Aptera’s solar electric vehicle can pull more than 4 kWh of usable energy out of the sun in a single day, and now an independent testing house has put its name on the number.
TÜV Rheinland, the 150-year-old German testing and certification firm, ran three days of on-site solar measurements at Aptera’s Carlsbad, California headquarters and confirmed the car generated 4.23 to 4.75 kWh per day, enough for roughly 42 to 47 miles of driving on sunlight alone.
Solar-car range claims have a bad track record. They are generally powered by AC fans and not much more.
Aptera (Nasdaq: SEV) has been quoting daily solar figures for years that could actually result in useful range thanks to its super-efficient vehicle.
Now it is bringing in a third party to prove it. TÜV Rheinland showed up with its own calibrated instruments and measured the energy actually reaching the battery, after conversion losses — not the raw output printed on a panel spec sheet.
