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Old 08-08-2008, 05:47 PM   #139 (permalink)
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I'll throw my self on that!

The Aptera is the first EV I have been impressed enough with to consider buying
it looks pragmatic and really "doable" without penalties

but is it going to make it to the real world?
Electric carmaker Aptera raises $24 million round | Green Tech - CNET News.com
looks like they are living on hand outs - not a good sign
I was having the same conversation with a friend the other day. For a sub-$30K price tag, it will plausibly deliver breakthrough MPG. All the other EV designs seem to be compromises that are not "car-ish" enough or don't deliver breakthrough MPG. I think (with fingers crossed) that the Aptera bypasses "trying to be a car" and might deliver on the MPG front.

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