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Manufacturing plans
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Manufacturing plans
updated 6 months ago
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A new video rendering of the assembly line:
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Very cool…do we know who will be wrapping the panels?
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This video is also found in the latest news/blog release here https://aptera.us/aptera-update-validation-pi-builds/ along with a great explanation about P-I and progress builds.
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Recently Chris Anthony spoke about achieving 1 million sales in the next ten years. Yes, by 2033. Someone please do the math to explain his statement. I think this kind of talk scares investors. The vehicle is very special, transformative even, but after all, it will still be an expensive 2-seater that doesn’t fit on most city streets across Europe, Latin America and Asia.
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That number assumes many things which may or may not happen, including 8 manufacturing plants. Most of those plants are envisioned about the size/volume of the one at Carlsbad – 40K/yr with two shifts. That statement is FOR investors.
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Right, they didn’t even make their original goal for 2023, and 2024 looks doubtful too. How will they be to expand fast enough to produce that many vehicles that soon?
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100,000 Aptera per year for the next 10 years = 1,000,000 could achieved by the Carlsbad location alone.
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IIRC, CA said the maximum production at the current Carlsbad facility would eventually be about 40,000/year. Remember they plan to SLOWLY ramp up production as the fully assembled bodies arrive from Modena. CA recently told Steve of AOC, they can get 8 bodies in a 20 foot container, 16 a 40 footer so that is at LEAST 312 to 625 containers just for the projected 5,000 LEs. CA also said that a facility in Europe would probably handle orders from Europe and Asia, so there will be at least two production sites.
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This reply was modified 6 months, 1 week ago by
Dennis Swaney. Reason: Added Europe/Asia facility
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This reply was modified 6 months, 1 week ago by
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It seems 100% prudent to have CPC assemble the first 16+ PI Aptera to ensure that all the parts align & meet design tolerances. Since it would be extremely costly in both time & money to discover in Carlsbad that the new PI Aptera parts don’t fit together as designed. YES, it will cost more to ship the assembled units to CA, but at least everyone will know the PI components really can be assembled according to the design specifications by having them assembled by CPC; who are the experts & not novices when it comes to carbon-fiber automobile component manufacturing.
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A reality is that San Diego is high labor cost. Modena is almost certainly less. Shifting sub-assembly work out of expensive California is a good idea all by itself.
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Lack of funds also probably a factor. A larger assembly line at Aptera requires more employees = larger immediate financial obligations. Aptera will have more financial flexibility with CPC compared to their own factory employees.
