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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.”
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,…”
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…”
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.”
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…”
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.”
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…”
Fambro: Aptera's initial launch vehicle will deliver 400 miles of range
“The launch vehicle is going to get around 400 miles range.”
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.”