🤔 I would imagine you may able to “gauge” insurance rate with your insurance company and your state, by applying the cost to insured a high end Can-Am or Polaris Slingshot, but then apply the cost to replace a much higher end Aptera, less deductions for key things like, it is an enclosed vehicle, with car safety devices as found in a cars, where they discount. . And it promises amazing crash tests! Surely much better than any open production title out there...
I believe I read in several places.... the Aptera should qualify to register as a motorcycle in most US states, except for maybe two
I have my 3 wheeled cars registered as cars in Ontario Canada. The insurance was much cheaper than as motorcycles. A precedent had been set for these antique cars as they preceded modern safety requirements. If the Aptera meets modern safety standards here it could be a car.
The last time I spoke to the team about this very question, they were working very hard to get this vehicle classified as a car. They wanted all consumers to be able to operate it with a regular license. They seemed confident that their main shell design was robust enough to supply suitable crash protection to pass the safety requirements.
Granted, this was several years ago, plans change, teams change, targets move.
🤔 I would imagine you may able to “gauge” insurance rate with your insurance company and your state, by applying the cost to insured a high end Can-Am or Polaris Slingshot, but then apply the cost to replace a much higher end Aptera, less deductions for key things like, it is an enclosed vehicle, with car safety devices as found in a cars, where they discount. . And it promises amazing crash tests! Surely much better than any open production title out there...
I believe I read in several places.... the Aptera should qualify to register as a motorcycle in most US states, except for maybe two
I have my 3 wheeled cars registered as cars in Ontario Canada. The insurance was much cheaper than as motorcycles. A precedent had been set for these antique cars as they preceded modern safety requirements. If the Aptera meets modern safety standards here it could be a car.
The last time I spoke to the team about this very question, they were working very hard to get this vehicle classified as a car. They wanted all consumers to be able to operate it with a regular license. They seemed confident that their main shell design was robust enough to supply suitable crash protection to pass the safety requirements.
Granted, this was several years ago, plans change, teams change, targets move.