It looks like last week's TED conference was the choice event for those
jonesing for a more Jetson-like means of transportation, with Idealab
company Aptera taking the opportunity to show off a prototype version
of its sci-fi-inspired concept car. While it sadly remains grounded,
the Aptera typ-1 does boast at least one significant innovation,
promising to deliver a full 200 miles per gallon from its diesel-electric
hybrid engine, keeping up a reasonable 55 mph pace all along the way.
And while it's a one-off for now, Aptera apparently hopes that won't be
the case for too long, with the company planning to sell these
attention-grabbers for around $20,000 apiece. Exactly when, of course,
they ain't sayin', but we wouldn't hold off any current car purchase
plans in anticipation of driving off in one of these instead.
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