Has Aptera really made it to production?

[Mad Mac]

We started with HOV
but now also have HOT.
Per Ride Metro:
HOV/HOT Express Lanes
HOV stands for High Occupancy Vehicle. HOT stands for High Occupancy Toll. Both refer to a barrier-separated lane in the middle of I-45, Hwy. 59 and Hwy. 290. The lane runs in one direction, but it’s reversible depending on time of day. In the mornings, vehicles travel toward downtown Houston. In the afternoons, they travel away from downtown. Lane usage, and whether or not a toll is required, depends on the freeway you’re using, time of day and total number of people in your vehicle.

 

[KJRaven]

We started with HOV
but now also have HOT.
Per Ride Metro:
HOV/HOT Express Lanes
HOV stands for High Occupancy Vehicle. HOT stands for High Occupancy Toll. Both refer to a barrier-separated lane in the middle of I-45, Hwy. 59 and Hwy. 290. The lane runs in one direction, but it’s reversible depending on time of day. In the mornings, vehicles travel toward downtown Houston. In the afternoons, they travel away from downtown. Lane usage, and whether or not a toll is required, depends on the freeway you’re using, time of day and total number of people in your vehicle.

yep, we have the same here in DFW. I use them frequently but there is no signage about them being High Occupancy, they are just pay to avoid traffic lanes here.
The surge pricing can get crazy though!

I did look into the HOV discounts, and we do have them here. You need to install their app, and each person also needs the app for the discount to be applied.

Thank you for pointing me in that direction!

 

[Mad Mac]

You are perfectly welcome.

I rode the heck
out of the HOV lane in Houston
using it every day that it was not raining
in the morning
for six years on my Yamaha V-max.

On a couple of commutes
I counted the cars I passed in one lane
during rush hour for one mile.
Multiplied that by three lanes and 11 miles.
By my estimate I passed
more than a thousand vehicles
every day morning and night.
Don't get me started.
Oops, too late.

Prior to the HOV lane
and government subsidized car pooling,
I commuted with three beauties
from my office in my van in the slow lanes.
I called them my angels
as in Charlies's Angels
which was popular then.
For the commute home
we would stop and get a six pack
and arrive home in a good mood.
Believe it or not you could legally have
an open container in Texas in the '70s,
in fact up until September 1, 2001.
After that, you had to get loaded
with a traffic thinner or three
and then drive home drunk.
Made no sense to me.
But I digress.

Don't drink and drive. I was lucky.

 

[KJRaven]

You are perfectly welcome.

I rode the heck
out of the HOV lane in Houston
using it every day that it was not raining
in the morning
for six years on my Yamaha V-max.

On a couple of commutes
I counted the cars I passed in one lane
during rush hour for one mile.
Multiplied that by three lanes and 11 miles.
By my estimate I passed
more than a thousand vehicles
every day morning and night.
Don't get me started.
Oops, too late.

Prior to the HOV lane
and government subsidized car pooling,
I commuted with three beauties
from my office in my van in the slow lanes.
I called them my angels
as in Charlies's Angels
which was popular then.
For the commute home
we would stop and get a six pack
and arrive home in a good mood.
Believe it or not you could legally have
an open container in Texas in the '70s,
in fact up until September 1, 2001.
After that, you had to get loaded
with a traffic thinner or three
and then drive home drunk.
Made no sense to me.
But I digress.

Don't drink and drive. I was lucky.

Ah the good ol' days. I did the same when I rode motorcycles too, did the ol reach around to cover my license plate to not get toll bills too! Never drank and rode though. I didn't start driving until well after open containers were outlawed, so we pregamed and drove anyways. like you I have been lucky! My uncle to this day has a cooler in the back seat always stocked with cold ones and never has an issue, but he is never "drunk"

 

[SichuanHot]

GTA 6 will be out before Aptera enters commercial production for end users.

 

[danielt1263]

Every time I see one of these, I just have a vision of a decaptiated owner as it submarines under an F250 in a rear collision. And I had three Miatas. I always made sure my wife had great insurance when I drove those.

Imagine a pickup truck (F150 Superduty I believe) waiting for traffic to clear so he can exit the parking lot. He gets bored and decides to back up and try a different exit. My Fiat X-1/9 was behind him. He didn't even notice until he rolled up onto the windshield. My car was totaled.

 

[KevinRS]

Imagine a pickup truck (F150 Superduty I believe) waiting for traffic to clear so he can exit the parking lot. He gets bored and decides to back up and try a different exit. My Fiat X-1/9 was behind him. He didn't even notice until he rolled up onto the windshield. My car was totaled.

Some of the lifted trucks might do that to you in drive. Pull up behind you at a light, and forget you are there and "creep up to the line"

 

[bloo]

On a couple of commutes I counted the cars I passed in one lane during rush hour for one mile. Multiplied that by three lanes and 11 miles. By my estimate I passed more than a thousand vehicles.

I looked on out the window and I started countin' phone poles,
going by at the rate of four to the seventh power.
I put two and two together, added twelve and carried five,
come up with twenty-two-thousand telephone poles an hour.