New Company Set To Resurrect the Aptera 98
Zothecula writes "Ever since it was first unveiled in 2007, many people were captivated with the sleek, futuristic looks of the Aptera. When Aptera Motors went out of business in 2011, not having commercially produced a single vehicle, those same people were understandably disappointed. Now, word comes that a new company may be manufacturing and selling Apteras as soon as next year."
Says the article: "Aptera USA has most of the original company’s prototypes, equipment, patents and designs, so it wouldn’t be starting from scratch. Given that fact, Deringer hopes that Aptera USA could be making cars as early as the first quarter of 2014. He’s currently in the process of hiring engineers, and the company has already put in an order for 1,000 bodies from its Detroit-based supplier." Until there really is a super-charger network from central Texas to California, I wish I could get one of the gas-powered (or gas-electric hybrid) Apteras. Why should Tesla have all the fun?
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The latter. Government shouldn't try to pick winners - could political hacks and their appointees be any less qualified for any such endeavor? - they should pick losers, and tax the living shit out of them, instead of trying to outguess the market. Pollution taxes, sin taxes, whatever you want to call them, but use taxation to redress corporate cost externalizations and pay for government at the same time, everybody wins but the total sociopaths.
Want to start a renaissance in power generation? Tax carbon releases, just like George Bush Sr. wanted. Then, suddenly wind and tidal and geothermal and biofuel processes become more profitable, so market pressures will cause them to become more efficient and accessible.... without any tax breaks or corporate welfare at all. Pick losers not winners.