minus-squarekokopelli@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Aptera completes low-speed drive in its first production-intent solar electric vehiclelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-212 days agoThe car is efficient enough for it to do something (20-30 miles a day in summer if I remember), but yes it’s mostly marketing and they say as much. “Solar electric car” sounds a lot better than “this car is pretty normal but it’s super efficient” linkfedilink
minus-squarekokopelli@lemmy.worldtopics@lemmy.world•[OC] Americanalinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoDoubt it, the truck doesn’t say “CVEVORLETTE” on the bumper linkfedilink
The car is efficient enough for it to do something (20-30 miles a day in summer if I remember), but yes it’s mostly marketing and they say as much. “Solar electric car” sounds a lot better than “this car is pretty normal but it’s super efficient”