@Bob Paris Unless I'm mistaken, that other California electric car company contacted its reservation-holders at some point before production began in earnest and requested they place a deposit to guarantee delivery. I would expect something similar to happen in Aptera's case: Perhaps something in the 10%-20% range... Whatever the actual case, Aptera isn't going to build your vehicle until locking you into a purchase/lease contract - so you should be able to adjust your order up until that time.
@Bob Paris I emailed to ask about the schedule just the other day - because the "future designs" chart is already at least a year out of sync. I was told that they are in the process of "refining the calendar" because so much depends upon funding, the new facility, materials availability, etc. From what I gather they do NOT have a set time-frame - after the completion of the Paradigm and Paradigm+ model run - for when they intend to produce what.
@Bob Paris Unless I'm mistaken, that other California electric car company contacted its reservation-holders at some point before production began in earnest and requested they place a deposit to guarantee delivery. I would expect something similar to happen in Aptera's case: Perhaps something in the 10%-20% range... Whatever the actual case, Aptera isn't going to build your vehicle until locking you into a purchase/lease contract - so you should be able to adjust your order up until that time.