Aptera Does A U-Turn, Says Its Solar EVs Will Get DC Fast Charging via insideevs.com
When Aptera announced details about its Launch Edition first production model in a webinar presentation a few days ago, company execs said the solar EV did not need DC fast charging capability, at least not at the moment.
Well, it looks like they had a sudden change of mind as the startup put out a press release and a video on January 23 announcing"all Aptera vehicles will come with DC fast charging, including the first Launch Edition vehicles that roll off the assembly line."will offer between 40 and 60 kW of DC fast charging, with the company to provide an update on the maximum charge rates once testing is complete.
What's more, Aptera's DC Fast Charging system is designed to work with Tesla's Supercharger network – – so if Tesla agrees to open its network up to Aptera, owners of Launch Edition vehicles will have access to the country's largest fast charging network.Needless to say, this could be a huge selling point for future Aptera owners as Tesla's Supercharger network in the US has 60 percent more NACS posts than all of the CCS-equipped networks combined.
As Fambro explains in the video, the cool thing about this is that Aptera's Power Distribution Unit is designed to accommodate DC fast charging hardware, so implementing this change won't be too difficult. Here's hoping that's true and the Aptera Launch Edition won't be delayed further because of this.
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