Comments on: Aptera Founder Steve Fambro: Mainstream Vehicles in the Pipeline

By: How to make an all electric economy work. « Probaway - Life Hacks

How to make an all electric economy work. « Probaway - Life Hacks — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:42:57 +0000

[...] “You can’t cure stupid!” especially Detroit-stupid. ( update 2009-03-18 ) Well perhaps there is some slight hope for Detroit executives. It has been reported in Earth Magazine that they are doing a photo op carpool drive to Washington this time but it they had any sense at all they would arrive in a Chevrolet Volt. I will be interested to see how this plays out over the next few days. I would like to see them arrive in an Aptera. This is an opportunity for Aptera to drive to Washington and totally upstage the boys from Detroit. They might get some massive funding for their tiny company. Aptera founder Steve Fambro. [...]

By: Aptera Changes the Guard « Earth2Tech

Aptera Changes the Guard « Earth2Tech — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:50:19 +0000

[...] this week that it’s hired Paul Wilbur as their new president and CEO, replacing founder Steve Fambro in the top [...]

By: Aptera Raises $24M for Electric Car Production « Earth2Tech

Aptera Raises $24M for Electric Car Production « Earth2Tech — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:01:38 +0000

[...] of its hybrid model; down the road will work on more mainstream vehicles, Aptera CEO Steve Fambro told us in an interview in [...]

By: Google.org Invests in Electric Car Startups « Earth2Tech

Google.org Invests in Electric Car Startups « Earth2Tech — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:30:38 +0000

[...] In December Aptera CEO Steve Fambro told us he started working on the car’s teardrop streamlined design some five years ago in his garage. And he said he sees the problem with the world’s transportation as the fact that “cars are not designed to be aerodynamic, they are designed largely as furniture.” [...]

By: Electric Cars Turning Cali Into Green Detroit « Earth2Tech

Electric Cars Turning Cali Into Green Detroit « Earth2Tech — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:23:49 +0000

[...] which we wrote about here, will be manufacturing its vehicles in its Carlsbad, Calif. facility. And Venture Vehicles, funded [...]

By: The Daily Sprout « Earth2Tech

The Daily Sprout « Earth2Tech — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:02:10 +0000

[...] for a ride and interviews founder and CEO Steve Fambro (our interview with Fambro and Aptera coverage here) – Popular [...]

By: dataland

dataland — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:47:56 +0000

Aptera has released an update on it’s upcoming 300 Mpg car. This car really approaches transportation from a very different vantage than does the rest of the auto industry. This car is slated to sell for $30,000 USD, and offers room for two. Here is a brief overview on the update …

Talkback: http://dataland.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/apteras-sub-30k-300-mpg-car-will-be-here-in-2009/

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:20:57 +0000

Does anyone know how green the production processes and materials are in this car?

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:52:48 +0000

From Aptera’s website:

“He [Fambro] hypothesized that a low-drag, aerodynamic body shape could be achieved without sacrificing comfort, drivability or safety.”

Hmm, hypothesizing such a body shape is not that hard, especially since it had been proven for vehicle applications long ago:

http://www.recumbents.com/wisil/misc/londry/default.htm

I don’t mean to take away from what Aptera has accomplished, but they imply that the distinctive shape was their design, but it was not. It was designed by Morrelli. Kelly Londry was the first to develop the 3-Wheel configuration (one back, two forward) with his human-powered Fusion.