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Aptera EV & how far EVs have come

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I've just seen this on Jay Lenos Garage.
Pretty interesting vehicle.
0-60 in 3.5 seconds, 1000 miles on a charge and 40 miles a day per solar energy (without plugging it in somewhere)

Not a huge EV fan but if i see this, the methanol based super EV from https://www.rolandgumpert.com/

and toyota announcing solid state batterie powered production vehicles in just a few years from now you can't deny these EVs are starting to become a real competition for gasoline powered cars.

I mean the only real advantage of modern gasoline powered cars is you can fill them up in just a few minutes. But i have a feeling in a few years from now you will be able to charge an EV in the same amount of time.

I mean nothing beats a classic 426 hemi or hp 440 for me but lets keep it real:

Modern gasoline cars are highly complex / fully loaded with tech, heavy and usually turbo or supercharged.
So why should you choose this over an EV if you can charge the EV within a few minutes?
(If i see this correct solid state batteries can't catch on fire and will be pretty light)
 
It's hard to understand what you're trying to sell.
I drove an electric car and didn't like it.
Doesn't mean the other 80% won't like them.
To each their own.
 
It's hard to understand what you're trying to sell.

I'm not trying to sell anything. :D

My point is that modern gasoline cars and EVs both are rolling computers.
Now if i could charge the EV as fast as the gasoline car (and there was no risk to catch on fire or serious weight difference)
why buy the gasoline car since the EV will perform better with less parts that can break?

I mean its not that i can buy something like a 69 hemi charger just with better suspension and brakes brand new.

Edit:

That said i wouldn't buy any modern car.
No matter if its gas or batterie powered.
 
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"1000 miles on a charge "
Where? In sunny (warm California)?
I'll just about guarantee that same car wouldn't
see 300 miles on a single charge at night, with
the heater on full blast, and the wipers flip flopping
to a Bob Sieger tune in -40F Minnesota. Hundreds
of cars stranded due to deep snow. Heaters running
with cars at idle. An EV's charge wouldn't last long
under those conditions.
 
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Ok, I’m just speculating here. What’s the range, a foot of snow on the roads, below zero temps, lights on, wipers on, heater and defrost at full blast, traffic stopped? Does it matter if it’s a 2500 lb. smart car or an 8000 lb. pickup truck?
 
On paper it's all sunshine and roses, in the real world, it's still a ways off. Infrastructure is the real issue. Lucky for those in California, they'll be driving electric lawnmowers for practice in a few years. That'll be where the real circle jerk starts.
 
Aptera was present at the Progressive Automotive 100 MPGe Fuel Economy Race in July 2010. Don't remember how they placed.

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Aptera was present at the Progressive Automotive 100 MPGe Fuel Economy Race in July 2010. Don't remember how they placed.

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They overheated and finished only thirty laps. Then went out of business the next year. The new company keeps pushing their production dates into the future. Interesting vehicle but it's not for me.
 
Ok, I’m just speculating here. What’s the range, a foot of snow on the roads, below zero temps, lights on, wipers on, heater and defrost at full blast, traffic stopped? Does it matter if it’s a 2500 lb. smart car or an 8000 lb. pickup truck?
Can't walk to the nearest recharging station
and pick up a gallon of electricity.....
 
No Thanks...

Jay can waste his $$$, he has plenty

some of that stuff is cool
most of Jay's stuff is cool

But;
that thing is 'impractical as all get out'

maybe in Europe, it may work
 
"1000 miles on a charge "
Where? In sunny (warm California)?
I'll just about guarantee that same car wouldn't
see 300 miles on a single charge at night, with
the heater on full blast, and the wipers flip flopping
to a Bob Sieger tune in -40F Minnesota. Hundreds
of cars stranded due to deep snow. Heaters running
with cars at idle. An EV's charge wouldn't last long
under those conditions.

I hope your right.
But what i understand is solid state batteries are not (or way less) sensitive to cold climate / weather.

As i said i'm not a huge EV fan.
But the same goes for 99% of modern gas powered vehicles.
 
Please...................leave politics out of the General Forum.....
 
Please...................leave politics out of the General Forum.....
I wasn't trying to be political. Used the Ford truck
as a reference, since just about everyone here
knows about it. My apologies.
 
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