Aptera Lined Up 4,300 Repair Shops Before Delivering a Single Car
Aptera rented a 4,300-shop repair network before building its first car. Tesla and Rivian built their own over years. How dealer-free automakers handle service.
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Aptera rented a 4,300-shop repair network before building its first car. Tesla and Rivian built their own over years. How dealer-free automakers handle service.
Read moreRange anxiety will disappear in electric vehicles if Aptera Motors can make good on its latest promise to offer an EV that never needs charging. The San Diego, California-based maker of the self-advertised “world’s most efficient passenger vehicles,” has introduced Never Charge. It’s an integrated solar-charging option that means never having to charge your car again. Aptera says it’s going to offer the first solar vehicle-charging system capable of meeting well over the mileage needs of most drivers. The carmaker further says: “Power required for most driving comes from the sun, not the grid.” The Aptera, which can go 1,000 miles on a single charge, is four times more efficient than the average EV. At 100 watthours per mile, it
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