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Aptera completes low-speed drive in its first production-intent solar electric vehicle (electrek.co)
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[–] kokopelli@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The car is efficient enough for it to do something (20-30 miles a day in summer if I remember), but yes it’s mostly marketing and they say as much. “Solar electric car” sounds a lot better than “this car is pretty normal but it’s super efficient”