Neil -
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
No, they were betrayed by bad management. The founders built 8 or 10 working prototypes in one year, and then the 'Team B' built the one so-called S0-1 that failed miserably at the X-Prize -- and that is it. Oddly, it is more likely now that we'll see an Aptera sometime in the future, than before they folded.
The BOD were convinced they had to "go big" rather than build the company incrementally. And they failed utterly.
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I agree with this and Old Mechanic. If Team A had just gotten them "on the road" with normal ICE engines then we would have been able to see the benefit of the aero and worked out the aero/suspension bugs.
CarloSW2