steven-kutoroff
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Just a note from a Tesla Model 3 owner of 4.5 years with 95 (counted them) software updates.
I use a spreadsheet to track battery charge and efficiency along with other items of interest.
All updates were over WiFi at home, though I think they can push one out over cellular if they so desire. So many new features and improvements were provided free of charge from Sentry Mode to One Pedal Driving and access to the service screen. Love getting these updates from Tesla. Hope Aptera has such a good attitude.
The navigation is via cellular. I pay $10/mo for premium access. Without premium, no traffic congestion data, fewer map features, no streaming music, etc. For me, the $10 is worth it, so I use streaming music all the time to get my monies worth.
I had my car 3 weeks when it totally shutdown after exiting a highway. Called Tesla and they asked where I was. I said you know (I had assumed) and they insisted they couldn’t access it due to privacy. Think what you may about that. I got a Model S to drive while they fixed it.
I am big on privacy, but not as much as some here. My home network has DNS Sinkholes to keep out ads and I often browse using private/incognito mode. As for someone tracking my driving, well I don’t do anything so interesting to be worried about it. With license plate scanners out there and cameras at toll booths, I know I can be tracked out in public.
I would though like an option to disable the cellular connection for say my current drive or some period of time, just have the option. No idea if I’d use it. Just like the idea. Loosing navigation would a bummer.
OTOH, do you have a reasonably modern cell phone? If so, you have a tracker in your pocket and you can be located.
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None of the design decisions so far deter me: yoke, wrap, etc.
What will kill my order is how far out the delivery takes, I’m almost two years from my reservation date and looking at another 1 or 2 years will kill my enthusiasm. And I bought stock.
The other risk is price. As Tesla lowers the price on the Model 3 (took delivery 2023-03-06), at some point the price difference between a new Tesla Model 3 and an Aptera will break the deal. Lets say for discussion, the difference is $5K. The Model 3 is a lot more car for the difference. It carries more, it is likely safer, it is narrower to fit into the garage with no concern, it is a proven EV, etc. When we either really need to replace old beater mobile (not the Tesla!) or the Aptera becomes available, I’ll make a calculation on relative value.
OTOH, there is some appeal to having a unique and odd car that no one else has. That may help the Aptera come out on top.
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Gamma is out of box (bag?).
Isn’t it time to update the photos and videos on the Aptera pages to reflect this?
Come on people. Show use more Gamma in action. Show it off.
:-)🙂