Aptera visits Washington DC
Monday, 23 March 2009 | by
The Aptera team was busy during its inaugural visit to Capitol Hill, turning the heads of passer-bys and congressional leaders. The team gave test rides around the block in the congested traffic around the Capitol and grabbed a few shots of the vehicle in front of the city’s historic landmarks. We’ll be adding many of these images to our Flickr account soon, so keep an eye out.
We thought we’d take a minute to share some of the great press coverage from the trip, in case you hadn’t had a chance to check it out. If you were out and about at the Capitol and saw the Aptera 2e, let us know in the comment section and post a link to any pictures (we love seeing them).
CBS Nightly News Video:
ABC Video about the “Three Wheeled Aptera 2e”
And, some articles about Aptera’s trip to the East Coast:
American Chronicle “Aptera Goes to Washington”
AutoBlogGreen “Aptera to go to Washington to fight for DoE loans”
Wall Street Journal “Aptera: Still No Love for Three-Wheeled Vehicles”
Automobile “Three-Wheel Vehicles Don’t Qualify for DoE’s Advanced Vehicle Loans”
BNet Auto “Are Three Wheels Better Than Four? Aptera Says Yes.”
No. 1 — March 26th, 2009 at 8:11 am
The University of Kentucky Solar Car Team was pleased to meet with Sean Touhy and Paul Wilbur while they were in Washington. A few members of our team were in D.C. as part of our school’s Engineering Leadership program. Although we got to meet with the DOE, NSF, and CIA, the real highlight of our trip was when we saw the Aptera 2e drive up to the Capitol building. Of all production vehicles, it is the most similar to the solar-powered cars (mostly 3-wheelers, as well) that compete in the North American Solar Challenge (www.americansolarchallenge.org).
UK Solar Car Blog article with more pictures of Aptera in DC:
http://uksolarcar.blogspot.com/2009/03/solar-car-meets-aptera-in-dc.html
No. 2 — May 4th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Good morning,
My question is how does the Aptera function in the winter. I live in Edmonton, Canada and I and my company are very interested in where electric vehicles are headed. Your design is certainly innovative but I am cautious about new technology and exaggerated claims. We get real snow and real winter here. Have you tested the vehicle in more challenging conditions than California?
Simon Knight
President and CEO
Climate Change Central
No. 3 — May 15th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
What will be the estimated basic price and the cost of the options if any?
No. 4 — June 1st, 2009 at 4:48 pm
I find this aptera very interesting and want to get one soon- it can be shipped to WV? I don’t want to wait too long.
No. 5 — February 13th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Can’t wait to see the car in the show room. When is it going into production? By the way you guys misspelled the word “peek” as “peak”.
No. 6 — February 15th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Too bad you can’t seen to this into production, I will be moving on, waited 3 years now and don’t see anything to indicated a vaible vehicle, hello to the big three Ford , Chevy , Chrysler