SOFT NEWS Spaceship-like electric car to hit U.S. roads

Richard

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Looks like something out of the Woody Allen film "Sleeper", why not four wheels?

Or if you insist on three:
 

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SIRR1

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Sorry

But it will never pass the NTSB safety guidelines.

It might pass as a motorcycle but never as a car...

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I posted about the Aptera here many months ago. It has tested as 5 times safer in a rollover than the US requried rollover safety standard. These people WILL win the automotive X prize, AFAIK.
 

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Dinghy Towing: Futuristic Looking "Bird" May Be Toad of Future
Not yet--but you can put down a deposit on one, provided you live in California. Aptera Typ-1 is actually registered as a motorcycle, ... The two-seater gains its fuel efficiency from aerodynamic design,
www.rvtravel.com/ blog/ dinghyblog/ 2007/ 11/ futuristic-looking-bird-may-be-toad-of.html
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Aptera Motors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
History|Planned...|Historical...|Financing and...Aptera Motors, formerly Accelerated Composites, is a maker of high-efficiency vehicles, and is located in Carlsbad, California.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptera_Motors
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Aptera Company Profile
Aptera Motors is a maker of high-efficiency vehicles. Aptera's first product, a three-wheeled two-seater named the Typ-1, is currently under
www.crunchbase.com/company/aptera
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The Car of the Future Promised for October | Autopia from Wired.com
The car of the future is almost here. Aptera Motors has rolled out the first pre-production model of the 2e, an all-electric three-wheeled two-seater that gets the ...
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Spaceage and efficient, Aptera gears up for launch: Scientific American
Thousands of miles west of Detroit, a California start-up hopes to find a m... The Aptera is an egg-shaped two-seater often likened to a space-age car from the ...
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Aptera - Wikicars
Aptera's first product, a three-wheeled two-seater named the Aptera 2 Series, is ... Aptera Motors is moving into a larger facility in Vista, CA, a move in the works ...
www.wikicars.org/en/Aptera
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Affordable all-electric car Aptera 2e | Innovative News
Aptera cars are known by their three-wheeled, highly aerodynamic two-seater design. ... austin Australia bicycle biofuel California Canada eco-friendly electricity ...
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Aptera 300 mpg Car on CNN
Its first product, a three-wheeled two-seater, is currently under development. ... expects to deliver first units to California customers in December 2008 and to ...
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Google Invests in Aptera Motors and Lithium-Ion Battery Maker AtaCell
a reality: Aptera Motors, maker of the three-wheeled two-seater Typ-1 (we wrote ... and I want to rent an Aptera when I visit California in the future!
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Dinghy Towing: Futuristic Looking "Bird" May Be Toad of Future
Not yet--but you can put down a deposit on one, provided you live in California. Aptera Typ-1 is actually registered as a motorcycle, ... The two-seater gains its fuel efficiency from aerodynamic design,
www.rvtravel.com/ blog/ dinghyblog/ 2007/ 11/ futuristic-looking-bird-may-be-toad-of.html
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First pre-production Aptera 2e rolls off assembly line
from Aptera Motors rolled of the company's Vista, California production ... The two-seater, three-wheel vehicle is the first of upcoming fleet of Aptera ...
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Richard

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i still like the idea that US highways will be swamped by Reliant Robin type vehicles

Obama's legacy for Woody Allen's Sleeper!
 

Wilbur

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I watched a special on the Eliica the other day. It reached speeds of up to 350 KPH and beat a Porsche by about 2 seconds in a timed test to reach 160 KPH.

eliica_electric_vihicle.jpg
 

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But it will never pass the NTSB safety guidelines.

It might pass as a motorcycle but never as a car...

SIRR1

Though not electric the Can-Am Spyder is another 3 wheeled vehicle.
More a motorcycle than a car, actually it looks like a snowmobile for the street.
I bet it is fun to drive too.
http://www.gizmag.com/go/6823/

As far as the car..... doesn't pay to be innovative.
THe government doesn't like innovative.
 

Breeta

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I bet it'll be fun trying to back out of parking spaces in that thing - surrounded by big SUVs and Hummers with tinted windows!
 
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