Ich habe heute ein gutes Gespräch mit einem Prüfer gehabt.
Wir werden in den nächsten Tagen / Wochen an der Vorbereitung der ersten technischen Prüfungen arbeiten.
Ich kann erfreut sagen: Da scheint etwas mehr Bewegung in die Sache zu kommen.
Now that is substantial news we all like to hear!
As the NACS has been adopted very very recently by two more big players in the automotive industry and Tesla eventually also has the intention to "share" their Full Self Driving, should Aptera consider this?
At the moment it is still in Beta stage and extremely expensive, but when adopted by other big brands, the price could go down significantly and be benificial to many other EV brands..
Imagine your Aptera bringing you or your friends anywhere on vacation, roadtrips or whatever the destination is, without you haven't to drive at all.
Thoughts?
Ten solar panels on my roof and using less electricity than it provides. But will move to another spot as soon as the Aptera arrives. There I will "flood my roof with panels, hopefully to be as much independent off grid and charge the vehicle over night from pure solar.
I do not know how this all works, but definitely hope that the TUV has enough power to convince all other countries to admit this exceptional and wonderfull vehicle.
twenty five years ago there was no Tesla. Today the model Y is the best selling vehicle in the world period.....
So change will come for Aptera as long as we will advocate for it! Aptera's dimensions are exactly right. Nothing needs to be to that for the European market. The only thing we need are very good negotiators/diplomats on high levels to convince the legislators.
Thanks elfraty! It's also a lot for me and I can't afford it yet to be honest. I hope it's worth something for the community and for getting Aptera to the people and onto the roads of Europe eventually.
Ideally I get some euros back somehow by offering test rides or something like that as well.
yes that's a thing. In the beginning it will be so exotic that it probably is an easy money maker..........
Hi Michael:
I saw your import calculations. Hope you eventually succeed in that process and share the detailed information so that others can benefit. I have to be honest: I intent not to spent more than 40K on a new Aptera, so "einzelzulassung" will not be my thing. I hope that the TUV results will be mostly positive and make a roll-out possible to other EU countries.
My biggest question is: how are the arguments formulated for this so called L5e dimensions definition in the law itself? I do not know, but would be very interested why this rule was implemented. If I know the real arguments, we would be able to respond to it. What logic or safety concerns are behind it?
With that knowledge Aptera could bring in all the safety testing results(moose test results etc etc) and convince the lawmakers of this highly efficient and different way of looking at it....
Hi elfraty
Which order number whereabouts do you have? I thought mine is around 8000.
I waited a bit and ordered in 2021. So round and about 20.000
Hi elfraty! Yeah, great dutch tech / romanian production. Met all the guys recently at spezialradmesse.de.
Um dieTyp Zulassung, wie wir das bisher verstanden haben. Wir warten aktuell darauf, dass uns der Mitarbeiter kontaktiert, der von einer "oberen Stelle" mit dem Projekt betraut wird.
Schauen wir mal.
If every European country has to go through this same process, it's going to be a lengthy and pricy one..... I ask myself how does f.i. Tesla do this?
I would suggest writing in whichever language you are most comfortable with
This is a German forum, but since it covers the EU homologation process, people using many different languages are interested.
Three dutch accelerator investors and three "ordinary" preorder Aptereans. As soon as Aptera relaunched I preordered one. I allready had a close look since 2008. So, if all is in favor to a swift path to production and an even faster homologation/delivery path after that, at some point in the future we could make a nice dutch comparison between the 400miles and 600miles version.....Who knows....
2023 is good news
Is Aptera still planning to homologate under the L5e-A regulations, or are they targeting a different vehicle category? (I am thinking of the width and length restrictions in particular).
Same Question here...
If the answers/reports from the TUV at a certain point in time are clear and it is possible without to many big hurdles and modifications to allow Aptera's on the german roads how will this translate into other european countries? Could you, in due time, elaborate on this and make some kind of a comparison? (TUV versus RDW)....
Sorry guys I will write in english. I chose for the 400 miles edition( not the launch edition) because black is my favorite color.....
First of all:Happy to see that this forum has been created for european Aptera enthousiasts.
Just now created an account and hope to meet some fellow enthousiast to share knowledge about everything Aptera related.
Since a long time I'm a member of the Aptera owners club and to my surprise saw the very pleasant and interesting interview with Joachim.
Immediately went to this place and here I am!
My apologies for not using the german language.......
Lets begin our Aptera journey together and hopefully one day visit fellow Aptereans somewhere in Europe....
