In Part 1, I explained the situation Aptera faces as it makes the case to the world that it's ready for serious production. But, like last time, the biggest thing holding the vehicle back is
as it makes the case to the world that it’s ready for serious production. But, like last time, the biggest thing holding the vehicle back is that the car isn’t very normal. With two seats, three wheels, and a very unconventional shape, it’s got a lot of skepticism to counter. To do that, they need to convince people that the car isn’t just great for the environment, but is just a better car in general.
In this article, I’m going to explain how Aptera kicks butt on both of these issues, and in ways that no other vehicle can.Back when the first generation Chevy Volt came out, the FUDsters were all over this one. They knew that the Volt could only go 30ish miles on an electric charge, and that at Level 1 charging speeds that most people used, it took up to 8 hours to charge the car’s battery up.
I can’t prove this today by driving an Aptera across the country, but I can use A Better Routeplanner to simulate such a trip and show that even finding a broken charging station in charging-sparse Texas wouldn’t force you to get a hotel with Level 2 charging for the night. In the app, I set the Aptera to drive up to 107% of the speed limit and told it to recharge before the battery gets down to 30%.It’s a 1000-mile car, but that’s probably 1000 city miles.
It seems like every day that anti-EV people are reminding us about California’s power troubles. They’re getting that story wrong, and don’t want to admit that just charging EVs at night fixes the issue. But, the Aptera is better than other EVs in that it’s impervious to such FUD.
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