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A comment on Squad Solar City Car.

Re:Squad Solar City Car by RocketOne on Friday May 05, 2023 @02:56PM (#35833680)
The Squad is a great concept. But the problem in America is not great concepts. Its convincing the public, and therefore investors, that small, lightweight road machines are viable.

Aptera is facing the same challenge. The concept is fantastic. Its got amazing engineering and unlike the Squad its a highly designed, efficient machine. But finding funders is the hard part.

Its the hard part for every start up. Which is why EV startups fail at nearly 100% rate.

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Re:Squad Solar City Car by vm on Friday May 05, 2023 @03:33PM (#35834105)
Investors fund products that people want. These cars have two majors problems in the US: 1) expensive and 2) city parking is painful

There will be demand if a company solves those problems in a US city.

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Re:Squad Solar City Car by RocketOne on Monday May 08, 2023 @09:52AM (#35861496)
Well, the Aptera may be expensive but it sounds like the Squad wouldn't be much more than a high end electric bicycle, so not really.
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