This is a Washington Post article which has great drawings of the Aptera. It shows the underside, rotating images, and more.
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This is a Washington Post article which has great drawings of the Aptera. It shows the underside, rotating images, and more.
@pistonboy
Amazon - Aptera https://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-23582797
Is it possible these Washington Post pictures are not from Aptera? But are instead created by a fan of Aptera? it would be nice if Aptera would confirm who created them.
There is suppose to be a belly pan which is the heat exchanger for skin cooling. The drawing does show a faint line on the underside which suggests the belly pan.
The belly pan may be composite or metallic. Check line 100 in the following Aptera spread sheet:
When asked "how do you lift the vehicle for wheel/tire repairs?" Aptera says "There will be a jack point". That's good enough for me.
Ctrl+F (for "Find") & "jack" in the search field at Aptera's FAQ Spreadsheet
I'd like to see the wheels sans shrouds. Views from below may show jack points. I'm guessing they may be designed into the lower suspension arms. But that may be a part of the secret sauce, so to speak, to be revealed once production test cars are spotted in-the-wild. 😉
@pistonboy The front wheel covers appear to just lift straight up for easy removal.
Rear appears to have fasteners* indicating it's split down the center so each half just pulls straight off sideways.
*Hopefully aircraft-standard 1/4-turn.
It displays a underside view which shows the bottom of the wheel shrouds/pants as being enclosed. This would make changing tires more difficult.
Washington post article without the paywall: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:0I1Q8inkIjUJ:https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2021/solar-car/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us