FONT] [FONT=verdana, verdana, sans-serif]Address:
680 Stanford Shopping Center
Palo Alto, CA 94304[/FONT] [FONT=verdana, verdana, sans-serif](map)[/FONT] "

 

[graham]

It is too bad that is not a few days later. It would be fun to stop by that when we meet up with dpeilow!

 

[doug]

Aptera will be in Palo alto on April 22nd

Thanks, I had forgotten to post about that.
I plan to attend. Are you going?

 

[AnOutsider]

Us East-Coasters get the shaft again! Ah well, I'm thankful for California driving this nation forward (for better or worse)

 

[flabby]

Thanks, I had forgotten to post about that.
I plan to attend. Are you going?

Yes, I'll be there.

 

[doug]

Greentech Media | Aptera 2e Hits the Streets of San Francisco

 

[doug]

Apparently, at this very moment, the Aptera is in San Francisco at the Westin hotel on 3rd and Stevenson (near Market).

 

[doug]

Palo Alto Online : Bird-like electric car to make Palo Alto debut

 

[TEG]

Palo Alto Online : Bird-like electric car to make Palo Alto debut

The three-wheeled Aptera 2e , set for fall release, would get equivalent of 200 mph

200 mph, eh?

 

[doug]

Aptera in SF from yesterday.

 

[doug]

We Drive the Aptera, and It's a Real Car | Autopia from Wired.com

 

[TEG]

Stanford Shopping Center parking lot.
Beautiful weather - great turnout - 3 Aptera prototypes on display.

 

[doug]

Took a few photos and short vids at the Aptera event yesterday.
You can find them here: Aptera at the Stanford Shopping Center - a set on Flickr



Also recorded a quick segment for EVcast which should be on the show tomorrow.

 

[rsquared99]

Does owning a Tesla make one lose that much weight? Good going Sam!

 

[doug]

A little EVcast segment here starting at 3:25.

We recorded a short interview yesterday where I made sure to mention lots of technical details and observations. (For example, I mentioned how the vehicles they gave test rides in seemed to have way too little ground clearance.) But in editing, Ryan managed to accidentally erase the interview. D'oh! So he called me up again today to redo it.

I was out and about, but managed to find a quiet spot to talk on my cell phone. But without the stuff fresh in my mind, I just relied on Ryan's questions which were non technical. It was still fun, but the result is more fluffy than I would have preferred.


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[TEG]

Apparently Aptera visited Google on Thursday: