Sono Motors Releases Final Specifications for the Sion SEV – It Will Cost €25,126
26 Jul 2022, 01:01 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / While the Lightyear 0 was revealed and the Aptera gets closer to production, Sono Motors owed solar car fans an alternative: wait for it in 2023
Too Good to Be True? Chinese Team Develops Pure Solar-Powered Electric Car
14 Jul 2022, 15:02 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / EVs need a lot of energy, making solar panels not practical to replenish the batteries. A Chinese team thinks otherwise and showed it can be done
Aptera Inks Deal With Elaphe, Will Eventually Have In-Wheel Motors Made in the U.S.
22 Jun 2022, 09:41 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Slovenian company will initially manufacture them in its home country and later produce them on American soil as demand increases
Aptera Will Reveal Its Gamma Prototype in Four Weeks: Check the First Images
15 Jun 2022, 11:05 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company disclosed nice updates in a webinar on June 14 and said it had already received more than 25,000 orders for its solar trike
The World's First Production-Ready Solar Car Is Here, Meet the Lightyear 0
9 Jun 2022, 21:38 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / After six years of research, prototypes, testing, and trying to get things right, Lightyear brings us the solar car. It’s a proper first
Aptera Promises Gamma (Pre-Production) Vehicle Will Be Presented Very Soon
2 Jun 2022, 11:09 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Gamma vehicles are the last stage before Aptera can manufacture and sell its solar trike, which it plans to do by the end of 2022.
Lightyear One In Production Guise Will Have Its World Premiere on June 9
1 Jun 2022, 18:19 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The ultra-efficient solar EV now states even better numbers than the prototype achieved: 725 kilometers (450 miles) with a 60-kWh battery pack
Lightyear Want More People to Drive the One and Two With MyWheels Car-Sharing Help
20 Apr 2022, 09:35 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The two companies announced a partnership that will put 5,000 Lightyear Two units and an undisclosed number of Lightyear Ones in customers' hands
Rich Rebuilds Gets Into the Frugal Side of EVs, Checks Out Aptera's Solar Car
18 Apr 2022, 11:33 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / After a bit too many diesel-engined swaps, Rich Rebuilds went for an eco alternative and checked out an Aptera. This is what he learned about the solar car
Lightyear One Senior Project Manager Updates Us on Production-Intent Prototypes
12 Apr 2022, 16:01 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After the validation prototype ended its mission, it is now time for these other prototypes to prepare the solar car for manufacturing.
Henrik Fisker Shows Fisker Ocean's SolarSky Solar Roof in Action
4 Mar 2022, 16:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The designer shared a video on Twitter that shows how the world’s largest solar roof – in his own words – also works as a sunroof and how big it is
Aptera Debunks Myths About Its Solar Trike in New Video
4 Mar 2022, 12:44 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The main concern for potential customers is whether they will have to wear a helmet or not to drive their Apteras. New Hampshire owners will
Aptera Beta Prototype Beats Audi R8 While Preparing for the Company's Next EV
17 Feb 2022, 11:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / There was also a Tesla Model 3 in the drag race, but it has apparently beaten the alpha prototype that also joins the race
Aptera's CEO Explains Why Beta Prototypes Have Adopted Roll Cages
23 Jan 2022, 13:01 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to Chris Anthony, they are just a safeguard for the extreme tests these vehicles will have to endure without glasses or doors
With More Than 15,000 Pre-Orders, Aptera Shows How It Handles Shopping
20 Jan 2022, 15:33 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The video shows that the two-seater can carry many goods in the back, even if that makes the rear glass useless and better if filled with solar cells
Lightyear CEO Suggests Lightyear Two Will be Even More Efficient than the One
16 Dec 2021, 21:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We even got the impression that the Lightyear Two will be a better car than the Lightyear One for a fraction of the price: a fifth, to be precise
Aptera Plans Micro-Factories and IPO in Nine to Eighteen Months
8 Nov 2021, 21:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company confirmed that its new factory in Carlsbad will have 77,147 square feet (7,167 m²) and produce up to 40 cars per day.
Aptera Found a New Place for Its Factory in Carlsbad, California
2 Nov 2021, 13:44 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / About to begin Beta prototype construction, the company needed a bigger facility to produce its solar electric trikes as soon as possible
Solar-Powered Asymmetric Three-Wheeler Gets Ready to Race Across the Moroccan Sahara
9 Oct 2021, 07:30 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The Vattenfall Solar Team has unveiled Luna11, a solar-powered assymmetric three-wheeler designed to race across the Moroccan Sahara
Aptera CEO Presents the Sol and All That Makes This Electric Trike Unique
13 Aug 2021, 15:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When Steve Fambro presented Aptera’s newest Alpha prototype, he also introduced the car, the company, and what its goals are.