Comments on: Aperta’s UFO like hybrid vehicle gets funded http://startupsquad.com/2007/04/09/apertas-ufo-like-hybrid-vehicle-gets-funded/ Tech and Money Blog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:52:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: bubba http://startupsquad.com/2007/04/09/apertas-ufo-like-hybrid-vehicle-gets-funded/#comment-283895 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:44:41 +0000 http://startupsquad.com/2007/04/09/apertas-ufo-like-hybrid-vehicle-gets-funded/#comment-283895 THIS Car is off the hook man can you get armor plates and bullet proof glass for the hood, can you get a lift or a body kit and pimp the f*** out of it. Also can there be four wheel drive and manuel trans, Is there a way to get a moon roof and other features like that. That will be sweet, what kind of colors are there. im a black man and i want a hot pink color if i buy this car. See you in prison- dont drop the soap. bubba THIS Car is off the hook man can you get armor plates and bullet proof glass for the hood, can you get a lift or a body kit and pimp the f*** out of it. Also can there be four wheel drive and manuel trans, Is there a way to get a moon roof and other features like that. That will be sweet, what kind of colors are there. im a black man and i want a hot pink color if i buy this car.

See you in prison- dont drop the soap.

bubba

]]> by: Tim Cooper http://startupsquad.com/2007/04/09/apertas-ufo-like-hybrid-vehicle-gets-funded/#comment-272456 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:31:30 +0000 http://startupsquad.com/2007/04/09/apertas-ufo-like-hybrid-vehicle-gets-funded/#comment-272456 I would buy one. It's necessary to not only push the technology as a whole, but also to be one of the first to benefit from the low fuel costs. Fuel, as the technology developes and takes a greater percentage of the industry, will very surely increase in cost and value, and become the driving commodity, whether or not electric motor technology survives it's second infancy. Why not be one of the first to benefit from the changing focus in modern automotive engine designs? I know I would like to be. And the opportunity isn't a burden. When it's not profitable, it's honorable. Tim Cooper I would buy one. It’s necessary to not only push the technology as a whole, but also to be one of the first to benefit from the low fuel costs. Fuel, as the technology developes and takes a greater percentage of the industry, will very surely increase in cost and value, and become the driving commodity, whether or not electric motor technology survives it’s second infancy.

Why not be one of the first to benefit from the changing focus in modern automotive engine designs?

I know I would like to be. And the opportunity isn’t a burden. When it’s not profitable, it’s honorable.

Tim Cooper

]]> by: StartupSquad » Blog Archive » More big money for another Electric Car http://startupsquad.com/2007/04/09/apertas-ufo-like-hybrid-vehicle-gets-funded/#comment-107149 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:24:38 +0000 http://startupsquad.com/2007/04/09/apertas-ufo-like-hybrid-vehicle-gets-funded/#comment-107149 [...] Related:Shai Agassi BloggingTesla gets a change at the topAperta?s UFO like hybrid vehicle …Electric Vehicle investments roundup Tags: [...] […] Related:Shai Agassi BloggingTesla gets a change at the topAperta?s UFO like hybrid vehicle …Electric Vehicle investments roundup Tags: […]

]]> by: Rob http://startupsquad.com/2007/04/09/apertas-ufo-like-hybrid-vehicle-gets-funded/#comment-87166 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:26:46 +0000 http://startupsquad.com/2007/04/09/apertas-ufo-like-hybrid-vehicle-gets-funded/#comment-87166 Here is a poll: Should hybrid vehicles stay out of the commuter lane if there is only one person in the car? I don't know about other states, but this is happening in California. Personally I think if I was one of the engineers that came up with the HOV lane idea I would have a fit at this political manipulation to encourage the purchase of environmentally friendly cars. It is a disadvantage to commuters, and an insult to the taxpayers who spent billions renovations making these HOV lanes. Here is a link to the poll: http://www.apopularitycontest.com/display_poll.php?ID=1 Here is a poll: Should hybrid vehicles stay out of the commuter lane if there is only one person in the car? I don’t know about other states, but this is happening in California. Personally I think if I was one of the engineers that came up with the HOV lane idea I would have a fit at this political manipulation to encourage the purchase of environmentally friendly cars. It is a disadvantage to commuters, and an insult to the taxpayers who spent billions renovations making these HOV lanes. Here is a link to the poll: http://www.apopularitycontest.com/display_poll.php?ID=1

]]> by: Vivek Puri http://startupsquad.com/2007/04/09/apertas-ufo-like-hybrid-vehicle-gets-funded/#comment-20851 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:54:49 +0000 http://startupsquad.com/2007/04/09/apertas-ufo-like-hybrid-vehicle-gets-funded/#comment-20851 Brian, hope you are not a VC and never will be. And if you are, i am sorry for companies you invest in. Brian, hope you are not a VC and never will be. And if you are, i am sorry for companies you invest in.

]]> by: Brian http://startupsquad.com/2007/04/09/apertas-ufo-like-hybrid-vehicle-gets-funded/#comment-20832 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:53:39 +0000 http://startupsquad.com/2007/04/09/apertas-ufo-like-hybrid-vehicle-gets-funded/#comment-20832 Apart from being poorly written, the closing sentence of this article defies analysis. What 'legacy technology' and 'new design and manufacturing methods' are you referring to? I'm the last to cheer the old school automakers but they have aggressively moved to new design and manufacturing methods to cut costs, and they have access to massive economies of scale far beyond the reach of a startup. The upside of leaving "legacy technology" like gasoline powered engines behind is dramatically overshadowed by the need for Aperta to design, test and build an entire new set of components for practically everything in this vehicle. $20m is a fraction of what they will need. I'm surprised they managed to get their idea funded. I much prefer the approach of companies like Tesla who are trying to move the industry forward without reinventing the wheel, so to speak. Apart from being poorly written, the closing sentence of this article defies analysis. What ‘legacy technology’ and ‘new design and manufacturing methods’ are you referring to? I’m the last to cheer the old school automakers but they have aggressively moved to new design and manufacturing methods to cut costs, and they have access to massive economies of scale far beyond the reach of a startup. The upside of leaving “legacy technology” like gasoline powered engines behind is dramatically overshadowed by the need for Aperta to design, test and build an entire new set of components for practically everything in this vehicle. $20m is a fraction of what they will need. I’m surprised they managed to get their idea funded. I much prefer the approach of companies like Tesla who are trying to move the industry forward without reinventing the wheel, so to speak.

]]> by: Jonathan Tanner http://startupsquad.com/2007/04/09/apertas-ufo-like-hybrid-vehicle-gets-funded/#comment-20560 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:36:38 +0000 http://startupsquad.com/2007/04/09/apertas-ufo-like-hybrid-vehicle-gets-funded/#comment-20560 Congrats to Aperta! It will be interesting to see the design once they factor in safety requirements like bumpers... Congrats to Aperta! It will be interesting to see the design once they factor in safety requirements like bumpers…

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