Google.org Invests $2.75M In Aptera Motors

Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, has just invested the first funds from its RechargeIT program: $5.5 million for plug-in electric vehicles. Half of the money goes to Aptera, whose 230-mpg, 3-wheeled electric we have discussed before. The other half bolsters the efforts of ActaCell, a Texas company working on li-ion battery technology developed at UT Austin.

Aperture Motors

[BPPG]

At first I read that as Aperture Motors, and immediately thought: 'Sweet, car mounted portal guns!'

Re:Aperture Motors

[saxoholic]

At first I read that as Aperture Motors, and immediately thought: 'Sweet, car mounted portal guns!'

The mileage per gallon is a lie.

"Hi there, I'm an Aptera"

[argent]

"Hi there, I'm an Aptera, a wingless bird with hairy feathers!"
"No wings, eh, that's pretty funny."
"I don't know, I'm still laughing about the feathers."

"Hi there, I'm an Aptera, a wingless bird with hairy feathers!"
"I'm a schlog of foam from the surf with no visible means of support."
"Are you making fun of me?"

-- Apologies to Johnny Hart (and apologies to Slashdot for typos, this is from memory)