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BY ANY OTHER NAME; Aptera's swoopy EV aims for sweet success- just don't call it a car.(NEWS)

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Byline: MARK VAUGHN

THERE WE WERE, STANDING on top of the high-tech, ultraefficient, composite-body Aptera 2e electric commuter vehicle of the future, with a sledgehammer, beating the crap out of it.

Bang!

Not your typical new-car intro program.

Whack!

"Are we hurting this thing?

Crash!

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