did you know as of a few days ago there's a production ready EV that can go 1 000 miles on
a single charge that's about double the current long range EV King which is the Lucid air and
it comes in at less than a third of its price not only does this EV have insane range it also stole
a play out of Tesla's Playbook which gives it a huge advantage over the competition this handle
does 250 kilowatts of charging and you plug it in
just like that this is the top top five reasons why you yes you should buy an app Terra from its
solar panels to its absolutely nutty efficiency this EV is my current top pick so let's get right
into it and start with its record-breaking range aptera claims the top spec version can get 1
000 miles of range on a single charge not only is that better than any production EV available
today it's well over triple the range of the current best-selling EV which is the Tesla
Model 3. usually when we're talking EV range you might get 50 miles or even 100 miles better than
the rest but this one can legitimately get 600 miles more than its closest competition now to be
totally fair it is only a two-seater sedan whereas the model 3 has five seats but that trade-off of
either three seats or 700 miles of range is a choice you might have to think about three seats
700 miles of range three seats 700 miles of range and that's not even mentioning
the price we're going to get to that in a sec but I need to give a quick disclaimer I'm currently
invested in aptera and I really want to see them succeed but the reason I invested with them is
because I believe in their mission which is more sustainable transportation and it's so clear when
you see what they're doing and you listen to interviews with the CEOs and with employees
that they really believe in what they're doing and they're trying to make a positive impact on
the world and that's why I'm trying to raise awareness for this company and with that in
mind if you want to pre-order one and you want a discount on that pre-order use my link for 30 off
the reservation fee full disclosure if we get 26 people to pre-order they're going to ship us one
and that's my big hairy audacious goal and crazy enough we're already at eight people so huge thank
you to the people who have already pre-ordered using my code and if we do end up getting a an
app Tara I guarantee I will make loads of reviews and Hands-On videos of whatever you guys want to
see I'm really excited about this company and this vehicle so if you want to make that happen
which would be awesome the referral code is down below apterra is entering a market that's totally
unique I don't even want to call it a vehicle I want to call it a Tara because the only thing
you're going to see in the marketplace like this is an epterra next we have aptera's solar charging
capabilities generally speaking the reason you don't see solar panels on other EVS is because
EVS are relatively heavy and inefficient compared to how much electricity solar panels produce so it
doesn't really make a lot of sense the app Tara on the other hand flips the script entirely because
of its mind-blowing efficiency for example the aptera weighs about 1800 pounds whereas the model
3 weighs over double that at around 4 000 pounds now yeah to be totally fair the model 3 is bigger
and has a full five seats but but even still the app Terra is insanely light and it's in large part
because of its unique monocoque design and its use of ultralight yet strong composite materials and
it isn't just light this thing is slippery where the model 3 has a .23 drag coefficient which is
actually really good it's one of the most slippery cars on the road the aptera is about twice as
slippery at just 0.13 which is almost unheard of combining its ultra low weight and next to
no drag solar panels actually make sense and can give owners up to 40 miles of extra range every
single day that means for the average American who drives about 30 miles a day they would never have
to plug it in just think about that for a second imagine never having to go to the gas station or
never having to plug your car in it doesn't even make sense it doesn't even seem real and yes the
solar panels will have less output during the winter especially if you live farther north but
even still three miles of free miles and adding extra solar panels is surprisingly affordable
the base spec optera comes with some solar panels for up to 16 miles per day but for just 900 bucks
you can cover the entire thing with solar and get that maxed out 40 mile version when was the last
time you were specking out a car and upgrading features actually seemed like it was a good value
it's never happened to me that transitions us perfectly to the next category which is
affordability one of the main problems with EVS as a whole at least right now is that they are
generally speaking more expensive than their gas counterparts now luckily for Ev owners depending
on the model that you get you can actually make back a lot of that investment if not all of it due
to cheaper fuel costs and lower maintenance costs but a lot of people simply don't have 60 Grand
that they can drop on a new car regardless of how much money it would save them in the long run and
that's probably the most impressive part to me about apterra it's not just that it has insane
range and really cool features it's that it comes in at a relatively affordable price point starting
at just 26 000 compare that to the base spec model 3 which starts at forty seven thousand dollars and
you start to realize just how affordable the apterra really is actually check this out if
we fully kit out the upterra with 1 000 miles of range and as much solar as we can put in it
it still comes in just below the base spec price of the model 3. it's some real Next Level value
that they're offering again like we talked about earlier it's not a great comparison between these
cars it is not Apples to Apples if you need more than two seats for example the apterra isn't for
you but if you're someone like me who rarely has more than two people in the car the optera might
be a good choice oh and I forgot to mention trunk space the aptera has a surprisingly large trunk
at 25 cubic feet compared to the model 3's 20. although if you include the model 3s Frank then
basically they have the same amount of storage not everybody is going to be able to afford a 65 or 75
000 vehicle we can't talk about affordability without talking about repairability and the app
Terra knocks it out of the part in this section they've taken the most aggressive right to repair
stance that I've seen in the entire automotive industry and that's clearly what's best for
customers they've committed to shipping customers the parts they need to fix things and because
Parts can't fix themselves they also are including scannable QR codes on the parts themselves which
will link to repair documents and video guides if you're a Tesla nerd like me you've probably
seen the channel Rich rebuilds and if you haven't check them out he's hilarious I love his stuff but
one of the takeaways from that channel is that Tesla can be notoriously difficult to get parts
from and what that difficulty leads to is more Teslas being totaled simply because repairs can
be too expensive and difficult to do rich ends up doing some crazy [ __ ] to get genuine Tesla Parts
lots of the times he scraps them from dead Teslas because he cannot get Tesla to send him the parts
or the guides that he needs to do the repair this is in direct contrast to a Tara's reproach and the
bottom line is when it comes to doing the best thing for the planet it is almost always better
to fix a thing that you already have versus buying a new thing while upterra and Tesla do have their
differences they have one similarity that is a huge benefit to app Terra buyers the charging
port aptera took a play on Tesla's Playbook and they're using Tesla's supercharger connector we
don't know for sure but it looks like apterra owners are gonna get access to Tesla's entire
supercharger Network which is a huge win for aptera that means if you're looking to do any
road tripping at all this will most likely be the best road tripping vehicle that there is
with insane range and access to the largest and most reliable charging Network there is it's hard
to overstate just how big of a deal it is for apterra to get to use Tesla's superchargers so
while the Opera and the Tesla Model 3 might not be an Apples to Apples comparison I think there's a
good amount of people who could benefit from the aptera's industry leading range and efficiency
but I'd like to know in the comments would you rather get an app Terra or would you rather have
a Tesla Model 3 and let me know why the apterra clearly has some limitations especially being a
two-seater but for some people like me that's not a deal breaker and I would rather have the longer
range better efficiency and the solar charging mostly because I think solar charging is really
cool but maybe I'm just crazy as always huge shout out to my patreon supporters they're the
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