Deep Currents

Just in time for the most expensive oil in history, a sleek little three-wheeled plug-in hybrid called the Aptera has come on the market. Made entirely of super-strong composites instead of steel, the maker’s claim is that it gets 300 miles to the gallon. (What that means for a plug-in isn’t quite clear, but that’s the line.) It’s thirty thousand pounds, an amount I hesitate to translate into dollars these days, and it’s got a knock-your-socks-off body design that reminds me of something from the Jetsons or Star Trek. Then again, if it’s power and speed that you’d like instead of efficiency, there’s also the new T-Rex trike that will take you up to 150MPH and beat a Lambourghini off the line…

Written: July 17th, 2008