daniel-hughes
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The 60 kwh version has a claimed range of 600 miles
and the 100 kwh hour version has a claimed range of 1000 miles.
This post https://aptera.us/community/discussion/worth-the-weight-2/ says the 1000 mile version weights 400 pounds more.
This post https://aptera.us/community/discussion/worth-the-weight-2/ says each 30 lb takes about a 1% hit in range.
So with 400 pounds of extra weight we should expect a 13% loss in range. So it should have 870 miles of range not 1000.
Something doesn’t add up here, is the 1000 mile pack actually larger than 100 kwh?
- This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by Daniel Hughes.
- This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by Gabriel Kemeny.
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I think what most people are missing is that the Aptera is a hyper efficient vehicle so running a resistance heater will have a much larger effect on range than on other electric cars.
The 400 mile range aptera has 41 kwh battery. This means it uses 35 wh per mile, if assuming 60 mph that’s 2100 watts .
It is estimated that at 0 degrees C the tesla model 3 resistive heater uses 1000 watts.
So you should expect to lose about 1/3 of your range running the heater.
- This reply was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by Daniel Hughes.
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So if Aptera could make a nz specific version that is just 2 kg heavier it would save us $8625
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Eligibility rules are here:
The vehicle classes are defined in here:
The MA vehicle class is the closest that aptera gets which defines a passenger vehicle as:
A motor vehicle that:
(a) is constructed primarily for the carriage of passengers; and
(b) either:
(i) has at least four wheels; or
(ii) has three wheels and a gross vehicle mass exceeding one tonne.
Even the 1000 mile Aptera is just to to light (998 kg)
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New Zealand offers a $8625 clean car discount on new electric cars.
Do we know if Aptera will be eligible?
The scheme excludes electric motorbikes.