A really good concept. I think the front wheels should be brought inside the width of cockpit. this will make the car more compact (with lesser impression on ground). Secondly it should have hybrd option, in case of low battery.
Wrong! Batteries (the "lesser tyranny") block massive non-fuel-motor prod. I have just built Frontal air turbines, which cause vibrations reliably to generate electronically sufficient for 100km/p/h (two 3000w 48v mag-drives in rear) - self-propelled light commuter cars (plastic-framed), that need no fuel-motors OR batteries. Most of you (including Young) are MANY YEARS BEHIND! Aptera was CUTTING EDGE - two years ago! Pivo2 - last year.
For a two & one half passenger vehicle it has excellent design & engineering, safety features exceed all automotive safety standards, very good efficiency , very good comfort features, excellent handling & really fun to drive. I am on the list for two.
did u see the lincvolt car neil young the singer is trying to build?i'm betting the possibility of a 100 mpg 1959 lincoln could be done.i thank neil young for putting his money time and life into this.
he needs our support as much as the world needs his right now i think.
Na endlich, ein Auto bei dem man mal nachgedacht hat was die Leute brauchen, und kein Auto für die Tester der Autozeitschriften. Ich würde (werde) mir nur ein Auto kaufen das zukunftsicher ist.
It's made of carbon composites 10x's stronger than steel, the stuff Indy cars are made of. You'd be thrown, but it would roll and hold up better than a normal car.
He's is saying 4 wheels is better than 3. He never suggested driving trucks, he suggested 4 wheels is better than 3. Idiot. Oh and no your not automaticaly dead if you get hit by a truck.
Of course it's safer than motorcycle. It's also safer than a bicycle. But it's not any of those. It's a car. It's trying to compare itself to other cars, and make itself better. I don't care how advanced it is it has three wheels which is not safe at least on American roads.
Lol go back to watching your animate, 3 wheels is no mach for a car with 4 wheels when it comes to safety, performance, and efficiency when it comes to driving, as much as you don't like it.
> Lol go back to watching your animate, 3 wheels is no mach
> for a car with 4 wheels when it comes to safety, performance,
> and efficiency when it comes to driving, as much as you
> don't like it.
You failed dynamics. Or would have, if you ever took the course.
That's OK, because most car "designers" have too, which is why 90% of the vehicles on the road would have less drag being driven backwards than forwards.
How many of the 90% would be dead by now on their 3 wheelers? If it's true what you say and it would produce less drag then it is more energy efficient. It's still very very significantly less safe, and it's performance is significantly worse. Even if it had 4 wheels but the ones that turn were in the back would it be more safe or less safe? Why do you think 99% of cars are made the other way? Every car maker failed dynamics? I think your missing something here.
> How many of the 90% would be dead by now on their 3 wheelers?
Um, none? I give up. Is this a riddle?
If you want a safe car, drive 30 MPH instead. That would reduce traffic fatalities in car collisions to near 0.
Or you can drive a car that is 50 by 50 feet, and all crumple zones, that gets 0.15 miles to the gallon and has a usable compartment space of 100 cubic feet.
Since safety is your over-riding concern and all.
A 3 wheeled vehicle is no less or more safe than a 30 wheeled one.
Why would I want to drive 30mph? I can drive faster than that. My argument is not that 4 wheeled cars are super safe or absolutley safe. My argument is that 4 wheeled cars are significantly safer than 3 wheeled cars, and is a better choice. The rest of your comment is just fantasy world.
I thought you were a total painty- waist about safety?
The reason a light vehicle is "unsafe" is because idiots drive around tanks, which are also unsafe, and if you happen to be hit by one in a light car, you're dead.
It's heavy pieces of shit vehicles that made the roads unsafe. In a crash with a stationary object, a heavy vehicle is a lot less safe to be in than a lighter one.
Where is this "4 wheeled cars are safer than 3 wheeled" notion coming from? Road and Track has studied this, and found that tapole-configuration (two wheels forward) trikes are just as safe as four wheelers. And they have a faster yaw response time, too.
Where is the "4 wheeled cars r safer than 3 wheeled" notion coming from? Are u kidding me? Where is that notion coming from? How about science? Asking the most dumbest questions ever. It doesn't get more obvious than this. Think how stable is a 3 wheeled car on the road vs 4 wheeled. 4 wheeled car touches road in 4 different spots. Therefore it has beter friction with the road and is more stable. EVERYONE READING, IN THE SEARCH FIELD TYPE IN "MR BEAN IN GARAGE" AND U WILL C HOW SAFE 3 WHEELS R.
