LA Times Video Review of the Aptera

[Prestadude]

This one was prepared by the LA Times as part of an article of 3-wheeled vehicles.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/highway1/la-hy-throttle2jan02,1,7205902.story?coll=la-news-highway_1&ctrack=1&cset=true

[Yanquetino]

That is a tantalizing new video, Prestadude! I could almost imagine myself driving the Typ-1e! I especially liked that we could clearly hear the actual sound that it makes when on the road. LOVE it! :D

I had to chuckle at the Throttle Jockey's (Susan Carpenter's) comments and questions, however. She writes that it looks like a dolphin (a subconscious association with the second scene in "The Aptera Journey," perhaps?). She also asked, of all things, why an electric vehicle instead of a traditional engine. Yow. How could she miss what's happening on the entire industry's radar screen?

There was another statement she made that disconcerted me: :confused:

"The Typ-1 is capable of 80 mph and could travel up to 70 miles on a single charge while sustaining that speed."

Does this mean that further testing has now dropped the projected range 50 miles from the original estimates? Or that the Throttle Jockey wasn't paying attention? Or... that those 50 fewer miles are simply the price one would pay by going 80 mph? If the latter, I'd sure like to know what the range would be at a legal highway speed.

[admin]

Here is a cool new video of an LA Times review of the Aptera Typ-1. It shows a lot of video of the car driving on the road from different views. It also shows a lot of the interior features which include a touch screen computer, and explains that the interior is extremely spacious.

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