With standard electric vehicles (EVs) requiring frequent charging and reliance on the grid, Aptera Motors’ solar electric vehicle (SEV) offers an alternative: Being fitted with almost 700 watts of integrated solar cells, allows Aptera to drive up to 40 miles per day just from solar, in addition to a battery range of up to 1.600 kilometres. With minimal energy loss, Aptera’s automotive-grade solar represents a brand new market sector and a way for EVs to end their reliance on the grid for charging.
Aptera has now named Maxeon Solar Technologies as the cell supplier for their solar production program. With cross-company collaboration, Aptera’s solar engineers have created ultra-lightweight and curved solar panels.
Durability and minimal energy loss
Aptera selected Maxeon solar cells because they are efficient, durable and lightweight. With minimal energy loss, the Maxeon Gen 3 solar cells are crucial to Aptera’s solar mobility concept.
Maxeon Solar cells are designed to be different and have proven to be better across more than five cell generations with over 3.5 billion cells in use today in even the harshest of conditions.
