Overview
- Aptera completed the first build in Carlsbad on a structured validation line that replaces prior hand-built methods.
- Vehicles from this line are assigned to thermal validation, brake performance checks and destructive testing before sales can begin.
- The line is being used to verify system installation, refine station layouts and optimize assembly sequences for series production.
- The company says it is advancing toward self-certification and EPA approval, with its assembly and integration team now its largest function.
- Aptera reports nearly 50,000 reservations worth about $2 billion and recently raised about $9 million in equity, with warrants that could lift proceeds to $18 million to fund validation and production preparation.