For anybody who doesn't know, the original founders of Aptera are back, have raised funding and are saying they're going to have vehicles shipping by the end of next year. I was just reading an article about how they're thinking their embedded solar panels are going to be a big selling point, because (obviously) you can recharge in the sun for free. They say they can get enough juice to run 44 miles per day here in San Diego in the summer.
But the thing that caught my eye is that they say their vehicle can go 10 miles on 1 kWh. Even though they don't say if that's highway, city or combined driving, that's still impressive. It's at least competitive with our bikes, for a two-passenger enclosed vehicle. I haven't seen drag coefficient numbers for it yet, but it must be every bit as slippery as it looks.
Edit: Just looked it up. They say the Cd is 0.11. That's by far the lowest number I've ever seen for a street vehicle. They don't even have side mirrors to increase drag -- the law allows them to use a rear-facing camera now instead.
