As Aptera Turns... when last we checked in on the scrappy carmaker in Carlsbad, California, it had video of a “production intent” car. That was 2024. Now we see a still photo of the “First Vehicle off ...

Aptera Motors, a vehicle startup out of Carlsbad, California, started taking reservations for its solar-powered, three-wheeled EVs in 2020. By 2025, it had a claimed 50,000 reservations at $40,000 a ...

It has been a long, twisting journey for Aptera’s solar-powered EV (sEV), but we can at last report that the extraordinary futuristic car has taken a huge step toward mass production. Regular readers ...

A handful of startups will soon sell technologies that can power a substantial portion of a driver’s daily mileage with nothing but abundant, free sunlight. Aptera Motors needed automotive-grade solar ...

It’s never easy hearing of startups with great ideas going bust, but what I find even more unsettling is that some of them are trying for decades to get off the ground and still appear to be very far ...

Aptera reports having secured access to $75 million in funding to bring its solar car to production as it is set to go public later this week. As we reported last week, Aptera is about to go public on ...

Among the many advantages the Chinese auto industry appears to have over foreign competitors is its ability to quickly turn a new idea into a car that customers can buy. At the other end of the ...

It’s not easy to make a name for yourself by building a solar-powered car in a world that seems determined to advance its electric mobility goals with rechargeable batteries and motors. Yet, a company ...

CARLSBAD, Calif., July 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aptera Motors Corp. (NASDAQ: SEV), a solar mobility company advancing ultra-efficient transportation, today announced that it has received a ...

I recently came across a September 18 article by the “future technology” editor at The Wall Street Journal, “Solar-Powered Cars and Trucks Are Almost Here” (sorry, behind paywall, but your local ...

This thing looks extraordinarily interesting, in a techno way. Now if Aptera can just start selling them to those 50,000 order holders, all will be well. It’s hard to tell when to jump on the Aptera ...