Aptera goes live on the NASDAQ on October 16, 2025 under the ticker symbol “SEV”

[chl]

I decided to take a gamble, posted a low ball order for 100 shares @ $5.00, I was surprised it executed, based on the above 52 week low/high shown this morning.

Now I've already made 60% gain......... I'll hold it and see where this goes.

Good call.

I kind of expected it to go low on the first day and remain low for some time which was why I was in no hurry to transfer shares to my broker.

Before going public some people were selling their shares to others at around $40 per which I assume it why they initially valued the stock at $44.40 per. I received 340 shares for my $10,710 'investment' made back in 2023 as part of the 'accelerator' program to be guaranteed one of the first 2,000 produced.

But a company that has not manufactured their automobile for sale to the public yet is hard to value so that price seemed overly optimistic.

Assuming they are able to start production and delivery in the next few months, which seems to be the plan, I would expect the price to adjust upwards quite a bit.

But I think it will be quite a while before they reach the $44.40 per valuation they proposed.

They have a big backlog of potential orders just waiting for the day.
But so did Ford and Tesla, and upwards of 80% of those 'evaporated' when the trucks were finally available.

Sales in California when they begin will probably be the bell weather.

I am looking forward to owning one someday - fingers crossed!

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[tearitupsports]

Good call.

I kind of expected it to go low on the first day and remain low for some time which was why I was in no hurry to transfer shares to my broker.

Before going public some people were selling their shares to others at around $40 per which I assume it why they initially valued the stock at $44.40 per. I received 340 shares for my $10,710 'investment' made back in 2023 as part of the 'accelerator' program to be guaranteed one of the first 2,000 produced.

But a company that has not manufactured their automobile for sale to the public yet is hard to value so that price seemed overly optimistic.

Assuming they are able to start production and delivery in the next few months, which seems to be the plan, I would expect the price to adjust upwards quite a bit.

But I think it will be quite a while before they reach the $44.40 per valuation they proposed.

They have a big backlog of potential orders just waiting for the day.
But so did Ford and Tesla, and upwards of 80% of those 'evaporated' when the trucks were finally available.

Sales in California when they begin will probably be the bell weather.

I am looking forward to owning one someday - fingers crossed!

So have you lost $8k or do you get a discount on your reserved vehicle?

 

[chl]

So have you lost $8k or do you get a discount on your reserved vehicle?

LOL, sure if I sold my shares now, I would 'lock in' a substantial loss but...I am not planning on doing that.

My plan is to hold 'em. I think once the company starts producing vehicles for sale and if they are well received, then they may be on the way to being worth what I paid for them around $30per.

For investing at least $10k, I get priority in that I am guaranteed one of the first 2000 that are produced as part of their 'accelerator' program. No discount, just preferential ordering based on amount invested.

Yes, they got the 2000 accelerator investors they were looking for back in 2023.
Some investing a lot more than I did and are they are at the head of the pack.
I am way down but not at the very bottom.

I am already invested $710 before they announced the accelerator program, so I added $10k.

If the company should completely fail, I'd get zilch or close to it. Hoping that does not happen.

My dad used to say never loan (or invest) more than you can afford to lose. For me, in 2023 that was the $10k.

And I have learned through many a life experience to lower expectations as way to ensure peace of mind and happiness.

They seem to have expertise and a plan, a good vehicle design, and a commitment to seeing it through, so fingers crossed!

 

[queuewho]

EV stocks are always nightmares, even if the company is successful. Rivian, Nio, Lucid, they actually have sales and their long term charts look like Aptera's this week. Don't even get me started on Fisker, Nikola....

 

[RickLightning]

I decided to take a gamble, posted a low ball order for 100 shares @ $5.00, I was surprised it executed, based on the above 52 week low/high shown this morning.

Now I've already made 60% gain......... I'll hold it and see where this goes.

Lost 27% on Friday...

Pretty volatile.

 

[TaxmanHog]

Lost 27% on Friday...

Pretty volatile.

Yes, but I'm still ahead for the moment, hopefully they do better than AMV

 

[RickLightning]

Good luck. As I said prior, they have missed every target they set so far. I can see investing in a company that is brand new, or one that is hitting targets, but they are neither.

Here is an article about them missing targets in 2022, but on track to still deliver in 2022. Then they didn't. https://electrek.co/2022/02/07/many...2023-24-company-claims-to-remain-on-schedule/

Used to be a guy that came to our EV events, and talked endlessly about his investment in Aptera and reservation. That was in 2021, 2022. He also handed out business cards about some idea he had for charging locations. Haven't seen him in several years...

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[chl]

Good luck. As I said prior, they have missed every target they set so far. I can see investing in a company that is brand new, or one that is hitting targets, but they are neither.

Here is an article about them missing targets in 2022, but on track to still deliver in 2022. Then they didn't. https://electrek.co/2022/02/07/many...2023-24-company-claims-to-remain-on-schedule/

Used to be a guy that came to our EV events, and talked endlessly about his investment in Aptera and reservation. That was in 2021, 2022. He also handed out business cards about some idea he had for charging locations. Haven't seen him in several years...

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Yes they have a history. But recently things look better.

There will always be nay-sayers and skeptics, and they often make good points, including about Aptera's scheduling delays in the past for example.

But could they be short-sighted and are they missing the big picture by focuing on the negative?

Over the years, we have all seen the nay-saying about Tesla, for example, and EV's in general, yet here we are, driving an EV pickup made by Ford!

Solar power is another example of that short-sightedness, of seeing the glass as half empty and focusing on the negative rather than on finding solutions and improvements.

When I started engineering school, photovoltaics were rather inefficient. Battery storage capacity was pretty low as well. People said it would never be competative with fossle fuel or nuclear based power generation. Look how things have changed!

I always treid to get my kids to remove the word "can't" from their vocabulary for the same reason. Most of the time there is a way to get it done.

Aptera set out to design a practical solar powered vehicle for everyday driving (40miles from a day in the sun or 150 miles with L1 overnight charging with an extension cord) and they apparently have done that (despite the nay-saying).

Of course getting a good idea from the drawing board to the mass-market can be challenging.
And right now it seems that what is required for Aptera is an influx or substantial capital ($).
Going public is one way to get that.

If one is into investing to make quick money, it is always a gamble, and timing exactly when to buy and sell to make a profit is a lot of guesswork. Not knocking it, we all like having a profit sooner rather than later.

From a macro perspective, investing also serves a social purpose since it may provide capital to companies improving things that affect us all, like reducing air pollution and slowing global warming, finding cures or treatments for diseases, etc.

We can also consider early adopters of EVs as investors in the technology.

They/we didn't get much for their money then compared with what we have now, but without them/us, would there would not have been as much progress.

Maybe at some point a larger company will buy Aptera or their IP/designs and mass produce the Aptera.

Right now Aptera has a simple manufacturing and assembly process, a paradigm shift from long complicated assembly lines of companies like Ford, and it is easily scaled up. They have plans to build the vehicle in locations all around the world eventually.

But maybe they won't be successful in raising the capital needed to manufacture it themselves and some partner will come along with deep pockets and manufacturing capacity - that could be a more efficient solution.

As a publicaly traded company they now have fiduciary duties to their stock holders which are higher than those they had when it was a crowd-funded company. That should make them more responsive to criticism, such as about scheduling delays which occurred in the past.

No guaranties of success of course.
Just my thoughts about it.
I am not affiliated with Aptera, but I have invested in them.

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