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kcowyo
06-12-2008, 04:12 PM
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Aptera Typ-1 (http://www.aptera.com/) <---link

"Five years ago, Aptera's founder Steve Fambro endeavored to design and build a passenger vehicle that was safe, comfortable, and more fuel-efficient than anything ever produced. This aspiration, combined with his background in engineering, led him to an intensive study of aerodynamics, and composite aircraft construction. He hypothesized that a low-drag, aerodynamic body shape could be achieved without sacrificing comfort, drivability or safety.

What emerged, after much designing, conceptualizing, and constructing, was a prototype two-seat, three-wheeled vehicle. This first operating prototype achieved a stunning 230 miles per gallon, Building on this success, Steve expanded his Aptera team and created the Aptera Typ-1, which has been re-designed, re-engineered, and refined into a production ready vehicle. We are excited to announce that the Aptera Typ-1 is now available for reservations."

Moody
06-12-2008, 04:37 PM
I just ordered 2.




Only kidding, but for 90% of my driving, that would be great.
Interesting to see if they take hold.

Blair G
06-12-2008, 04:47 PM
Give me one that could hold 2 adults and 2 kids and I will take one.

Blair

spressomon
06-14-2008, 03:03 AM
Kewl

DaveInDenver
06-14-2008, 04:17 AM
19855

Made it more ExPo, think it looks slightly less goofy now.

ntsqd
06-14-2008, 03:08 PM
Keep in mind that the 230 MPG is an estimate for the hybrid, which they are not building first. As yet I don't know of any real world numbers for any of the variations.