Sorry, physics doesn't work that way. First off, what determines rollover resistance is center of gravity and wheelbase, not friction (actually traction). Second, traction doesn't increase with the number of wheels - you get a larger contact but less force per unit area. Third, as mentioned, *Road and Track has studied this*.
You can make an unstable three wheeler. You can also make an unstable 4 wheeler (see ATVs). What matters is center of gravity and front track width, not wheel count.
Oh, and for your further reading: go to google, type in "1982 road and track three wheel", and hit "I'm feeling lucky". They have an excerpt from the Road and Track article.
If efficiency is your issue with 3-wheeled vehicles, you do have a valid point. However while 3-wheel design has an increased front profile, it also removes the contact drag from a fourth non-drive wheel.
Efficiency balance is tipped in the favor of 3 wheeled design for the Aptera's purposes, as it allows for the aerodynamically ideal teardrop shape of the vehicle.
99% of cars are made the way they are because of 2 reasons: "that's just how cars are made" and innovation costs money.
The Fed should divert part of those Detroit big 3 bailout funds into this company to prompt it production line so the cost could be drop based on mass productions roll out.
Electric Generator, instead of gas-motor generator on your hibrid, along with a few roof solar panels to feed the E-gen (see Nisson "Based" on KanDoo Be-Bop at Paris auto show), & you have a real FUEL-LESS infinite range (or Fuel-Free as Nisson has it) people transport! If you don't like Solar-Cell limits - use outside charging (now ANY plug-in for 12v system!), & get your 300mi WITHOUT ANY GAS! Take the last step dummies & YOU could be FIRST in REAL TRANSPORT REVOLUTION!
in addition to a small seat in back that can fit an infant's car seat. If this back seat is removed, it converts into cargo space large enough to fit, according to the company, either 15 bags of groceries or two full-sized golf bags.
I'm sorry, did this imbseal just said it's better to drive then a Lamborghini???
.....HAHAHAHAHHAA!
phantomloita 1 year ago
A really good concept. I think the front wheels should be brought inside the width of cockpit. this will make the car more compact (with lesser impression on ground). Secondly it should have hybrd option, in case of low battery.
ParamLowe 1 year ago
@ParamLowe You would narrow the track? But it would handle worse. There is a series hybrid version
ronmann606 1 year ago
You buy the Aptera car you will NEVER have to buy another car until 2050 !! It is that futuristic !
davis3001 1 year ago
It gets good mileage, but I don't think the safety rating would be very high.
tHeViDe0W4tCheR 2 years ago
we need a new electric model t revolution
1888junkteam 2 years ago
Wrong! Batteries (the "lesser tyranny") block massive non-fuel-motor prod. I have just built Frontal air turbines, which cause vibrations reliably to generate electronically sufficient for 100km/p/h (two 3000w 48v mag-drives in rear) - self-propelled light commuter cars (plastic-framed), that need no fuel-motors OR batteries. Most of you (including Young) are MANY YEARS BEHIND! Aptera was CUTTING EDGE - two years ago! Pivo2 - last year.
PhotonDrive 2 years ago
For a two & one half passenger vehicle it has excellent design & engineering, safety features exceed all automotive safety standards, very good efficiency , very good comfort features, excellent handling & really fun to drive. I am on the list for two.
TTexas2 2 years ago
great looking car keep up the good work.
did u see the lincvolt car neil young the singer is trying to build?i'm betting the possibility of a 100 mpg 1959 lincoln could be done.i thank neil young for putting his money time and life into this.
he needs our support as much as the world needs his right now i think.
check out his car here
lincvolt
ez3usx2 2 years ago
Neat! Does the techno music come with the car, or is that just what you guys at popmech listen to
m31119 2 years ago
you can have your choice...comes equipped with XM satellite radio,
TTexas2 2 years ago
Na endlich, ein Auto bei dem man mal nachgedacht hat was die Leute brauchen, und kein Auto für die Tester der Autozeitschriften. Ich würde (werde) mir nur ein Auto kaufen das zukunftsicher ist.
stahlbanane1 2 years ago
This thing sure is ugly. why not 4 wheel?????
moviewatcher1024 2 years ago
too inefficient
MarktheSharkSheehan 2 years ago
Seems that the Aptera has more in common with a helicopter frame then a car!
