[Big Dave]

It doesn't do you much good to win the X-Prize if your company goes the way of the Bricklin, DeLorean, or Tucker. In fact, deliberately pursuing some goofball prize at the cost of corporate survival is a betrayal of the concept.

One thing that killed those three marques was the fact they could not get an acceptable engine at reasonable cost. Things are more competitive these days. With demand way less than capacity, Aptera could get a small engine at a reasonable cost.