Aptera’s test vehicle completes solar-supported road trip

Aptera’s test vehicle completes solar-supported road trip

To validate the performance and reliability of its solar car, Aptera recently conducted its first fully solar-supported road trip. Although it wasn’t intended to be a formal range test, the drive confirmed several important parameters of Aptera. Co-CEO Steve Fambro travelled more than 300 miles on a single charge in the production-intent vehicle. He successfully drove down Route 66, across the desert and back to California, passing semi-trailer …

On 28 March 2025, Route 66 saw a vehicle not like the others scroll: a solar electric car, designed by the American start-up Aptera, travelled 480 kilometres without a single charging on the sector. This project, riding between technical performance and seduction operation, once again puts the solar electric car at the heart of the debate on the future of autonomous and clean mobility. A solar electric car on Route 66 Aptera does nothing like th…