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Old 01-18-2021, 06:45 PM   #111 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by samwichse View Post
Those other traditional cars are 4 seaters. The cargo space behind the front seats of the aptera is about the same as the cargo space behind the rear seats of a Prius. I don't find this BS at all, but maybe it's because I have an insight with a similar long hatch area and 2 seats.
With the OEM arrangement the Gen1 Insight has ~63 cubic feet of interior space .. ~47 of which was for the 2 front people (driver/passenger) .. leaving about ~16 rear cargo .. and that was with all the OEM IMA eating all that space in the rear .. ~25 in an Aptera3 is only claiming ~9 more .. aka about the space used by the under hatch IMA components (3x3x1= 9 .. or 2.08 x 2.08 x 2.08 = 9 .. etc.) .. Front ICE space , transmission space all freed up by moving to wheel motors .. I think 25 is doable .. but the shape of that space will probably not be as 'convenient' to actually use all of it as the more box / cube like spaces on modern trunks.

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