Aptera back from the dead

[tjts1]

But as we approached and started speaking to an American working at the booth, amazing happened. The chassis sitting before me is one of the original Aptera chassis that had escaped the wrath of disgruntled employees! That's when I had my 'oh my f**king god' moment yesterday. Here is the story he told:

Aptera went belly-up.
Shortly thereafter, Chinese automotive company Jonway acquired the molds and rights to the composite material.
They are now scheduled to start producing the composite chassis in Taizhou, China within the year.
The bare chassis will then be exported to the US for final build.
The car will first go on sale in the US, with a planned expansion to other countries after that.

http://prcand.me/posts/2012/4/28/how...ies-lives.html

[cfg83]

tjts1 -

This reminds me of a lot of "successful" projects at work. After a project fails, someone else comes along and picks at the bones to make a "new" product. Since the R&D was spent on the first "failed" project, the "new" product looks good for coming in cheap and on time.

CarloSW2

[botsapper]

Two US failed ventures combined by Zheijiang Jonway, to be reborn... Zap + Aptera = Zaptera?

[NeilBlanchard]

Yes, we'll see how they do -- the Zap! company was also going to build Smart EV's or something like that? It is difficult to see the Aptera go through the wringer.

This vehicle by the way, I think is the same exact one that was at the X-Prize -- the so called SO-1. The ill fitting hood is the giveaway.

Edit: there was a slightly earlier post on this: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...era-21695.html

[Christ]

Given the proportunity (my word) I'd buy one. The stars would have to align on the 7th sun of Jupiter, though.

[gone-ot]

...an aerodynamic "Zombie" (back from the dead) vehicle?

[Frank Lee]

Don't get too excited. There's a lot of crap that sits around at car shows that never goes any further than that.