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Old 12-26-2011, 02:54 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Don't be too in awe of what Aptera did for the body; that was directly lifted from Morelli's work:



So, somebody was sitting around over beers and decided to adapt the lowest drag body form possible for street use. Great idea, if only they'd picked a development team with some experience.
I know I've seen the Morelli shape over the ears, but I never made the *obvious* connection. I can't remember if the v1.0 Aptera website stated this or not (the v1.0 website had more information than the new-CEO version).

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