You just can't keep a good electric car down. Two years after Aptera Motors fell into bankruptcy, it appears that their sleek, futuristic three-wheel 2e is reportedly being resurrected in the U.S.
The Crazy, Cantankerous And Sometimes Crash-y World Of Three-Wheel Cars
There's a maxim we have used here at Jalopnik for many years: four wheels good, two wheels bad. Why do we say this? To put it simply: safety. Cars are inherently more stable than bikes, and they offer greater protection to their driver and passengers. That's why the motorcycle crashes that get posted here tend to be…
Watch Aptera employees smash prototype electric cars as company goes…
Aptera, the California electric vehicle startup that once hoped for ten thousand sales of its futuristic three-wheeled 2e per year, ceased operations on Friday after failing to secure needed funding. As you can sadly see in these videos, in the wake of the collapse, the company's now-unemployed staff went on a rampage, …
Aptera Co-Founders Step Aside, All-Electric 2e Delayed Until 2010
Earlier this week former Tesla spokesman Daryl Siry, writing for Wired, reported small electric automaker Aptera's co-founders had been shoved out amid financial turmoil
Aptera Founders Not Ousted, Just On Vacation
Wired got it wrong
Aptera Type 1 Makes Movie Debut - Will Be Old Pro For Star Trek
Since Aptera may be getting too big for that whole Progressive Automotive X Prize
Aptera: Skip X Prize, Proceed Directly To Movie Set
The Aptera, which has been the poster child for the entire Automotive X Prize
Automotive X Prize Showcase Coming To Detroit Auto Show
We previously mentioned that the good folks at the X PRIZE foundation would be bringing X PRIZE entrants to Detroit
300 MPG Electric Vehicle & Plug-In Hybrid for Under $30K
Aptera announced today that it would be producing both an all-electric and hybrid version of the 300 MPG prototype we told you aboutdiesel gas engine and will achieve 300 MPG, while the all-electric version has a total range…
I Am Apple's Car: The Aptera 330 MPG Concept Vehicle
Yes, we know it looks like what would happen if an iPod and a Plymouth Prowler had a child (and yes, we think it would be named 'Steve II' or 'Steve IIe'). But this little concept car from Accelerated Composites was built with a number of specifications in mind. They are:
