The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks

Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by myself248 on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @11:29PM (#35351998)

Speak for yourself, I've been in line for an Aptera ever since the solar reboot.

I don't drive a ton of miles, but it's over roads where a bike would be literal suicide. A performant runabout with a bit of cargo space is exactly what I want, and if it only needs to be plugged in a few times a year, so much the better.

I'm keeping the A-Team van for when I need to move minicomputers and their peripherals, but an Aptera could do like 95% of my driving.

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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by brewdad on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:19AM (#35352483)

Give me something more crashworthy like a VW Polo for the US market and I’m there.

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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by elihu on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @03:59AM (#35354008)

Would an Arcimoto FUV work for you? Those are available now. (They don't have solar panels and probably have much worse aerodynamics than Aptera. On the other hand, I think Arcimoto has the right idea with front/rear seating rather than side-by-side.)

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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by myself248 on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @11:27AM (#35358644)

.....does it have... doors?

I'm gonna say no. I deal with months of snow and slush and a few miles of "70mph" (really 85+mph) highway.

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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by elihu on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:58PM (#35360850)

I think they have half-doors now. It's kind of a weird thing not to have fully figured out at this point, but I give them credit for actually releasing a product and iterating.

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