“Aptera is choosing a spot in the vehicle market with a set of regulations we can get into using an achievable amount of capital.” Referring to Aptera restart by Steve Fambro and Chris Anthony in 2018: “The Aptera story has a Hollywood movie arc to it - the heroes come back after almost being defeated.” It’s a different vehicle with different characteristics.” On the demise of the original vision at the hands of the auto execs brought into the company in the 2006 time period: “They didn’t understand what is was supposed to be, so they tried to make it into something it wasn’t. Once we prove that it’s in the marketplace, then you can look at the evolution of the product, the evolution of the brand, and the evolution of the company which includes other products.” 2023) Any distraction against that becomes detrimental to the mission. In response to a question about future vehicles from Aptera: “We’re on track to launch this vehicle next year (i.e. “The production design will be completed by middle of November 2022 and the plan is to head right to the production tooling from that design.” All the cool supercars have them going back to the Lamborghini Countach.” In regards to the mid-window bar in each side window: “You can’t do a full drop window AND maintain the proper aerodynamic shape. This is to allow viewing of the side mirror cameras now placed directly in front of the driver. Yes, Aptera will have a steering wheel “yoke”, not a full steering wheel. Jason: “Central headlight is a legal requirement (for motorcycles and autocycles) all elements need to be around the centerline of the vehicle our headlight efficiency is north of 50% while most auto headlights are 25-35%…(on avoiding placement of headlights on the angled surfaces on the far left and right of the Aptera body) pushing through angled surfaces, performance goes way down.” There will be a center headlight cluster. Jason: “Similar to the Tesla cybertruck, the Aptera vehicle IS the logo.” The backlit logo will be retained on both B pillars. There will not be a logo on nose of vehicle. I transcribed them from the recording of the presentation. I gathered a few pertinent quotes from Jason’s presentation that I thought might be of interest to us on the forum. The event was intended to serve as PR for Aptera, but also to afford the students an opportunity to hear from a professional in the field of vehicle design and learn how he worked through the myriad design choices that have been part of the development of the Aptera. CIA has 300+ solar panels cranking away on the roof of its main building and sustainability is a big part of their approach to design education. This was an event that I arranged with the help of Will Reynolds, Jason, and Doug Paige, professor of industrial design at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Jason Hill, Aptera Chief of Design, did a webinar on October 7th for transportation design students at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
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