Filed under: Coupe, Etc., Safety, Videos, Specialty, Electric, MISC
Four videos have surfaced showing what is understood to be the destructive aftermath following news of Aptera’s closure last week. Without knowing for certain what’s happening, the videos appear to depict employees (or former employees) laughing as they trash prototype bodyshells of the three-wheeled, hyper-efficient vehicle.
Using a [...]
Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Electric
Just over a month ago, Aptera was promising rebirth with Aptera 2.0. The promise will not be kept. Today, the company announced it is closing its doors, effective immediately.
In an email to supporters, president and CEO Paul Wilbur wrote, “We are out of resources.” His letter (available in full after the jump) [...]
Filed under: Car Buying, Hybrid, Electric
There was good news and bad news out of the Aptera camp last month. The good: The company raised another $2.25 million. The bad: Reservations are now no longer being accepted.
We just got word that the bad news is stacking up: Aptera is refunding deposits for the ultra-aerodynamic, three-wheeled electric [...]
What’s been happening at Aptera? The hyper-aerodynamic vehicle company is still moving forward, just not as fast as the original plans called for. In the company’s latest newsletter, plenty of virtual ink is dedicated to explaining where things stand with the request for money from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan program [...]
If anybody is still wondering whether Aptera, despite the recent commotion, will deliver one of their flightless wonders by Christmas, they can officially cease speculating. They’re not, and the release date has now been pushed back to some undefined time in 2010. Hopefully, the delay won’t be a full year as it was the last [...]
