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BrianAbington

12-08-2011 08:31 PM

Aptera employees caught destroying frames after company closes

Aptera Motors Employees Destroy Electric Car Chassis With Forklifts | Video | TheBlaze.com

Kind of sad that this company couldn't keep it together.

I'm glad that they went out of business before they wasted a crap load of tax dollars.

NeilBlanchard

12-08-2011 10:07 PM

Brian,

I think they had applied for a loan.

And there are two threads on this here on EM.

cfg83

12-09-2011 02:33 AM

BrianAbington -

I am on their e-mail list. This is their story :

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The bodies in question were not slated for demolition because on any ill will or malice from any member of the company present or past. These particular 2e's were defective and/or obsolete development properties that no longer had any value to the company. We destroyed the bodies because they were unsafe for use as a vehicle -- with high potential for loss of life if they were involved in a crash. (This is evidenced by the upper body and lower skins separating from each other on impact.)

I don't know what the truth is. I liked "Aptera 1.0". The "Aptera 2.0" folks are another story.

CarloSW2

camry25

01-17-2012 02:07 PM

aptera

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Originally Posted by BrianAbington (Post 273869)

When I saw how ugly the cars were I'm glad they are out of business

gone-ot

01-17-2012 06:25 PM

...the Aptera saga reminds me of those "...way it was PROMISED, versus way it was DELIVERED..." cartoons!

http://www.effectiveeng.com/Tire_Swing.gif

Ken Fry

01-17-2012 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Old Tele man (Post 280351)

...the Aptera saga reminds me of those "...way it was PROMISED, versus way it was DELIVERED..." cartoons!

Great cartoon, and apropos.

Diesel_Dave

01-19-2012 10:57 AM

Deliberate Aptera Destruction

Sad, many Ecomodders would have loved to have the parts.

Aptera Staff Smash Prototype Electric Cars As Company Folds

Daox	01-19-2012 11:00 AM

Yep, talked about that a few weeks ago... :)

Diesel_Dave

01-19-2012 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Daox (Post 280790)

Yep, talked about that a few weeks ago... :)

Oh, okay. Sorry, I didn't see it.

Sven7

01-19-2012 02:22 PM

Too bad they couldn't pull an EV1 and give them to museums, never to be driven again.

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