Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Aptera [b] is a two-seat, three-wheeled solar electric vehicle under development by the crowd-funded American car manufacturer Aptera Motors. The stated design goal of the car is to be the most energy efficient mass-produced vehicle ever.
Aptera Motors Corp. (formerly Aptera Motors Inc. and before that Accelerated Composites) is an American crowd funded, pre-production startup company based in Carlsbad, California. It was founded in 2005 before liquidating in 2011.
This list of prototype solar cars comprises multiperson, relatively practical vehicles powered completely or significantly by solar cells (panels or arrays, mounted on the vehicle) which convert sunlight into electricity to drive electric motors while the vehicle is in motion and have a homologation for public streets.
3. 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6: 361 Miles. New for the 2023 model year, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 sedan has a distinctive swept-back shape. With a choice of two battery packs and rear- or all-wheel drive, the ...
First prototype of the Aptera solar powered EV. In August 2019, Aptera Motors announced a funding campaign for a solar-powered, very efficient "Never Charge" EV, the Aptera, with up to a 1000-mile range. [23] [24] That funding campaign was successful and the first Aptera prototype was shown and the EV launched on December 4, 2020. [25]
Aptera Motors' high-efficiency passenger vehicle was a contender in the X-Prize competition. Aptera Motors – This company was founded by Steve Fambro and Chris Anthony. They developed a three-wheeled vehicle, the Aptera 2 Series. The initial model was to be all electric, but eventually prototyped as a plug-in hybrid version.
Nu Ride Inc., formerly Lordstown Motors Corporation, is an American electric vehicle automaker located in Lordstown, Ohio.The company was based at the Lordstown Assembly plant, previously a General Motors factory. [2]
Energy Secretary Chu announced the loans to Ford employees in Detroit.. Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program is a $25 billion direct loan program funded by Congress in fall 2008 to provide debt capital to the U.S. automotive industry for the purpose of funding projects that help vehicles manufactured in the U.S. meet higher mileage requirements and lessen U.S ...