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Google.org Invests $2.75M In Aptera Motors

Posted by kdawson on from the hoping-for-a-smooth-ride dept.

Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, has just invested the first funds from its RechargeIT program: $5.5 million for plug-in electric vehicles. Half of the money goes to Aptera, whose 230-mpg, 3-wheeled electric we have discussed before. The other half bolsters the efforts of ActaCell, a Texas company working on li-ion battery technology developed at UT Austin.

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  1. Aperture Motors by BPPG · · Score: 2, Funny

    At first I read that as Aperture Motors, and immediately thought: 'Sweet, car mounted portal guns!'

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    What's the value of information that you don't know?
    1. Re:Aperture Motors by saxoholic · · Score: 2, Funny

      At first I read that as Aperture Motors, and immediately thought: 'Sweet, car mounted portal guns!'

      The mileage per gallon is a lie.

  2. "Hi there, I'm an Aptera" by argent · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Hi there, I'm an Aptera, a wingless bird with hairy feathers!"
    "No wings, eh, that's pretty funny."
    "I don't know, I'm still laughing about the feathers."

    "Hi there, I'm an Aptera, a wingless bird with hairy feathers!"
    "I'm a schlog of foam from the surf with no visible means of support."
    "Are you making fun of me?"

    -- Apologies to Johnny Hart (and apologies to Slashdot for typos, this is from memory)