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I keep wondering about aptera. They are just getting their production ready model going and I can’t help but think if they don’t have production to far setup in california they would be smarter to do it in ireland. The carbon fiber body comes from europe and the batteries from asia. So evern if they build it in the us it will suffer tariffs for like 2/3rds of the cost or higher and it will effect everything sold everywhere. If they built it in ireland then it would be way cheaper everywhere but the us and the us cost would not be all that much higher than it would be if they built it here. I assume anything else with such a diverse supply chain would be effected similarly. Like boeing vs airbus.
Kinda skeptical myself. For anyone unaware, they tried to make an Aptera model several years ago before all the trade fuckery, and despite making waves and turning heads, they eventually had to call it quits due to lack of funding.
I hope they succeed this time, now that people want EVs, but my expectations of success are low.
I ordered one in 2021. Supposed to be delivered by EOY '22. EOY '22 they release a new prototype. No explanation was offered of why they didn’t start deliveries. They’ve pushed back the production date many times since then they introduced like 3 more prototypes while fundamentally redesigning the entire vehicle, including the chassis and powertrain, at different times.
So yeah, I don’t think they have any intention of being “successful”, I think they’re just an investment grift.
I keep wondering about aptera. They are just getting their production ready model going and I can’t help but think if they don’t have production to far setup in california they would be smarter to do it in ireland. The carbon fiber body comes from europe and the batteries from asia. So evern if they build it in the us it will suffer tariffs for like 2/3rds of the cost or higher and it will effect everything sold everywhere. If they built it in ireland then it would be way cheaper everywhere but the us and the us cost would not be all that much higher than it would be if they built it here. I assume anything else with such a diverse supply chain would be effected similarly. Like boeing vs airbus.
Don’t worry, they don’t have any plans of actually producing or selling anything.
Kinda skeptical myself. For anyone unaware, they tried to make an Aptera model several years ago before all the trade fuckery, and despite making waves and turning heads, they eventually had to call it quits due to lack of funding.
I hope they succeed this time, now that people want EVs, but my expectations of success are low.
I ordered one in 2021. Supposed to be delivered by EOY '22. EOY '22 they release a new prototype. No explanation was offered of why they didn’t start deliveries. They’ve pushed back the production date many times since then they introduced like 3 more prototypes while fundamentally redesigning the entire vehicle, including the chassis and powertrain, at different times.
So yeah, I don’t think they have any intention of being “successful”, I think they’re just an investment grift.
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