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My next car!


200MPG For Reals! Aptera Unveiled at TED

Aptera_on_sidewalk_1 We've been hearing about the Aptera, the ultrahighmileage supervehicle from Accelerated Composites (aka Aptera Motors) for more than a year now. Steve Fambro and his merry band of geniuses over at AC let the math do the talking when it came to the design so that the car would be as aerodynamic as possible. Pair that with a super-efficient diesel hybrid engine, and the result is 200mpg. It's only fair to note that they originally predicted 330mpg, but we're cool with 200. It's also supposed to be pretty affordable (around $20,000), thanks to some magical carbon fiber fabrication process that AC won't really talk about. The actual prototype was unveiled at TED this past weekend in Monterey, and it looks like Batman's girlfriend's car. We just hope this thing actually goes into production instead of winding up in some museum. More pictures after the jump.

Aptera_front_view_2 Yes, we are officially living in the future.

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it looks like battlestar gallactica.

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{{lol}} I was thinking it's more like a pod racer from Star Wars.

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I'd drive it. But does it have any trunk space? Is there enough window space, it looks like there's a huge blind spot?

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JD The Jazz Doctor wrote:

it looks like battlestar gallactica.

I believe you mean battleCAR gallactica

I'd drive it!  I could go a month and a half on a gallon of gas!



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