Oh the Aero-manity!!! Destruction of Aptera bodies

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Ecky -

Originally Posted by Ecky

I vaguely remember reading somewhere that this was done months ago, these were early prototypes that weren't of any use to the company anymore and they had to be crushed for legal reasons or something. It wasn't sabotage, and I don't think Aptera expected to go under at the time either.

Yeah, Aptera claimed it was for liability reasons :

http://ecomodder.com/forum/273939-post3.html

APTERA, NOT ME SAYS:

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.)

CarloSW2

[Old Tele man]

...key wording: "...development properties..." meaning: '...we own them and can do anything we like with them...'