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Aptera Motors

also referred to as: aptera

11 statements across 1 episodes · 8 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 3, 2023 by Steve Fambro · said 36 times in 1 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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brought up most by Guy Raz (27), Steve Fambro (9)

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2023 36 mentions in 1 episode

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Everything said about Aptera Motors, oldest first

Aug 3, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Fambro: Biomimicking bottom-dwelling fish radically reduces Aptera's drag coefficient
“Those creatures also camber their back like Aptera is cambered. And that radically reduces the drag coefficient.”
Steve Fambro Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 11:30 Powering cars with solar energy with Steve Fambro of Aptera Motors
Aug 3, 2023 positive
Assertion Open · timeframe Aug 2026
Fambro: Aptera yields 11,000 miles of free solar charge yearly in SoCal
“You plug it in like normal if you want, but most people won't ever have to because here in Southern California, you'll probably get about 11,000 miles a year of free charge, so.”
Steve Fambro Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 25:19 Powering cars with solar energy with Steve Fambro of Aptera Motors
Aug 3, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Fambro: Aptera originally aimed to build a 300-MPG diesel vehicle
“And once we determine what that was through our research, you know, we believe that with a diesel engine at the time, we could achieve over 300 miles per gallon. And so we just, we built the company around that, and we started fundraising and got our first inv…”
Steve Fambro Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 7:44 Powering cars with solar energy with Steve Fambro of Aptera Motors
Aug 3, 2023 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Fambro: Bill Gurley advised 2008 startups to "cut to the bone"
“I remember he had a single slide on a PowerPoint with a, sort of a piece of ham where all the ham was gone and a knife. You know, on a bone saying cut to the bone. That was his advice to all of the startups at the time.”
Steve Fambro Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 16:28 Powering cars with solar energy with Steve Fambro of Aptera Motors
Aug 3, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Fambro: Aptera has 43,000 vehicle reservations worth $1.6 billion
“It's about 43,000 Ivers, reservations, about 1.6 billion dollars worth of vehicles.”
Steve Fambro Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 32:13 Powering cars with solar energy with Steve Fambro of Aptera Motors
Aug 3, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Fambro: Aptera radically simplifies manufacturing with just six structural body pieces
“There's only six structural pieces, and so being able to build the vehicle from six pieces, it's just order, magnitude, simplification of tooling, fixtures, etc.”
Steve Fambro Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 31:47 Powering cars with solar energy with Steve Fambro of Aptera Motors
Aug 3, 2023 bullish
Assertion Open · timeframe Aug 2026
Fambro: Aptera yields 10 to 12 miles of daily solar charge overcast
“It'll, it'll still charge. It might only charge, you know, 10 miles worth or 12 miles worth or something like that if it's overcast or in a northern latitude, you know.”
Steve Fambro Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 29:15 Powering cars with solar energy with Steve Fambro of Aptera Motors
Aug 3, 2023
Insight
Fambro: Meaningful vehicle solar range requires aerodynamic, 3D curved panels
“If the solar is going to be meaningful, On the vehicle. If it's going to add a meaningful range, the vehicle is going to have to be aerodynamic, right? It can't just be a boxy flat sided vehicle. So if it's going to be aerodynamic, it means you're going to hav…”
Steve Fambro Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 34:49 Powering cars with solar energy with Steve Fambro of Aptera Motors
Aug 3, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Fambro: 1,000-mile range EVs are imminent, led by Aptera's aerodynamic design
“I definitely think so. I think Aptera is going to show the way because of the way technology is right now, there's no other way it's achievable without this extreme obsession with efficiency. There's no other platform out there that can do it. So the vehicles,…”
Steve Fambro Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 35:55 Powering cars with solar energy with Steve Fambro of Aptera Motors
Aug 3, 2023 negative
Opinion
Fambro: US side mirror mandates are vestigial "buggy whip" regulations
“It's vestigial. It's like saying, you know, you must have a clip for your whip on your buggy. You know, you can't have your whip laying around in the buggy. Like, there's no whip, there's no buggy. You know, we don't need that. But it is a vestigial requiremen…”
Steve Fambro Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 37:32 Powering cars with solar energy with Steve Fambro of Aptera Motors
Aug 3, 2023 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Aug 2026
Fambro: Aptera's initial launch vehicle will deliver 400 miles of range
“The launch vehicle is going to get around 400 miles range.”
Steve Fambro Aug 3, 2023 ▶ 29:42 Powering cars with solar energy with Steve Fambro of Aptera Motors
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