We recently reconnected with our old friend Miles Wheeler from CU while travelling through Seattle and got the low down on a sweet project he has been working on for some time now. He is the Aerodynamics Engineer for Aptera Motors, a California based three wheeled car designer and manufacturer.
Let’s be honest, it looks a bit wild, maybe too wild. Or is it? On further examination of its features and mind-boggling efficiency, this could just be the perfect commuter car, especially if you live somewhere it doesn’t snow. The most basic principle they are using to their advantage that no other production vehicle has embraced is being aerodynamic. They boldly state that most cars exert 50% of their energy pushing air out of the way…50%…that’s a lot of wasted energy. With the 2e they have all but eliminated this problem. The 2e is 100% battery powered, and when plugged in to your wall socket only costs $.50 to recharge after driving 100 miles, has a range of 120 miles per charge, and gets an equivalent 300 mpg! Holy monkey testicles, this sounds unreal, but its true. And at only $28,000, the math is painfully easy to justify jumping in one ASAP.
OK, so you still don’t think you are ready to be that forward thinking, you’d rather wait for the Chevy Volt cause its bigger and faster (well, bigger yes, but the 2e goes 90mph, not bad.) I mean, where am I gonna put my golf clubs, skateboard, snowboard, surfboard, sub-woofer, groceries and the always problematic dead hooker. There cant possibly be a place for all that in a three wheeled electric car that looks like a submarine? Oh, but there is.
How about a place for my iPhone?
OK, but you cant tell me that it has Lamborghini doors, that would just be too good to be true…
Oh yeah, and if that wasn’t enough, the solar panels on the roof run the climate control system. I cant even find the right expletive to describe my befuddlery, this car kicks ass!
So, go to the website, get learned on what Aptera is all about, tell your friends, and get on the waiting list cause this is gonna be the hottest bohemian hipster accessory of a lifetime.
