{"id":116765,"date":"2020-12-07T11:22:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T19:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/aptera-is-back-with-a-new-ev-it-says-doesnt-need-charging"},"modified":"2020-12-07T11:22:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T19:22:41","slug":"aptera-is-back-with-a-new-ev-it-says-doesnt-need-charging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/aptera-is-back-with-a-new-ev-it-says-doesnt-need-charging","title":{"rendered":"Aptera is back with a new EV it says doesn\u2019t need charging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jbLQ6Z0u_qo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The three-wheeled, two-person vehicle is curvy and lightweight.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Aptera, the company that shuttered in 2011 after failing to secure funding for its three-wheeled electric car, is back with a new solar electric vehicle it claims never needs charging, at least, for most drivers. And it predicts its top model, with a battery of 100 kWh, can get up to 1,000 miles of range.<\/p>\n<p>The new three-wheeled, two-person (or two adults plus pet, as <a href=\"https:\/\/da08ff99-fd1e-4a74-a1ff-5a92f149508f.filesusr.com\/ugd\/312682_ed4aa901f9314a20a3e0a3aabee2cc09.pdf\">its specs suggest<\/a>) vehicle has a solar roof array that can provide up to 45 miles of range per day, so if you have that top model and add the charge from the solar panels while it\u2019s parked, then the 1,000 range seems \u2026 possible. Although, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/news\/a34875659\/aptera-ev-solar-no-charging-revealed\/\"><em>Car and Driver<\/em> points out<\/a>, the vehicle doesn\u2019t run just on solar power while driving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Aptera\u2019s Never Charge technology, you are driven by the power of the sun. Our built-in solar array keeps your battery pack topped off and anywhere you want to go, you just go,\u201d Aptera co-founder Chris Anthony <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/aptera-reveals-first-never-charge-solar-vehicle-301186654.html\">said in a press release<\/a>. \u201cNever Charge is built into every Aptera and is designed to harvest enough sunlight to travel over 11,000 miles per year in most regions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three-wheeled, two-person vehicle is curvy and lightweight. Aptera, the company that shuttered in 2011 after failing to secure funding for its three-wheeled electric car, is back with a new solar electric vehicle it claims never needs charging, at least, for most drivers. And it predicts its top model, with a battery of 100 kWh, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}