A few months ago I decided to make good on my threat ("My next vehicle will be zero emissions!") by sending off a down payment for an all-electric Aptera Typ-1. At the time the payment was made, I was informed by email that I was #2506 in line. According to the Aptera website, they are planning to go into production sometime around 'Late 2008'. I guessed at the time that it would be late 2009 by the time I received mine.
This morning I received an email from Aptera letting me know that they are splitting their waiting list into two groups: Those who selected the all-electric model and those who selected the gas-electric hybrid. The most interesting line from the email was this:
switch to the all-electric and potentially be driving an Aptera a year earlier than they would otherwise
That is a one year lag time between the introduction of the all-electric vs. the gas-electric hybrid models. Not entirely surprising I suppose - building a vehicle with two motors is more complicated than building a vehicle with just one. Hopefully though I'll be moved up in the queue now that they are dividing the current list into two parts. Who knows, I might get mine before the lease on my current car expires.
