Aptera completes drive in first production-intent vehicle [Video]

Spoiler Alert: The low-speed function test is short and sweet but a milestone nonetheless. Solar EV startup Aptera Motors has finally given the public a look at its “PI-2” production-intent vehicle, which will now be used for real-world validation and testing en route to production… hopefully.

Aptera’s most recent milestone is a welcomed one for fans of the startup, many of whom are investors with a stake in its success in trying to bring bonafide solar EVs to the masses.

The company has been (literally and figuratively) gearing up for production-intent builds for months now, and the first “PI” vehicle started to come to fruition last April when Aptera’s supply partner CPC Group shipped the first body over from Italy.

While the startup’s co-founders and co-CEOs worked to secure additional funding to reach scaled vehicle production, the Aptera team has been hard at work assembling production-intent builds that will be used for testing and validation.

The “PI-2,” Aptera’s first …