New car gets 300 mpg...for $30,000

There are several things that I saw on the news today - this little piece is the most interesting and I can save the others to discuss either after Lost or sometime over the weekend.

On the radio this morning, I heard that a car is slated to come out next year that gets a whopping 300 MPG for a little more than a luxury sedan cost of $30,000. It looks like something out of the Jetsons, but for the money you will save over time in gas and its apparent safety features, I wonder how many people are going to jump all over getting this in the mass market. Popular Mechanics has given it a preliminary review. EV World has also reviewed it.



Information about the Aptera (as well as a video) can be found on the Aptera company's website and one of the reviews can be found here. See link. And for those of you already making six figures, you can even pre-order it. See Reserve Your Aptera. 300 MPG and the ability to travel through space has its limits, however: it's apparently only going to be available in California (for now).

In a nod to Henry Ford, I wonder if they are going to say something along the lines of "People can have the [Aptera] in any color they want, so long as it's [white]."

How many heads is this going to turn when it first goes driving down the street? I await Consumer Reports review of this intriguing concept car.

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