How can we, the community, best help Aptera succeed (this time)?

Yes. The few states that don't make it easy for autocycles like Aptera need a little lobbying work. The states, AK, MT, WY, NY, MA, and ME, don't recognize autocycles as a special kind of motorcycle and so require motorcycle licenses for their drivers. Some of them require helmuts if they helmuts for motorcycles. AK doesn't allow 3 wheelers on highways with a speed limit of over 55 mph! NJ has a rebates and a sales tax exemption for electric motorcycles, but theey must be bought from a dealer in NJ.

So if you are in one of these states, research your state motor vehicle rules and regulations and and contact your congressperson about getting them improved for autocycles.

All good suggestions, IMO. How about we sell an aftermarket device (consisting of a roller skate wheel on a stick) that converts a three-wheeled vehicle into a “Four-wheeled automobile” for AK, NY, etc.

@Tom Kruer Unfortunately, having 4 wheels adds requirements such as bumpers.

Because of the particular history of Aptera Motors, I doubt if the company founders would be interested. Chris has already raised over $100 million in capital for a number of companies, and has taken a lithium battery company public. Aptera failed the first time because the founder's lost control. I think they will stay focused on the design mission and have the support in place that they need to execute. They are open to cooperation with almost anyone on a technical basis, but but not to the extent that they lose directional control.

I think this is a huge mistake. Like I told a friend of mine in 2000, when his company's stock was at $384/share and he had $5m in vested shares. He wanted to sell just enough to buy a BMW and enough for a down payment on a house. Yahoo had begun to plummet a few weeks before and the "big bust" was starting. I told him, "Sell everything you can. 50% of $384/share is better than 28% of nothing.". I didn't see him for 6 months - November, 2000 - and his stock was then at $4.share. I asked him what he did back in March when we last talked. He looked down, for effect, then back up and said, "I took your advice and sold it all. Walked away with $5m after taxes". Same applies here. We need this car on the roads soon, and we need it in high volume numbers. You don't have to give up control - Elon Musk / Tesla didn't. I'm not a finance guy, so you can stop reading here, but I am someone who follows these things, and a SPAC is the quickest way in. Your last experience was in a different climate. Strike while the iron is hot.

@Kerbe #12705 Thanks, but the information there, is at best a vague description, not anything that really could be considered binding. (Tesla's are spelled out in great detail.) Do you know where you saw the information on who was running the program? (I've watched all the webinars and been thru the available sets of Aptera answers/data, but I could have missed that.)

@Ozman #10058 I had a great deal of trouble getting the system to work - and found that there were issues with the Chrome browser. I spend quite some time in conversation with Aptera staff members about this and that's how I learned that it was from an external provider.

@Kerbe #12705 I think I found what you were referring to as to an outside company running the rewards program in a comment by Sarah. To me it appears that they are using a third party platform to track the rewards, not that someone else is running it.

Edit: (Sent before I saw your above comment, I missed that you were referring to the operation of the site based links and not the actual way they were running the program as a whole, I have an email out requesting the terms and conditions. Thanks.)

There are a couple of big areas I can think of. One important one will be to work with State and federal legislators to ensure that the legal climate is in place to allow Apterae on the roads with a standard drivers' licence. New York is the most important, where the Governor just vetoed autocycle legislation. I am in California, but I would like to know why, and to get the political climate in place so that this can't happen again.

I understand that Arkansas needs work so that Apterae will be allowed on the Interstate highways there, and there are a few other problem spots, such as Maine with helmet laws. A second major area will be making sure that there are both state and federal tax credits available that can be applied to cars like Aptera. Covid seems to have been really affecting certain heat pump suppliers. I know that this is a need, and I had some contacts in this area. My sources seem to be very low profile at the moment, but perhaps I will have more luck in the new year. There may be other tech areas such as this where some of us could be helpful. Thanks for a very helpful post!

@n.bruce.nelson It makes me wonder if Aptera Motors has any existing relationships w/ PAC groups and/or if there is an area to focus energy around this. These groups are of course always looking for fresh energy/donors, as are State legislators. Particularly in States (like my own, Indiana) where the legislators are part-time and rarely write their own legislation.

@n.bruce.nelson Excellent advice.