Artemis blows her horn!

  • Thread starter Thread starter Kerbe
  • Start date Start date
  • Replies Replies 4
  • Views Views 764
Kerbe said:
Aptera skipped posting a monthly update for July and has had to cancel Artemis' planned California tour so that the vehicle can be showcased at a number of different venues around the country. They did, however, post this short: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j518_2B9fvY
Click to expand...
@Kerbe, I was wondering why you didn't link us to Aptera's July update, so I went searching for it myself, to no avail. Instead of an update, Aptera gives their 45,000 anxious, info-starved reservation holders 4 seconds of "beep, beep."
 
insightman said:
@Kerbe, I was wondering why you didn't link us to Aptera's July update, so I went searching for it myself, to no avail. Instead of an update, Aptera gives their 45,000 anxious, info-starved reservation holders 4 seconds of "beep, beep."
Click to expand...

No, they gave us an apology and an explanation, posted during the last week of July. And the trolls used it as ammunition for a tsunami of FUD posts.
 
Kerbe said:
No, they gave us an apology and an explanation, posted during the last week of July. And the trolls used it as ammunition for a tsunami of FUD posts.
Click to expand...
The last update on Aptera's Updates page is dated July 1, 2025. I never found the apology with explanation. Perhaps Aptera doesn't believe anyone reads their Updates page, preferring to communicate with those who submit to Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok.

@Kerbe, with your excellent reporting skills, you could have produced a great July update after just a 5-minute conversation with Chris or Steve.

Perhaps Aptera didn't realize they were feeding the trolls crafting daily predictions of the company's demise, but telling their optimistic, faithful reservationists the dog ate my homework, but listen to this cool horn!

I'd be much more interested in learning about the development of their Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System for pedestrians and hearing what it sounds like.

Personal sidenote on horns: For a summer job in the '70s, I worked in Ford's Rawsonville factory on the horn line. They stuck me in the test booth because I was the new guy and nobody wanted that job. Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! In my locker by the end of the summer, I had a collection of some hilarious sounding failed horns. Couldn't bring them home--that would be stealing--so they ended up in the scrap bin, along with their mute siblings.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top