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Aptera's new partnership with China's Launch Design is reducing their BOM. With other EV makers raising billions to launch, $25M shows just how frugal this California automaker has been.

In the age of coding agents operating with decreasing human oversight, TODOs are becoming dangerous. Often written off-the-cuff or with insufficient context, they are now time bombs waiting to go off.

On the "charging-from-the-sun" side of the equation, they recently had an independent German test organization measure the daily charge rate, and it exceeded the 4.0kWh/day goal. The test was conducted at their Southern California headquarters during July, however, so your mileage may (literally) vary.

Yes to both, plus freedom to drive/camp anywhere, even far from a guaranteed plug.

That's an especially important point to this new deal, Launch will give them easier access to additional markets beyond the US.

Solar panel efficiency has increased and they have made an extremely slippery vehicle. 4kWh/day and 10 miles per kWh gives 40 miles per day of driving range, enough for many people without ever plugging in.

On August 20, Aptera announced a $44 Million partnership with Launch Design to design and build their first solar electric vehicle.

This finally answers questions that have hounded the company for years about their plan for scaling and fulfilling the thousands of reservations.