You are probably familiar with at least one iteration of Aptera Motors Corp. at this point. The mobility startup is based in San Diego, California, and specializes in solar electric vehicles (SEVs).

Sixteen years after its first vehicles were supposed to roll off the line, Aptera has a reengineered car and big ambitions. There’s just one thing standing in the way. Nearly two decades in the ...

"Real-world validation testing" completed on inboard-motor setup Aptera switched to the layout, instead of in-wheel motors, for its future solar EV Per-mile energy consumption remains in line with ...

Californian start-up Aptera has completed its latest round of validation tests in the Mojave Desert, results from which suggest the three-wheeled, solar-powered, electric trike “will be the most ...

Solar EV startup Aptera Motors has shared its latest monthly progress update, which is one of the most exciting ones in a while. Aptera shared footage of its first production-intent validation ...

The year was 2006. Electric cars were nothing more than vaporware, or just promising but limited one-off science experiments like the General Motors EV1 or Toyota RAV4 EV—and even those had been ...

Aptera has been trying to make its three-wheeled green car since the 2000s. After a demo at CES 2025, is it any closer? The ...