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From the Apteraforum, members would like to see this questions being ask in the interview: 1) What is your best estimate for when will the following customers get their vehicles: #1e, #50e, #250e, #1000e, and #1h. 1b) What are your scaleup plans? 2) What are the dimensions of the 2e -- in particular, the width? 3) What is the ground clearance on the skirts? Some people are concerned that they might hit curbs. What's the clearance on the car itself? 4) Who is your battery supplier? 4b) (if he declines to state the supplier) What battery chemistry are you going to be using? 5) You've mentioned before that you feel that getting at least ten years of battery life shouldn't be hard to achieve. What sort of battery pack warranty do you expect to offer? 6) How big is the pack? 7) What sort of acceleration and top speed will the 2e have? 8) What options will be available? Why such a big spread on the price of the vehicle depending on drivetrain and options (mid $20s to mid $40s)? 8b) What will be standard? 9) You mentioned before an optional, higher power charger. Could you elaborate on that? 9b) What sort of charge connector will the 2e have? Will there be adapters available to handle different types of sockets? 10) When will crash testing results be ready? 11) Some articles have mistakenly reported that the reason for Aptera's "lock-in" offer was so that Aptera could access the money. Could you elaborate on that offer? How are Aptera's finances? 12) The recently passed $7500 PHEV tax credit doesn't appear to apply to the 2e, since it has three wheels. Is Aptera going to try to get the wheel count requirement modified or overturned? 13) When will prospective customers get to see, or even drive, a 2e in person? 14) When will non-California residents get to place reservations? 15) What can you tell us about your next vehicle, reportedly code-named Palomar, apart from that it'll have four seats and four wheels? Any rough price or range targets? Thank you very much.
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Regarding the batteries- they could be talking about Infinite Power Solutions does Denver count as Midwest - Regardless of the company I bet the technology is Thin Film Li- I've found about 8 companies that are working on Thin Film Li but I'm sure there's more. I wanted to provide a chart comparing the qualities of different batteries and Thin Film Li but couldn't make it come out on here. The chart comes from the Excellatron web page in the section called advantages of Thin Film Li.
Also for the Aptera interview. Some less "technical" questions they can throw in for more fun type answers. 1) How long have you been driving an Aptera vehicle? 2) How many miles have you put on the Aptera personally? 3) What reaction do you get when you drive it down the road? 4) You've driven both the RWD and FWD Apteras? 5) How is the ride different between the two? 6) What has been the best "moment" you had driving the Aptera? Thanks
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