Aptera rolls out first pre-production vehicle, promises shipments in October

Although the swoopy Aptera electric went up for pre-orders back in October of 2007, we haven't really seen much of the futuristic car outside of the odd Star Trek cameo. Hopefully that's about to change, though -- the company just rolled out the first pre-production example its flagship model, the 2e. The three-wheeled car gets the equivalent of 200mpg, and the company claims the lithium-ion battery pack will last for 100 miles on a single charge. Aptera isn't giving out final pricing information apart from "between $25,000 and $45,000" but it says over 4,000 potential customers have already signed up for a planned California-only October release. We'll see how it goes -- and we'd bet the folks at the Automotive X-Prize are keeping a sharp eye as well.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 15th 2009 10:19AM]

So all said and done, where can we go to place an Order? $25,000 is allot and in these times of everyone feeding the "PIG", if they have any extra Money would be a great item for local citys or even States leg. to maybe offer that SUV Cost savings if you buy one for a tax writeoff?