By way of odd-looking manufacturing vehicles, it’s onerous to beat the Aptera 3 EV that was unveiled late final yr.

The Aptera 3 EV takes the type of a three-wheeler with an aerodynamic design that has a 100 kWh battery pack and a drag coefficient of simply 0.13. Aptera claims it will probably journey greater than 1,000 miles (1,600 km) on a single cost and just lately introduced alongside a prototype for Jay Leno to place by way of its paces.

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Effectivity was on the forefront of Aptera’s thoughts when designing its first EV. As such, a lot of the outside has been clad in photo voltaic cells that may add as much as 40 miles (64 km) of vary throughout a typical sunny day. Aptera additionally plans to promote variants with a 25 kWh, a 40 kWh, and a 60 kWh battery pack.

Leno had the prospect to talk with the 2 co-CEOs of the corporate concerning the automobile and be taught all concerning the car’s intricacy. The instance in query is an alpha prototype that shall be adopted up by beta and gamma prototypes, after which the eventual manufacturing mannequin.

Aptera says it’ll supply the three EV with a number of various electrical motor choices, together with a front-wheel drive mannequin that may hit 60 mph (96 km/h) in round 5.5 seconds and a three-wheel drive variant that ought to want simply 3.5 seconds to hit the identical mark. The corporate can also be significantly happy with how rapidly the automobile can cost, noting that it will probably cost at 500 miles (804 km) of vary per hour by way of a DC quick charger. When plugged into a regular wall outlet, 200 miles (322 km) of vary could be added in a single day.