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Old 10-27-2011, 11:59 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Anybody have any conspiracy theories as to why all of these GREAT vehicles keep being uncapable of coming to life?
conspiracy my a$$
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...thank your government and EPA.
The government and EPA had nothing to do with Aptera's failure. They lobbied hard to get emissions and federal safety standards waved and succeeded. It was horrible business planning that did them in. Any time a business plans to set up production in a state with one of the highest costs of living is a plan for failure pure and simple. That and trying to portray your product as being safe to the consumer and touting the fact that you had safety standards waved to investors (people aren't that stupid).

Aptera rebuts safety concerns about its three-wheeled 2e
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