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[–] noxy@yiffit.net 12 points 4 days ago

I want them to succeed. I really hope they do.

[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's good to see that Aptera is still a possibility!

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[–] Landsharkgun@midwest.social 7 points 3 days ago (30 children)

Please just do trains. They can even be solar powered - a lot easier than this.

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

I'm excited to see them succeed. I love it when stuff is designed with function over form, and made practically. I'm a tall person, this is the only small electric vehicle I feel I could actually fit in

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Bummer. I want to give them my money, but they're not accepting new investments right now.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

A solar powered car that topped at 70mph would be ideal,

But goddamn, could you imagine just having one that topped at 30 MPh in a city? Infinite travel!

[–] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

If you can park on top of a parking garage, or in a spot on ground level where sunshine is not too much blocked by the surrounding buildings, you could surely commute on sunshine. Home parking barely matters for day shift workers in this scenario.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh. That absolutely won't happen. You'll be losing battery power while you're driving around.

They can make all solar vehicles that will go and keep going as long as there's sunshine, but they aren't anything a regular person could use.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Yep. Iirc apterra does 100wh/mi and is covered with less than 1000w of solar, so you only make at most 10 miles of range per hour in perfect solar conditions.

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