Care to guess?

I'm guessing that one of these (circled) is the back-up camera (the rear-view camera is at the roofline, mounted under the rear hatch glass) and that the other is an ultrasonic sensor. What do YOU think?

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Tom Kruer

Mar 13, 2021

Isn’t that the outlet for the James Bond style smoke screen? ... or the muzzle of a paint ball gun to shoot the grills of obnoxious tailgaters?

... or the time machine vortex generator axial pivot gizmo?

You asked!

Kerbe #12705

Mar 13, 2021

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@Tom Kruer ...and you replied... 😏

caseymccarty

Mar 13, 2021

I agree Kerbe. I'm no longer interested in 70 MPH roller skates. It's going to be fun to watch it come together.

caseymccarty

Mar 13, 2021

Nice to know about the back-up cameras. The Aptera is not a car.

Kerbe #12705

Mar 13, 2021

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@caseymccarty Correct - I was responding to Harry Parker's statement that they were "standard for upscale cars". As a non-automobile, Aptera isn't required to have many things: Windshield, seatbelts, crumple zones, etc. We're lucky that the Founders have chosen to exceed the requirements.

caseymccarty

Mar 12, 2021

Sounds good to me. There must be some sort of vision area on the solar panel model facilitating the rear view camera. What would the data from an ultrasonic sensor be used? It's really interesting to see the nice detail of the main body contrasted to what ever this thing is. It's fun to watch as the different aspects come together and evolve.

leadacid

Mar 19, 2021

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The area right between the red and green ovals is where I'd expect a tow loop. Sorta hope there's one under the fairing, because I've done stupid shit with my cars before and don't intend to stop...

As for the red-circled stuff, I concur with your analysis. I'd hope there'd be ultrasonics on both rear corners, but I guess just the middle is better than nothing.

I'd love a couple down-looking cameras under either corner to see what's under the rear of the vehicle, as it's possible to park this thing in some odd places, if only one has the proprioception to get the positioning right!

Also I LOOOOOOOOVE the open-wheel look here. I hope it won't set an error code or something if running with the wheel fairings removed. Dream Cruise is gonna be so much fun.