Other Chris and Steve ventures

Good find! Some Aptera investment discussion from 2 years ago in the Comments section on that page. No updates from the founders in the last year though.

Reading between the lines in the product description there, I see they may have learned a thing or 2 there about cooling systems through composite materials - something that may help them keep Apteras cool when zooming down the highway in the summer's sun.

I don't usually chime in on forum posts as it can stifle conversation. But this is something that could use some clarity.

UniData(which is what UniCoin turned into) was an effort to make server processing more efficient. When we started, crypto mining was the BIG trend and there was lots of interest in decreasing power use to mine coins. We had an innovative system that used about half the power to do the same work while providing heat or hot water for other uses along the way. Our development efforts progressed quickly but it was at the same time that crypto crashed HARD. This completely dried up interest in the crowdfunding for any work attached to crypto. But, because our interest wasn't really in crypto as much as the more efficient processing of data, we wanted to continue our efforts to support things like DNA sequencing, and cloud processing. So, we re-launched the crowdfunding to tell that story, as UniData, but the crowdfunding platform changed its advertising policy and would only list our campaign after we raised over $42,000(no idea why they chose this random #). This meant our offering was completely hidden. You couldn't even see it on the crowdfunding site. People could only see our offering through a direct link. Worse yet, the crowdfunding platform didn't let us communicate with our previous investors unless we paid to use their communication portal. This meant we'd have to advertise to get investors or things would go nowhere. But it already cost us more than $30k to relaunch and as we continued development efforts, we just didn't have the funds to do that. So, the second crowdfunding died before it began. We had no choice but to stop development and just try to sell the tech to someone else to develop, which is still possible, but the tech is a few years old now. With our servers down and the crowdfunding platform not allowing us to communicate it’s not good for communications. I can only respond to people who contact me directly and let them know there are still grant and 3rd party development possibilities but the company is not progressing its designs internally because of lack of funding. I wish there was a more positive story here, but it has not been a productive path for UniData. Steve and I wanted to do something together before we got Aptera back and this is a noble space that could really have an impact on the world's energy use. Neither of us ever took a salary or any compensation from the company. And I put in over $15k just trying to keep things running while UniData tried make the second crowdfunding work. In the end we learned that the crowdfunding platform you choose can be CRUCIALLY important to the success of an idea. If the platform changes something it can KILL your funding path and waste critical time and money along the way. That is why Aptera chose a different platform. It allows us to communicate directly with investors with any positive or negative information at any time. This is how every funding platform should operate. We still feel the Data Process market needs innovation in its energy usage, and we hope UniData’s tech can find a place someday. Let us know if you know of any companies looking at this kind of tech. We'd love to have a positive outcome for all the people who supported our efforts and see our technologies have a positive impact on the planet.

Thanks, /Chris

Here are my two cents for what is worth. I have study quite in depth Chris and Steve Business Venture Aptera for over Ten Years now. I have also study Tesla Motors Inc. and a lot of other business ventures as well. I can honestly say that I consider Chris Anthony to be on the same playing field (intelligence wise) as Elon Musk minus the deep pockets of Elon Musk. Unfortunately, I have never really had the chance to talk to Steve Fambro one on one. If I would have bought more than just two shares of Tesla Inc. back in 2012 (My parents were scared that Tesla Inc. was going to turn out like GM and I would lose my investment capital), I would invest most of my money in Aptera Motors Corp. and SpaceX Inc. Starlink. Aptera is now where Tesla Inc. was ten years ago. I strongly consider Aptera Motors Corp. to be Tesla Inc. 2.0. It seems to me that everyone is now concern about trying to get batteries to store as much charge as possible. What they fail to realize is that the whole idea of what a car can be has to be thought from first principles based on the laws of physics instead of what has been consider "normal" for the last 100 years. The Aptera 2e has been designed from scratch using a sheet of page so to speak. The only reason why the Tesla Model S looks like a regular car is most people only buy what they are used to. At the time, it was hard to get people to believe that an electric car could be anything other than just a golf cart. Plus, electric car drivetrains were not as advance as they are now. “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”- Henry Ford.

There is no doubt in my mind!