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by George Hughes
Sat Mar 29, 2025 2:11 am
Forum: Welcome and introductions
Topic: Tariffs impact
Replies: 1
Views: 16092

Re: Tariffs impact

I feel you man. But I've got a thought I was exploring with chatgpt and I'll simply drop this nugget from that conversation. If Jeff Skoll gets his way, no one would ever own an Aptera. I went on to explore the idea of a long term lease as the only way to drive an aptera. It is quite a tale but it ...
by George Hughes
Thu Mar 27, 2025 5:45 pm
Forum: Welcome and introductions
Topic: New to the neighborhood…
Replies: 5
Views: 63796

Re: New to the neighborhood…

Bob:

I know, for instance, if you click on the full editor and preview (below on this quick reply form), it will take you to a place where I think the posting of meme images is well within the permissions for even the newest account. go ahead and try it. Hit that button instead of the submit ...
by George Hughes
Wed Feb 26, 2025 10:21 pm
Forum: Aptera forum
Topic: Battery design and info
Replies: 8
Views: 73170

Re: Battery design and info

I saw that and it means that the 1000-mile batteries won't work with the current battery-pack tooling.

I think uttering the 4680-format is actually code for the 1000 mile batter-pack's engineering is at the clean-sheet stage.

That said, this 'model' is obviously a premium model if not a ...
by George Hughes
Sun Feb 23, 2025 7:12 pm
Forum: Aptera SEV
Topic: Ooops! Mea Culpa
Replies: 0
Views: 19140

Ooops! Mea Culpa

Earlier on the board, I had mentioned that things might get a little wonky as I was moving the site from one server to another as the older server, I'd run for a decade. was already obsolete and had to be changed.

At 74 and no 'special help' I overcame my incompetence at this (after pleading with ...
by George Hughes
Tue Jan 21, 2025 4:41 pm
Forum: Aptera forum
Topic: Battery design and info
Replies: 8
Views: 73170

Re: Battery design and info

My experience with EVs is that I can pretty much drive them to attain the distance I need to go. For instance the difference between driving 75mph and 60 mph in my Bolt is the difference between 3,9/4.2 miles kwh and 2.9 and 3.1 miles per kwh for the higher speed.

Bottom line, you trade speed for ...
by George Hughes
Tue Jan 21, 2025 4:21 pm
Forum: Welcome and introductions
Topic: New to the neighborhood…
Replies: 5
Views: 63796

Re: New to the neighborhood…

I made the trip from Arkansas to LA and back once in the 1980s in a Grand Cherokee. In full deference to Rudyard Kipling, You're a better man than I am GonzoGeezer ... My limited experience with motorbikes was like 40 mile road trips on my brother's Honda 250 or, later, his Triumph 650 or, earlier ...
by George Hughes
Sun Jan 19, 2025 3:22 pm
Forum: Setting the stage
Topic: 2bitdavinci on why high speed rail is a bad idea
Replies: 0
Views: 22367

2bitdavinci on why high speed rail is a bad idea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afD7PNXcVh8

This is a very inciteful discussion on why America probably is not the best place for high speed rail development.

The discussion touches on America's love for the new and how that conflicts with one of the key challenges of modern society which is ...
by George Hughes
Sun Jan 19, 2025 2:25 pm
Forum: Aptera forum
Topic: Aptera at CES
Replies: 28
Views: 145356

Re: Aptera at CES

by George Hughes
Sun Jan 19, 2025 2:09 pm
Forum: Aptera forum
Topic: Battery design and info
Replies: 8
Views: 73170

Re: Battery design and info

I've run into power reduced messages on my Spark EV a dozen or more times but have never been left stranded on the side of the road out of 'juice'.

The thing is with regen, it is hard to run an EV completely out of juice as demonstrated by the out-of-spec guys on their 70 mph to stop ... but they ...
by George Hughes
Thu Jan 16, 2025 3:03 pm
Forum: Aptera forum
Topic: Aptera at CES
Replies: 28
Views: 145356

Re: Aptera at CES


I would have hoped an Engineer at Aptera would know the definition of "Perpetual Motion Machine" and that Aptera isn't one....


I'm certain they do know the difference. That said, Aptera presents as a virtuous circle that has no finite limit in terms of movement ... provided, of course, you let ...