How Aptera ranks among EV brands on social media

[amosbatto]

After arguing with the people at r/ApteraMotors, I wrote this blog article:

How Aptera ranks among EV brands on social media

The rise of social media over the last 2 decades has dramatically transformed how people learn about and interact with the products that they buy. Traditionally, people were largely passive recipie…

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I would like to hear your thoughts on the article, and any feedback on the accuracy of the article.

 

[Kerbe]

After arguing with the people at r/ApteraMotors, I wrote this blog article:

How Aptera ranks among EV brands on social media

The rise of social media over the last 2 decades has dramatically transformed how people learn about and interact with the products that they buy. Traditionally, people were largely passive recipie…

amosbbatto.wordpress.com

I would like to hear your thoughts on the article, and any feedback on the accuracy of the article.

While I can't say that I found the topic interesting I will say that it appears to have been very well-researched. You do keep referring to Aptera as a "solar car" - which is both misleading and inappropriate: In standard English parlance, "car" and "automobile" are used interchangeably and Aptera is neither of those. Aptera is classified as an "autocycle" in most jurisdictions and as a "motorcycle" in the remainder. Aptera Motors refers to their vehicle as a "Solar Electric Vehicle".

The term, "solar car", is most commonly applied to vehicles that are charged entirely by and/or run directly from solar energy. As some of the comments you included show, there are those who don't understand that Aptera is an electric vehicle that can ALSO be charged from onboard solar panels. IMHO, Aptera needs to better clarify its message: Right now it's mainly "preaching to the choir"...

Those who go on about no one wanting an Aptera and the unsustainability of selling fewer than millions of vehicles per year need to be reminded that there are PLENTY of 2-seat, low-volume vehicles on the market. Chevrolet, for example, produces (and sells) just about 58,000 two-seat Corvettes each year, all coming from a single, dedicated factory. No one EVER complains that you can't fit a family of five in a Corvette or that it doesn't look like every other vehicle on the road...