Last month, Aptera tested his first production-inter-verification vehicle at a Premier Proving Ground in the Mojave desert to assess its main proficiency in real-world conditions. This milestone brings Aptera close to the production of its solar electric vehicles (SEVs). With each testing phase, the company confirms its record-less energy consumption and aerodynamic efficiency, which goes close to providing solar dynamics to about 50,000 pre-of-order holders.
Industry coastal test results
Aptera conducted a coastdown test to measure aerodynamic, rolling and powertrain damage – and the results were groundbreaking. Costdown test is a widely used industry method, to evaluate how efficiently a vehicle moves through the wind and the road. Aptera’s SEV took three minutes to stop from 60 mph to 60 mph, even while traveling up. Depending on the company’s calculation, this distance of the coast is much higher than any other vehicle on the road today – gas or electric. It confirms the position of Aptera, which is one of the most aerial efficient production vehicles developed so far.
Aerodynamia
Subsequently, Aptera conducted the aerodynamic tuft test, which applies the tufts in important areas such as the wheel fairing and vehicle interval. The test helped confirm that the real-world Airflow matched Aptera’s comprehensive computer simulation, allowing engineers to fit and eliminate fine-tunes for maximum efficiency benefits.
Extended highway testing measures energy consumption
Aptera Engineers also conducted an extended highway drive cycle test, with hundreds of miles of miles of energy consumption at a distance of hundreds of miles. Data has shown that Aptera’s mathematical simulation model predicts real-world efficiency within just a few percent-a major verification of the vialectricity, driving and overall design of the vehicle.
“We confirm that we are on track to achieve our targeted energy consumption of about 100 WH/miles, which is uncontrolled a level of efficiency, which makes solar mobility possible in a way,” Steve Fambro, Aptra’s co-founder and co-CEO said. “What started as Matlab calculation is now coming to life on the road. This is the future of transport. ,
Next Phase: Powering the boundaries of efficiency
The next verification vehicle of Aptera is already in development, with the main areas such as better fit and flush around the vehicle gaps and refinement with a design-interpreted parts using customized parts. Once completed, the team will return to the track for another round of rigorous tests. A full range test will be done, which will driving up to 0% up to 0% from a fully charged battery, so that the unmatched efficiency of Aptera and the industry-comprehensive limit can be confirmed. Engineers will also measure and validate the real -world solar charging capabilities of the vehicle to confirm Aptera’s daily solar range estimates.
These upcoming testing will provide significant final verification as Aptera moves towards production on a full scale of the world’s most efficient vehicle.
