No, you’re not seeing an alien. It’s not even a motorcycle or a plain but it looks like both, not to mention alien-looking. Aptera is banking on the amendment of the Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Program so that its Aptera 2e can finally be eligible for support from the low interest program. The problem is that since the Aptera 2e is a three-wheeler then it is considered a motorcycle which is exempted from the safety regulations provided by the United States for cars and trucks.

Aptera begs to disagree because this three-wheeler has safety features built into its design and it is in fact being crash tested…