It never hurts to reach out to others that share your world view in regard climate change and the imperative to convert to electrically powered vehicles. It is important to grasp that while EVs and ICE vehicles use different energy sources, they operate on the same plane. I.e. 4-wheel (more for trucks) vehicles on steel frames with steel bodies.
The preference for EV's is because ICE vehicles, by their very nature, waste 75-80 percent of the energy they consume, losing it to heat whether in exhaust or through friction (braking). EVs are inherently more efficient.
The Aptera, from what we've all read, holds efficiency as a first principle and that is disruptive to the goals of an industry group in some areas.
For instance, this organization would spend more money for more EVSEs with DCFC capability ... even if reducing the number of these installations could fund the installation of 1000 Level 2 or 5000 level 1 (110vac) charging stations per DCFC install, the latter being all the charging infrastructure needed for the Aptera.
The CEOs will tell you that the Aptera is disruptive tech. I don't think even they grasp how disruptive. The manufacturing approach, which from my understanding has more in common with bass boat manufacturing than the model T or the Hummer EV, is at the core of this and implies a path averse to 'automation' of assembly and is more artisanal in its core. It is in those processes and the ability to 'distribute' assembly in something entirely different.
It never hurts to reach out to others that share your world view in regard climate change and the imperative to convert to electrically powered vehicles. It is important to grasp that while EVs and ICE vehicles use different energy sources, they operate on the same plane. I.e. 4-wheel (more for trucks) vehicles on steel frames with steel bodies.
The preference for EV's is because ICE vehicles, by their very nature, waste 75-80 percent of the energy they consume, losing it to heat whether in exhaust or through friction (braking). EVs are inherently more efficient.
The Aptera, from what we've all read, holds efficiency as a first principle and that is disruptive to the goals of an industry group in some areas.
For instance, this organization would spend more money for more EVSEs with DCFC capability ... even if reducing the number of these installations could fund the installation of 1000 Level 2 or 5000 level 1 (110vac) charging stations per DCFC install, the latter being all the charging infrastructure needed for the Aptera.
The CEOs will tell you that the Aptera is disruptive tech. I don't think even they grasp how disruptive. The manufacturing approach, which from my understanding has more in common with bass boat manufacturing than the model T or the Hummer EV, is at the core of this and implies a path averse to 'automation' of assembly and is more artisanal in its core. It is in those processes and the ability to 'distribute' assembly in something entirely different.