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This article is basically an advertisement. Very biased, sales-like marketing lingo throughout the whole article. Wikipedia should be better than this.

OK, Anonymous 83.145.54.195. I disagree. What would you change? This seems like a straight "just the facts" article with sufficient references, for a vehicle not yet available to the public. I would like to see more reputable 3rd party references. Did you expect a critical car review? Wikipedia doesn't do that. Compare this article with other EV and car articles on Wikipedia. Fotoguru (talk) 16:09, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Drag coefficient?

Has the new model's automobile drag coefficient been published? Has it changed much since the Aptera 2e listed in that table? --IanOsgood (talk) 13:40, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestion. I've expanded the Efficiency section to include its drag coefficient and weight.Fotoguru (talk) 15:24, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You reference a few other hyper-efficient solar car designs, but I'm surprised there are no references to Alberto Morelli's pioneering 1976 research, of which the Aptera models are nearly perfect realizations. One reference: https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/body-shape-minimum-drag-20683.html --IanOsgood (talk) 16:31, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the link to automobile drag coefficient. I'll add a link to it in the article and add the new Aptera to the list there. Regarding Alberto Morelli, this article is not on the history of low drag cars and so I don't see how mentioning him applies. Many others also worked on this problem. Others added the mention of other similar cars. Perhaps Morelli's contribution belongs in the article you referenced. (I'm no expert on the subject.) Fotoguru (talk) 18:23, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

He is mentioned in the Aptera 2 Series article, though it actually applies to all of Jason Hill's Aptera designs. Perhaps that should be lifted into the main Aptera Motors article. --IanOsgood (talk) 19:57, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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	Thanks for the link to [[automobile drag coefficient]]. I'll add a link to it in the article and add the new Aptera to the list there. Regarding Alberto Morelli, this article is not on the history of low drag cars and so I don't see how mentioning him applies. Many others also worked on this problem. Others added the mention of other similar cars. Perhaps Morelli's contribution belongs in the article you referenced. (I'm no expert on the subject.) [[User:Fotoguru\|Fotoguru]] ([[User talk:Fotoguru\|talk]]) 18:23, 8 July 2021 (UTC)		Thanks for the link to [[automobile drag coefficient]]. I'll add a link to it in the article and add the new Aptera to the list there. Regarding Alberto Morelli, this article is not on the history of low drag cars and so I don't see how mentioning him applies. Many others also worked on this problem. Others added the mention of other similar cars. Perhaps Morelli's contribution belongs in the article you referenced. (I'm no expert on the subject.) [[User:Fotoguru\|Fotoguru]] ([[User talk:Fotoguru\|talk]]) 18:23, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

			He is mentioned in the [[Aptera 2 Series]] article, though it actually applies to all of Jason Hill's Aptera designs. Perhaps that should be lifted into the main [[Aptera Motors]] article. --[[User:IanOsgood\|IanOsgood]] ([[User talk:IanOsgood\|talk]]) 19:57, 8 July 2021 (UTC)