In the photos Aptera has shows someone plugging in. It almost certainly is a Tesla brand port and wand by shape and style of both. 1) Am I right? 2) if I’m right what does that say about this company?
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Yes, the Aptera will support charging at at least 50 KW of DC power at CCS charging stations. On Aptera, that's equivalent to 500 additional miles per hour of fast charging. From what I've read online, they are negotiating with Tesla about a deal to let Aptera use Tesla Superchargers, but nothing has been announced.
@Mayandy Many of the places I travel had little or no charging infrastructure. If I'm making a 1200 mile trip and DC chargers are nearly 400 miles apart I'm going to need the ability to charge to stay on the road. To "stop for the night" would require access to AC charging and that, too, isn't universally available. If, as the Founders have suggested, Aptera's onboard charger is a 3.2 kW unit, an 8-hour charge on 110 V won't be sufficient to my requirement. As others in the Forum have indicated, Aptera's charging "numbers" indicate that it will take only a 50 kW DC charge - so not all that stressful.
@michael.schuetz The founders have made it clear that they prefer the "elegant engineering" of the Tesla charging connector - and, many years ago, Elon did offer to share Tesla charging with any other manufacturer that met his standards and conditions so, for all we know, maybe Aptera has struck a deal with Tesla... But, just because a vehicle uses the Tesla port it doesn't mean that it would necessarily have access to the Supercharger network.
There are 'standard' charge port/cables for EV use, I would imagine that Aptera will ultimately opt for this route. Tesla is proprietary, due to being compatible with "their" supercharger network.
The standard is called SAE "J1772" and is the port/cable configuration used pretty much by all manufacturers (at least in the US market) with the noted exception of Tesla.
Are charging port configurations proprietary? If the power regulation is onboard, does it matter? Common charging ports/stations would certainly benefit the consumers.
Already asked. I don't know that we've got an answer at this point. There's some discussion in the forum under Aptera Tech Questions entitled "Excellent launch video - but is that a Tesla receptacle/plug on an Aptera?"
Will you incorporate rapid charging technology like Tesla
You'd have so much range you'd just stop for the night and take the time to charge more slowly and save the battery the stress of supercharger
Supercharging would really not be necessary with a 1000 or 600 or even 400mile range
@michael.schuetz The founders have made it clear that they prefer the "elegant engineering" of the Tesla charging connector - and, many years ago, Elon did offer to share Tesla charging with any other manufacturer that met his standards and conditions so, for all we know, maybe Aptera has struck a deal with Tesla... But, just because a vehicle uses the Tesla port it doesn't mean that it would necessarily have access to the Supercharger network.
That said, all Euro-spec Teslas come with a CCS port, not the Tesla port we know in North America. FYI, this news about Tesla and CCS compatibility dropped recently: https://electrek.co/2020/12/16/tesla-announces-new-ccs-charging-adapter/
There are 'standard' charge port/cables for EV use, I would imagine that Aptera will ultimately opt for this route. Tesla is proprietary, due to being compatible with "their" supercharger network.
Are charging port configurations proprietary? If the power regulation is onboard, does it matter? Common charging ports/stations would certainly benefit the consumers.
Already asked. I don't know that we've got an answer at this point. There's some discussion in the forum under Aptera Tech Questions entitled "Excellent launch video - but is that a Tesla receptacle/plug on an Aptera?"