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Aptera's Solar EV revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show (Original Post) CentralMass Jan 7 OP
Can't wait yesphan Jan 7 #1
I'm in the cheap seats my reservation is now TBD. CentralMass Jan 7 #2
I just checked yesphan Jan 9 #3
The operative word is "consumer." NNadir Jan 9 #4
Actually the operative word is commuter... Finishline42 Jan 10 #5
Um, electricity, a thermodynamically degraded form of energy, is overwhelmingly produced by burning fossil fuels. NNadir Jan 10 #6
Written by the same people that wrote that a Hummer was better for the Finishline42 Jan 10 #7

yesphan

(1,604 posts)
3. I just checked
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 02:48 PM
Jan 9

my account and my ETA has changed from 2026 to TBA. My reservation date is 1-21-23.

Finishline42

(1,123 posts)
5. Actually the operative word is commuter...
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:58 PM
Jan 10

40 miles range without having to plug in ( in a sunny climate).

but in reality I would charge it up to it's 400 mile range and then make sure I parked it out of the shade which would extend it's range and reduce the amount of power needed from what ever source is local.

I have a friend that bought a Chevy Volt from a woman that claimed to have never put gas in the car. She charged it up at night (120 volt) and it got her to work and back home for years. This car reminds me of that type of vehicle - not for everybody but certainly perfect for some.

NNadir

(35,006 posts)
6. Um, electricity, a thermodynamically degraded form of energy, is overwhelmingly produced by burning fossil fuels.
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 07:05 PM
Jan 10

It's a pretty big fucking evasion of responsibility to assume otherwise just because one mistakenly believes that solar energy is more than an vast waste of money for no result, and that it magically dominates the grid.

On my grid, an electric car is dirtier than an internal combustion engine car, as I noted citing a scientific paper on the subject involving my grid, the PJM grid:

A paper addressing the idea that electric cars are "green."

The fucking planet is burning, most notably in car nirvana, the LA area, and still we have to listen to this shit.

Finishline42

(1,123 posts)
7. Written by the same people that wrote that a Hummer was better for the
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 10:08 PM
Jan 10

environment than a Prius???

https://slate.com/technology/2008/03/is-it-possible-that-a-hummer-s-better-for-the-environment-than-a-prius-is.html

This car has it's own solar panels - doesn't need your freaking coal burning power plants....

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