Aptera Motors Corp. is an American crowdfunded, pre-production startup company based in Carlsbad, California which intends to manufacture an electric two-seat three-wheeler. The company had raised $140 million from 2019 to April 2025, and had planned to start deliveries of its vehicles since 2021. As of April 2025, initial sales of the vehicle are planned for 2026 and full-scale production is planned for 2028, with the company intending to raise $60 million for the start of low-volume production. Aptera Motors Inc. was founded in 2006. The company was liquidated in 2011 with no vehicles mass-produced. A second company named Aptera USA owned by Zhejiang Jonway Group was launched in 2012 but it produced no vehicles. A third company, Aptera Motors Corp, was relaunched by the original founders in 2019. Wikipedia