You Can Get That Aptera Now
- Posted by: Andrew Price
- on November 25, 2008 at 6:36 pm
A year ago Aptera Motors promised they’d deliver their hyper-efficient, retro-futuristic Typ-1 model “in 2008″ for “under 30,000.”
In the intervening year, they were not—as some had feared—sold to some established auto giant to be quietly euthanized. Instead, they raised $24 million in cash (including $2.7 million from Google.org in July), leapt into production, and started taking orders.
For $500, you can now reserve a plug-in Aptera Typ-1 and have it in your driveway (as long as your driveway is in California) sometime next month. It’ll go 120 miles on a single charge. Total price: $26,900. They’ve recieved 4,000 orders so far.
We may see these driving around the Golden State within a few weeks. Amazing.
For more there’s the official Aptera site, this video tour of Aptera factory, and Flickr pools here (official) and here (unofficial).
DISCUSSION: 4 Comments
Excellent to see these available for less than 30K! If they take off (figuratively) we may see Tesla bring prices down and other competitors enter the market.
We also need this in Florida.Lets go beyond just California.
How does it do in cold temperatures?
Screw Florida! We need these in Oregon!