San Diego–based solar electric vehicle startup Aptera is making some pretty bold claims about its current prototype: namely, that it will be the “most efficient vehicle on the planet.” But the ...

California-based Aptera, the first mass producer of solar electric vehicles, plans to bring its three-wheeled cars to Florida ...

What's the minimum necessary range for an electric car? The world's auto industry seems to have settled on 200-plus miles for North America and 250 kilometers (160 miles) or more for European and ...

On November 11, 2025, Aptera Motors Corp., a solar mobility company focused on ultra-efficient transportation, announced it has begun building its validation vehicle assembly line, an important step ...

Electric vehicles are the future, with the sole condition that makers work out the issues of the long charging times and the relatively short range available with each charge. Aptera Motors aims to ...

Aptera is a name many likely don't know, but if you do, you know the vehicle projects associated with the startup come with big ol' grains of salt. And if you thought Aptera was dead and gone, that's ...

Two days after we wrote about Aptera’s latest video update, the company released more information about its first factory. It will be built in Carlsbad and will have 77,147 square feet (7,167 square ...

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Aptera Motors now claims its updated electric three-wheeler will be able to run entirely on solar power, with no charging required for daily use. "Our built-in solar array keeps your battery pack ...

Electric cars have gotta be the way of the future with their clean emission-free engines…but are they all going to look as strange as the tricycle-wheeled Aptera? The first pre-production vehicles ...

Electric vehicle trike maker Aptera finally has what it needs to really get going: money. Last week the company announced it had closed on $4 million in Series A funding. “Aptera’s continued momentum ...