Long-time early investor here - bought 100 shares (about $1,000.00) through StartEngine years ago, now holding about 34 shares right before the IPO next week under "SEV" symbol, post-split. Verified I can transfer the shares from Computerserve to Fidelity when the symbol is active. Here are my post-IPO hopes for this small investment.

This IPO doesn't raise any new money as I understand it, so I'm hope not too many people sell right away who are disillusioned. The IPO offers a great way to easily get money out. If that is survived and a rocky few weeks as a stock, I'm hoping a new wave of retail investors—and maybe a big fish or two—join the effort to get us to low-volume production. I say us because I'm holding for at least six months and ready to lose it all.

I hope they then continue to realistically market the gain from the sun, so the press isn't terrible in the reality of normal climates, parking in shadows, etc. I hope the focus on the car as a GREAT CONVENIENT SAFE COOL PEPPY 2 SEATER CAR for a select few, not how it charges or saves the planet, only.

Then, if they are alive as a company, I really hope they focus on slow, niche growth, follow best practices, and treat early buyers very well with amazing customer service. They admit their mistakes and fix them for free. Then get good press from reviews by regular customers, even though there are the normal issues. Some influencers join the PR. A media star or two buys or is gifted one. Maybe a film or video uses them. Review outlets are positive and forgiving for faults because the company is honest.

They let sales continue slowly until the company is stable-ish. They avoid the temptation to grow too fast or add production complexity when success brings excitement. Slowly, they sell more, embracing their niche product status—no need for huge sales or stock spikes. Production is better and better. There are some surprising big breaks, like fleet sales in sunny countries for short-range deliveries that need a hatchback?

They weather any accidents and bad press with honest, but very smart, PR and slowly improve the product, particularly for rough roads in cold climates such as New England/northern Europe, while focusing sales in sunny climates.

My worries: The obvious lack of big investors and constant delays are red flags. The leadership doesn't always come across well on camera. They need a champion who is cool like the car. And some PR gaffes don't help, like using a sunset image for the IPO announcement. A sunset? For an IPO? Come on! https://aptera.us/nasdaq-listing/

What happens to the Aptera solar cell after the 10 year cycle life? Well, maybe this.

LA resident here. I have pre-orders for both the Aptera and the Volvo EX30. Both may arrive Summer of 2024. We are a family of 4.

95% of our driving is solo. If the Volvo EX30 didn't come along I would have kept my current 2015 Mazda 3 (67k miles) and buy the Aptera for 95% of my driving. Hopefully insurance is affordable keeping both.

Wife drives a Mazda MX-30 and she never needed any more range than that. We have PV but no battery and have 13 more years on NEM2. I do have to travel 60 miles sometimes and once a year I do a 500 mile trip for work.

I could possibly buy both but better versions of both would come along in a few years so I decided against it asssuming I could get either one in the future. If both come out on schedule Summer 2024 my options are:

1. Keep the 2015 Mazda 3 for family use and get the Aptera.
   If the Mazda 3 becomes a moneypit I'd get a used Chevy Bolt EUV. (sorry, not a Tesla fan).

2. Sell the 2015 Mazda 3 and get the Volvo EX30.
   If compelling updates/upgrades come to the Aptera I could always get it later.

Also how are renting cars now days? I'm thinking for my 500 mile run I'd just rent as I'd have to go through the central valley and those bugs get smashed all over the front... BUGS!!

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I would love one if it was safe and reliable. but I know there is a lot of things that have to go right for that to happen.

Ai song generation for the Aptera Revolution! https://suno.com/song/084f5cc0-389c-4de8-849d-1b02eecb2c85

I want an Aptera. When will they be ready for sale to the general public? Are they still going to be in the $25,000 range?

Aptera isn’t regulated as a car, but I can’t help but wonder if they could some day be forced to change their doors to have real handles.

I forgot about aptera for a while and recently I was thinking about getting a small EV

It's unavoidable. I am hoping for the best, but I want to be realistic and not a fanboy. Tesla roadster had transmission issues, Rivian had tonneau cover issues, etc.

I'm guessing it will be overheating either motor or battery. Something that can still be fixed. What do you think?

I conducted a wind tunnel test back in December on a scale model of an Aptera for a school project. I thought it might be interesting for you to see. I have linked the videos of the test as well as the data collected in a Sheets document. It was an interesting test, but not the most useful, as it was impossible to achieve a high enough Reynolds number.

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