As Aptera enters the final stage of the X PRIZE competition, otherwise known as validation, the team has a great deal on which to reflect. Without question, nothing was easy about being a Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE participant.
The X PRIZE’s technical team did an excellent job of making sure that the events were [...]

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The second insight we received from our clinical research last year was that while our interior roominess was… well “roomy”, it could be better (as seen in Chart A above). So we went back to the drawing board to figure out how to squeeze more room out, while not compromising the overall vehicle design.
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In December of 2008, Aptera conducted clinical research of the Aptera 2e. During the research, we discovered that nearly all of our respondents had difficulty entering and exiting the Aptera (see Chart A above). For production, the door opening to the body has been expanded at every point vs. the pre-production vehicles (see [...]

When Aptera began engineering the 2e, we had a form of “efficiency tunnel-vision.” Then we broadened our perspective and made protecting our loved ones the number one agenda item for our engineers. While the government currently classifies any three-wheel vehicle as a motorcycle, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to make sure our vehicles meet passenger [...]

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