The 88" width seems to limit the options. Here is one with 88" x 216" bed - might be too tight for Aptera front wheels - https://www.alumaklm.com/recreational/atv/utv/a8818-atv-trailer
We do not want to remove any parts from car to tow.
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Yeah That looks like the FWD Sol coming from NV before it got its white wrap
Plenty of time to learn lots of transport procedures and I am sure many will want to deal with the cover themselves!
With delivery included we will “See” how Aptera straps it down!
I assume if I am towed, I will be the one who has to remove the wheel shrouds. The tow truck driver may not want to take the liability.
In this picture, the straps are pass through the rear wheel. There is no electric motor at the wheel.
At the front wheels, I don't know if the straps go around the back of the wheel because that is preferred, or because the straps could not fit between the motor and rim. Or, there was worry about damaging the motor.
Yeap! But they are playing around with final ties size in this development stage
The easiest way to find that out what the car width without the wheel pants on is to simply ask Aptera to provide that.
If you want to estimate it yourself, read on.
The current width is 88" with the pants on. The track is 77". The current tire specification is 195/45/15R. I looked at the tire section width for 3 tires and the average was 7.7 rounded up. Half of that is 3.85". Add that to the track and you have 80.85 with the wheel pants off.
The ringer in all of this is something called wheel offset. If you look at the cross section of a wheel, the inner face of the wheel which abuts the hub flange when mounted. That's called the hub mounting surface. The offset is is the distance in millimeters from the center-line of the wheel.
Most front-wheel drive cars have a positive offset. That has the effect of tucking the entire wheel inboard toward the brakes and suspension. What we don't know is the offset specifications of the front wheels that would allow us to calculate the car width without its front wheel pants.
The good news is that the width will be reduce by whatever the offset is for the wheels selected by Aptera. You should be safe to use 80.5" as a starting point for the trailer width you need/
make/model links, would be appreciated
Aptera has shown the Sol and Luna on the bed of a trailer ( Type?) as it is transported from NV to SanDiego.
I assume they trailer all three development vehicles to many of the photoshoots , racetracks etc too . So Aptera should have one??? Compact? Not so much