6/25/08 - The next electric car - money.cnn.com

[speculawyer]

I didn't see this posted . . . here is the Aptera page

Aptera
By the end of this year, entrepreneur Steve Fambro plans to begin selling the Aptera. That means "wingless flight" in Greek, but don't think this car won't fly. It's a sleek two-seat, three-wheel electric vehicle with a top speed of 95 miles an hour. It comes in two versions - all-electric and hybrid - and should sell for around $30,000. (Only the electric is due in '08; the hybrid doesn't have a street date yet.)
Wait . . . what? 95 mph? :scared0008: (I'm guessing it is a mistake.)

Made of a Space Age composite material, the hybrid gets 300 miles per gallon, while the electric can travel 120 miles on a two- to four-hour charge.
Has this been resolved? Do we know if it is carbon fiber or just common fiberglass? Or perhaps a mix? This is definitely not my area of expertise.

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fsb/0806/gallery.nextgen_electric_cars.fsb/3.html

[n_dawg]

Aptera also doesn't mean "wingless flight," but simply "wingless." I don't know why they felt the need to add that.

As for "Space Age" materials, I'm pretty sure every material invented after 1957 counts as a "Space Age" material. ;)

I've heard 85, 90, and 95 mph top speeds at various times from various sources. Who knows?

And, of course, it gets 130 mpg, not 300 mpg. Common lie.