Youtube hearted comments of N. Bruce Nelson (@n.brucenelson5920).

  1. I spent much of a career attempting to clean up the messes, including in Kuwait during the fires. There are American cities that have had as much as 20 ft (!) of fuel floating on top of the water table. This is one of the reasons I am so eager for Aptera to ship. We need to change course as quickly as we can. I have trained workers on cleaning up leaking gas tanks in many countries.
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  2. From the Aptera FAQ: We will not know Aptera's actual rating until we pass a production vehicle through the full safety test. But we are designing to exceed all passenger car standards and the previous version had the highest roof crush strength of all passenger cars on the road, it performed exceedingly well in actual side and frontal crash tests. Aptera features a Formula One-inspired safety cell with advanced composites and metal structures for impact strength. Similar to aerospace and racing, these energy-absorbing methods are a core part of our safety strategy and have proven effective time and time again in high speed impacts.
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  3. Upvoted for a hopeful take.
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  4. Energy absorption is already well understood and it is engineered into automotive designs at the early stages.
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  5. Final testing has not yet happened. Expect numbers after they have the work complete on this.
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  6.  @FutureAzA  As does Aptera - in fact they don't limit you as many do.
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  7. Yes, but they will last a long time because most braking will be regenerative.
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