This has been touched on in a "vulnerable front wheels" discussion, but not in the sense that I want to address. The outboard wheels tend are below the line of sight of other drivers. This is not likely to be a problem in the USA, Western EU, UK, and Ireland. Once you leave the countries with competent drivers, however, things change. Imagine a country (like the one I live in) where lane markers are ignored, where the driver's goal is to get ahead of anyone else, where side mirror damage is commonplace, and where the drivers have no apparent situational awareness. In such an environment, the outboard wheels are highly vulnerable. Think about how you drive and your sense of space and location. If you have ever driven a vehicle whose steering wheel is on the "wrong" side, you understand what I am talking about. You sense of space and location is developed from years of driving and seems innate. But one's sense of space and location relative to a nearby Aptera is altered by the fact that the body is ? inches from the outer wheel nacelle. Still looks like a great car.
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I share those same worries. People just aren't used to seeing the odd dimensions of the Aptera and may not judge the total width of the wheel nacelles. As potential drivers, we will get used to it. My second concern is strength of the fiberglass, hexcore composite to sharp metal collision. Anyone who has worked with composite boat hulls can understand what impact another boat, buoy, or dock has on the hull. The Aptera has no steel reinforcements as a bumper structures. Low impact is one thing, but high speed impact is another. Look at Tiger Wood's Hyundai GV80 going along on a 25 mph street. Like most things on this site, we will need to get further testing and reports once test vehicles are involved in crash testing.
In such countries it is best to drive an old car that is more rugged and semi-disposable, and that has good airbags... A friend of mine was in the yellow taxi below, in The Gambia. While the solar panels would thrive in Africa, an Aptera would not last very long!