Automotive X Prize winner Li-ion Motors may have tarnished its reputation soon after the Wave II claimed the top spot in the Alternative Side-by-Side Class. As we reported previously, four out of the five teams competing in the category signed an agreement, drafted on spiral bound notebook paper, just minutes before the final race to split the $2.5 million purse based on an agreed-up
Automotive X Prize Shakedown Stage showing Aptera 2e in action
Automotive X-Prize vehicles line up in the Knockout Stage – Click above for high-res image gallery
Automotive X-Prize vehicles line up in the Knockout Stage – Click above for high-res image gallery
With Aptera's 2e electric vehicle headed into the lab for final validation testing in the Automotive X-Prize's side-by-side class (against only four other vehicles), the company's latest newsletter is looking to the recent past and the future. Sure, there's th
Automotive X-Prize Knockout Stage – Click above for high-res image gallery
Automotive X Prize Shakedown Stage showing Aptera 2e in action
Automotive X Prize Shakedown Stage – Click above to watch video Sebastian Blanco
The Aptera 2e has been driven on roads before, but the team from California can't be too pleased with the results of the first accident avoidance test yesterday: the vehicle needed 40 tries before passing, which might explain why the 2e was missing from the big press conference in Lansing.
No matter which side of the whole Tonight Show host debacle you were on, you still secretly love Jay Leno for his extensive car and motorcycle collection, right? Moreover, you gotta admire his support of green car technologies from plug-in electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles like the Nik Bristow
2010 Aptera 2e - Click above for high-res image gallery
SoCalTech is reporting that Aptera Motors has filed information regarding new funding coming in to the company. According to the report, Aptera has raised an additional $9.8 million to help produce its lightweight Aptera 2e vehicle. Six investors have reportedly chosen to pu
Following a recent trip to Shanghai by Aptera CEO Paul Wilbur, we heard news that the company was looking to build the sleek, three-wheeled vehicle in China. Because, "the message got somewhat lost in translation" with the interview Wilbur did with Automotive News China, the latest Aptera newsletter clarifies what he said to
Aptera 2e - Click above for high-res image gallery
Aptera 2e – Click above for high-res image gallery
