Vaporware or not? Aptera assembles its first five validation models.

The vehicle seats just two occupants and their luggage, but it takes up a surprising amount of room on the road—it’s actually an inch and a half wider than the gargantuan Hummer EV , if you can believe it, a vehicle so wide it scarcely fits in parking spaces or EV charging bays. Visits to those charging bays are meant to be rare; the EV aims to deliver a range of 400 miles (644 km) from a 44 kWh battery pack—10 miles/kWh (6.2 kWh/100 km) is the claim for the $40,000 launch edition. …