Blondets1 2 years ago
if u get hit by a truck in this ur dead point blank -_-
maskanio1 2 years ago
and yet we have bicycles, skateboards, scooters, motorcycles, golf carts all on the road.
what was your point again?
shakaama 2 years ago
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PiercingKnight 2 years ago
It's made of carbon composites 10x's stronger than steel, the stuff Indy cars are made of. You'd be thrown, but it would roll and hold up better than a normal car.
dougalsii 2 years ago
yea and it has a roll cage built in it
piersonsmusic 2 years ago
If you get hit by a truck in anything but another truck or semi for that matter your dead. So maybe we should all drive trucks.... Idiot
sjlauer 2 years ago
He's is saying 4 wheels is better than 3. He never suggested driving trucks, he suggested 4 wheels is better than 3. Idiot. Oh and no your not automaticaly dead if you get hit by a truck.
PiercingKnight 2 years ago
but 4 wheels aren't better than 3. this car has crumple zones, made of carbon composites that airplanes are made out of, has a roll cage.
this car is safer than 90% of the fiberglass 4 wheeled death trap out there.
shakaama 2 years ago
i want it!!! it looks so coool!!
hoefikus 2 years ago
Very Cool Design, but im not sure about it being really light, and being a 2 passenger car
ZOA360 2 years ago
Safe? It has 3 wheels, on American roads it's super unsafe. I apreciat that your doing something, but that thing is not safe.
PiercingKnight 2 years ago
At first I thought the same thing, but you have to admit you are ten times safer than some one on a motorcycle right?
fendermcmarshall 2 years ago
Of course it's safer than motorcycle. It's also safer than a bicycle. But it's not any of those. It's a car. It's trying to compare itself to other cars, and make itself better. I don't care how advanced it is it has three wheels which is not safe at least on American roads.
PiercingKnight 2 years ago
Uh three wheels is pretty balanced. Dipshit.
ShihnaFujibayashi 2 years ago
Lol go back to watching your animate, 3 wheels is no mach for a car with 4 wheels when it comes to safety, performance, and efficiency when it comes to driving, as much as you don't like it.
PiercingKnight 2 years ago
> Lol go back to watching your animate, 3 wheels is no mach
> for a car with 4 wheels when it comes to safety, performance,
> and efficiency when it comes to driving, as much as you
> don't like it.
You failed dynamics. Or would have, if you ever took the course.
That's OK, because most car "designers" have too, which is why 90% of the vehicles on the road would have less drag being driven backwards than forwards.
fuzzywzhe 2 years ago
How many of the 90% would be dead by now on their 3 wheelers? If it's true what you say and it would produce less drag then it is more energy efficient. It's still very very significantly less safe, and it's performance is significantly worse. Even if it had 4 wheels but the ones that turn were in the back would it be more safe or less safe? Why do you think 99% of cars are made the other way? Every car maker failed dynamics? I think your missing something here.
PiercingKnight 2 years ago
> How many of the 90% would be dead by now on their 3 wheelers?
Um, none? I give up. Is this a riddle?
If you want a safe car, drive 30 MPH instead. That would reduce traffic fatalities in car collisions to near 0.
Or you can drive a car that is 50 by 50 feet, and all crumple zones, that gets 0.15 miles to the gallon and has a usable compartment space of 100 cubic feet.
Since safety is your over-riding concern and all.
A 3 wheeled vehicle is no less or more safe than a 30 wheeled one.
fuzzywzhe 2 years ago
Why would I want to drive 30mph? I can drive faster than that. My argument is not that 4 wheeled cars are super safe or absolutley safe. My argument is that 4 wheeled cars are significantly safer than 3 wheeled cars, and is a better choice. The rest of your comment is just fantasy world.
PiercingKnight 2 years ago
> Why would I want to drive 30mph?
I thought you were a total painty- waist about safety?
The reason a light vehicle is "unsafe" is because idiots drive around tanks, which are also unsafe, and if you happen to be hit by one in a light car, you're dead.
