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Old 12-08-2011, 08:31 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Aptera employees caught destroying frames after company closes

Aptera Motors Employees Destroy Electric Car Chassis With Forklifts | Video | TheBlaze.com

Kind of sad that this company couldn't keep it together.

I'm glad that they went out of business before they wasted a crap load of tax dollars.


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Old 12-08-2011, 10:07 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Brian,

I think they had applied for a loan.

And there are two threads on this here on EM.
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Old 12-09-2011, 02:33 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I am on their e-mail list. This is their story :

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The bodies in question were not slated for demolition because on any ill will or malice from any member of the company present or past. These particular 2e's were defective and/or obsolete development properties that no longer had any value to the company. We destroyed the bodies because they were unsafe for use as a vehicle -- with high potential for loss of life if they were involved in a crash. (This is evidenced by the upper body and lower skins separating from each other on impact.)
I don't know what the truth is. I liked "Aptera 1.0". The "Aptera 2.0" folks are another story.

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Old 01-17-2012, 02:07 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Aptera Motors Employees Destroy Electric Car Chassis With Forklifts | Video | TheBlaze.com

Kind of sad that this company couldn't keep it together.

I'm glad that they went out of business before they wasted a crap load of tax dollars.
When I saw how ugly the cars were I'm glad they are out of business
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Old 01-17-2012, 06:25 PM   #5 (permalink)
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...the Aptera saga reminds me of those "...way it was PROMISED, versus way it was DELIVERED..." cartoons!

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...the Aptera saga reminds me of those "...way it was PROMISED, versus way it was DELIVERED..." cartoons!
Great cartoon, and apropos.
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Deliberate Aptera Destruction

Sad, many Ecomodders would have loved to have the parts.

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Yep, talked about that a few weeks ago...
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Yep, talked about that a few weeks ago...
Oh, okay. Sorry, I didn't see it.
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Too bad they couldn't pull an EV1 and give them to museums, never to be driven again.


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