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Old 11-16-2009, 07:08 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I gotta think their big loss was reversing the drivetrain. For the sake of stability, they went from a reverse-trike approach RWD (that resembles motorcycle reverse-trikes) to a FWD configuration. That must have cost them a ma$$ive redesign. I can only imagine the ARGHHHHHs that must have been bellowed in the R&D department when the decision to redesign it was made.

I hope someone saves the Aptera and it makes it to market.

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