Aptera completes low-speed drive in its first production-intent solar electric vehicle

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• Jrockwar@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Something I find incredibly weird about US company culture is how they talk about overtime like it’s a good thing.

  “Our employees worked weekends, days and nights to make this happen! We wouldn’t have succeeded without people who are willing to give up their personal lives!”

  I hope they not only succeed but get shares. Doing weekends or nights for a company you don’t (partially) own feels like a con.

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  • IMALlama@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Find people who care about what they’re working on and they’ll go well beyond the extra mile. As an extra motivator, make it clear the company won’t be around if they don’t succeed. I’m sure these employees have shares, but tha only really matters if the company succeeds (extra motivation!). Unfortunately, there have been a ton of green/green-adjacent automotive “startups” that have struggled to gain a foothold. See also:

    • Fisker
    • Faraday future
    • Detroit Electric
    • Elio Motors

    (I’m sure many others)

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    • Yaky@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Here are a few other interesting green automotive startups that didn’t make it:

      • Sono Motors’ Sono: Compact EV with solar panels, power sharing, intended to be easily repairable and included a detail manual. They had prototypes but never went to production. Now the company does niche solar applications.
      • Workhorse: Series Hybrid (think Chevy Volt) Pickup truck with onboard power for tools etc (was announced around or even before Rivian). Was a very pragmatic idea IMO. Later sort-of resold to Lordstown. Now company does some other things, like drones.
      • Lordstown Motors’ Endurance: EV Pickup Truck with hub motors. Made a few hundred, but they have been dragging it out long enough for Ford to make electric pickups. And the idea wasn’t too original even when it was announced.

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• NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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• noxy@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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• lettruthout@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    For real. I was so hopeful for the Type-1 and would’ve reserved one if I had the money.

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• rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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

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• peopleproblems@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  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!

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