It's heavy pieces of shit vehicles that made the roads unsafe. In a crash with a stationary object, a heavy vehicle is a lot less safe to be in than a lighter one.
fuzzywzhe 2 years ago
How about you stick to the argument of whether a 4 wheeled car is safer than 3 wheeled. Your changing the subject to a completely different topic.
PiercingKnight 2 years ago
Where is this "4 wheeled cars are safer than 3 wheeled" notion coming from? Road and Track has studied this, and found that tapole-configuration (two wheels forward) trikes are just as safe as four wheelers. And they have a faster yaw response time, too.
KarenRei 2 years ago
Where is the "4 wheeled cars r safer than 3 wheeled" notion coming from? Are u kidding me? Where is that notion coming from? How about science? Asking the most dumbest questions ever. It doesn't get more obvious than this. Think how stable is a 3 wheeled car on the road vs 4 wheeled. 4 wheeled car touches road in 4 different spots. Therefore it has beter friction with the road and is more stable. EVERYONE READING, IN THE SEARCH FIELD TYPE IN "MR BEAN IN GARAGE" AND U WILL C HOW SAFE 3 WHEELS R.
PiercingKnight 2 years ago
Sorry, physics doesn't work that way. First off, what determines rollover resistance is center of gravity and wheelbase, not friction (actually traction). Second, traction doesn't increase with the number of wheels - you get a larger contact but less force per unit area. Third, as mentioned, *Road and Track has studied this*.
You can make an unstable three wheeler. You can also make an unstable 4 wheeler (see ATVs). What matters is center of gravity and front track width, not wheel count.
KarenRei 2 years ago
Oh, and for your further reading: go to google, type in "1982 road and track three wheel", and hit "I'm feeling lucky". They have an excerpt from the Road and Track article.
KarenRei 2 years ago
If efficiency is your issue with 3-wheeled vehicles, you do have a valid point. However while 3-wheel design has an increased front profile, it also removes the contact drag from a fourth non-drive wheel.
Efficiency balance is tipped in the favor of 3 wheeled design for the Aptera's purposes, as it allows for the aerodynamically ideal teardrop shape of the vehicle.
99% of cars are made the way they are because of 2 reasons: "that's just how cars are made" and innovation costs money.
I passed.
theforceshallfreeme 2 years ago
looks like a helicopter
justdoinmathing 2 years ago
Decent car.. but
I would like to see crash tests on this Sperm Vehicle
PsicJaden 2 years ago
If they come out before venture one get's there act together then I'll probably buy one.
tzimtzum1618 2 years ago
im going to try to Drift this Shit
AwkwArdAndy 3 years ago
I am sure this electric car is going to be great on snow.
mazeyaj 3 years ago 2
I WANT ONE!
thekiwicanuck 3 years ago
I wonder how this car handles in the snow?
MlleButterfly 3 years ago
I wonder who would drive this car in the snow, LOL! Should put skis on the front and a track on the back, and have a enclosed snowmobile - awesome!
thekiwicanuck 3 years ago
you should give it away on wheel of fortune to make it mainstream!
1888junkteam 3 years ago
excellent markinting tactic
TTexas2 2 years ago
The Fed should divert part of those Detroit big 3 bailout funds into this company to prompt it production line so the cost could be drop based on mass productions roll out.
curiousjoe2007 3 years ago
Nice job!!
GREETINGS...
JAALMARZA 3 years ago
Electric Generator, instead of gas-motor generator on your hibrid, along with a few roof solar panels to feed the E-gen (see Nisson "Based" on KanDoo Be-Bop at Paris auto show), & you have a real FUEL-LESS infinite range (or Fuel-Free as Nisson has it) people transport! If you don't like Solar-Cell limits - use outside charging (now ANY plug-in for 12v system!), & get your 300mi WITHOUT ANY GAS! Take the last step dummies & YOU could be FIRST in REAL TRANSPORT REVOLUTION!
PhotonDrive 3 years ago
not a production vehicle available in the US
TTexas2 2 years ago
he said its very roomy inside but what about the trunk he didnt mention it, is there even a trunk lol.
Degr8n8 3 years ago
Yes there is, a sideways opening hatchback, check out the great pics on Aptera's Flickr page
thekiwicanuck 3 years ago
in addition to a small seat in back that can fit an infant's car seat. If this back seat is removed, it converts into cargo space large enough to fit, according to the company, either 15 bags of groceries or two full-sized golf bags.
TTexas2 2 years ago