page_title: Aptera Motors
hierarchical_section_title: Aptera Motors
caption_attribution_description: English: The Aptera Motors EV, a rendering of 2019 body design, side view.
context_page_description: Aptera Motors is an American startup company based in San Diego, California set up to manufacture high-efficiency road vehicles.
  The original company, Aptera Motors, Inc., was founded in 2005 and liquidated in 2011.
  In 2019, Aptera Motors was re-formed under the leadership of the original founders, Chris Anthony and Steve Fambro, as Aptera Motors Corp. It then began a crowdfunding campaign to restart development and production of what is touted to be the most highly efficient road vehicle in the world.
  The old Aptera Motors' first product was to be a three-wheeled two-seater named the Aptera 2 Series. The fuel efficiency of 300 mpg‑US when plugged in every 120 miles promised to make it one of the most fuel-efficient cars in the world.
  As of 2019, the first planned product has been revised to be a pure battery powered electric vehicle using just under 100Wh per mile and with up to a 1600 km range, with solar panels that add up to 40 additional miles a day from sunlight alone.
context_section_description: Aptera Motors (formerly Accelerated Composites) is an American startup company based in San Diego, California set up to manufacture high-efficiency road vehicles. 
  The original company, Aptera Motors, Inc., was founded in 2005 and liquidated in 2011.
  In 2019, Aptera Motors was re-formed under the leadership of the original founders, Chris Anthony and Steve Fambro, as Aptera Motors Corp. It then began a crowdfunding campaign to restart development and production of what is touted to be the most highly efficient road vehicle in the world.
  The old Aptera Motors' first product was to be a three-wheeled two-seater named the Aptera 2 Series. The fuel efficiency of 300 mpg‑US (0.78 L/100 km) when plugged in every 120 miles (190 km) promised to make it one of the most fuel-efficient cars in the world.
  As of 2019, the first planned product has been revised to be a pure battery powered electric vehicle (BEV) using just under 100Wh per mile and with up to a 1600 km (1000 mile) range, with solar panels that add up to 40 additional miles a day from sunlight alone.
  On February 28, 2020, the company announced it closed a $2 million round of private financing, supplementing Aptera's current crowdfunding efforts, where the company had already raised over 300% of their crowdfunding goal. This fully funds Aptera's 2019 plan. The plan is currently to build and test development vehicles through the 3rd quarter of 2020, then move from development into production by the end of 2020.
caption: The Aptera 3 "Never Charge" EV profile
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